tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post8972398629923506540..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Weekend Link DumpUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-90881248792186951822020-10-20T06:35:31.348-07:002020-10-20T06:35:31.348-07:00The Normans were the most energetic race of their ...The Normans were the most energetic race of their era - especially their rulers - and would have made excellent pirates, or nineteenth century robber-barons. But I would have preferred the Saxons to have continued ruling England...John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-82951055096724923612020-10-18T06:40:30.466-07:002020-10-18T06:40:30.466-07:00I thought I was the only one who thought Hastings ...I thought I was the only one who thought Hastings was won by the wrong side!Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-17948202109462195242020-10-17T09:08:06.077-07:002020-10-17T09:08:06.077-07:00I have long thought that Harold deserved to win th...I have long thought that Harold deserved to win the Battle of Hastings. He was king for less than a year and had to fight his way uphill the whole time.<br /><br />The disappearance of Christine Walters was indedd a bizarre one. Never trust a religion in which you have to take something to experience hallucinations. Revelations come on their own.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-40259452400950049982020-10-16T16:38:08.234-07:002020-10-16T16:38:08.234-07:00The Upton Chamber is very like the Montville Soutr...The Upton Chamber is very like the Montville Soutrain here in Connecticut. This was completely unknown until a hurricane in 1938 uprooted a tree that ripped part of the tunnel roof open. The original entrance is a real squeeze, I got through it 30 years ago but couldn't today. It was no colonial root cellar, no one would have crawled through a narrow tunnel pushing one potato with their nose for 30 feet.busterggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02146221182670363053noreply@blogger.com