Re: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!

[Jeff Self <jocknerd@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 12:57 PM, Philip R. Columbus wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 09:49, John Whitten wrote:
>> On Sunday 02 February 2003 09:27 am, Mike spewed into the ether:
>>
>>> America was discovered by Vikings in ships nearly as dangerous as the
>>> space shuttle.
>>
>>
>> Actually, the current thinking is that it was probably the chinese
>>
>
> As the officially designate (by me at least) Columbus on this list, I
> resent those remarks *grin*  We'll have no more such slanderous stuff 
> on
> this list.
>

I had heard that the Chinese had actually explored the Oregon 
coastline, but after researching this, the current thinking is that the 
person who wrote about this turns out to be inaccurate. So apparently, 
the Chinese didn't visit the Oregon coastline.

I still have to wonder how the Mayans and the Egyptians had such 
similar civilizations though. There has to be some connection between 
the two.

I still have a problem with the thought that Columbus or the Vikings 
"discovered" America. After all, there were people living here for 
quite a while before them. Civilized in fact. Forget what you read in 
grade school about the Indians living in teepees. There were actually 
ancient societies in this country.

--
Jeff Self
Apple OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)  Powered by Unix, Styled by Apple


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