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VIKING AGE ROWING CHEST
http://www.earlyperiod.com/articles/viking_chest/
Damn, they could have at least used some darker lines. JOAT The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. - Niccolo Machiavelli |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:30:12 -0500, jaime
wrote: On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:24:37 -0500, (J T) wrote: Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 12:40pm (jaime) claims: You just need stronger glasses. Moot point, I'm not making any anyway. When I go pillaging, my Viking long boat is gonna have a steam engine, not oars. That should cut down dramatically on the use of slaves. Viking ships were rowed by warriors, not slaves. For a look at what it was like to be a Viking oarsman using one of those chests, see: http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~arnora/...boreal-lay.htm --RC "Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr. |
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:10:38 GMT, wrote:
Viking ships were rowed by warriors, not slaves. Opps. My mistake. I'd better brush up on my history now. |
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Mon, Jan 31, 2005, 5:10am (EST+5) says:
snip For a look at what it was like to be a Viking oarsman using one of those chests, see: And this is what they sang while theiy're rowing. http://ic.net/%7Eblues/viknsong.htm JOAT The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. - Niccolo Machiavelli |
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That appears to be a Mästermyr style chest, take a look here for a
better (darker :-) drawing. http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskil.../vikchest.html -Keith On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:13:24 -0500, (J T) wrote: http://www.earlyperiod.com/articles/viking_chest/ Damn, they could have at least used some darker lines. JOAT The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. - Niccolo Machiavelli |
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