And, apparently, there's a heck of a lot of Swedes (persons of Swedish descent) hail from Minnesota.
Pat -----Original Message----- From: Robert Derman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2008/06/07 21:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [social] Hillary finally quits Pat McBride wrote: > Yup, they made it all the way to the eastern central part of the U.S., > western New York State if memory serves. There was an article in the > Readers Digest about a year or so ago; apparently they found an > archeological site that had artifacts that were Viking (Norse) in origin. > They also found runes carved in rock, or on some of the rocks. > > Interesting thing is, there are remnants of Viking visits all up and down > the Eastern Seaboard of North America. But they wouldn't tell anybody about > it, Eric the Red called Greenland 'Greenland' because it's mostly covered in > ice. And he called Iceland 'Iceland' because it's climate isn't too bad, > it's green, and volcanic in origin. Eric was smart that way, wonder if > George 'Dubbya' Bush is related to him. It's amazing what stretching the > truth can do. > > Colonna is supposed to be the Italian version of Colon; I really can't say > because all the Italian language I know is the Latin I learned in high > school, and a few words that a female friend taught me when I was much > younger. And also unmarried. > > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Carrera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2008/06/07 02:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [social] Hillary finally quits > > > Pat McBride wrote: > >> Now, Mexico is a place I'd really like to visit. They've come up with >> historical facts that Mexico was visited by the Europeans (mostly >> > Portugese, > >> Spanish, and Vikings) during the late 13th century and the early 14th >> century. >> > > Vikings? That can't be right. To my knowledge the Vikings never made it > past Newfoundland. > There was an artifact found about 100 years ago IIRC called the Kensington Runestone. It was long assumed to be as fake as Piltdown Man. But recently a more detailed analisys has shown that it is probably genuine. It was found in Minnesota. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1490 - Release Date: 08/06/08 17:32 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
