tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post7677984416753589656..comments2024-03-29T07:19:50.366-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Weekend Link DumpUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-69702991072192635832016-12-04T14:45:15.069-08:002016-12-04T14:45:15.069-08:00Those Krampus videos made my day. I sincerely wis...Those Krampus videos made my day. I sincerely wish I could dress up as a Krampus and scare the snot out of all the naughty Christmas children. <br /><br />- "I got yer silver bells, right HERE!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-11729718754083216372016-12-03T18:14:45.562-08:002016-12-03T18:14:45.562-08:00Oh, and that bit about Romans along Hadrian's ...Oh, and that bit about Romans along Hadrian's Wall was good. I often think that Roman soldiers were used to all kinds of climate and terrain.<br /><br />I saw a tv show once about having ordinary men of today work as Roman soldiers to see how they would cope. One of the first things they did was remove the felt linings the Romans had in their helmets and wear them as caps against the cold. We have no evidence that the Romans did this, but the historian overseeing the project was astonished that no one had ever thought that this may have been done.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-66096868631889122852016-12-02T22:18:28.129-08:002016-12-02T22:18:28.129-08:00An interesting collection today, I'll say. The...An interesting collection today, I'll say. The article about the Amercan Civil War soldiers and small pox shows that a little knowledge is indeed dangerous. A little more knowledge and such tragedies could have been avoided.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com