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To: Bilow who wrote (11295)	11/23/2001 4:44:40 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

"Viking" was Norse for seaborne raider, very funny.... I claimed it was something difficult for angloamericans.. even scientific american.. I especially like this one "The beak became the prominent feature of war canoes at the beginning of the Iron Age (500 B.C. to A.D. 400), a time of severe climatic and economic stress in northern Europe. Too high and too flimsy to serve as a ram, the beak must have been preserved by boatbuilders because it protected and stabilized the hull. Shipwrights deemed the beak valuable enough to include it at both ends, creating, in the Iron Age, the first truly double-ended design." Clearly written by someone who never has built a boat. Must also have been tough to sail back and forth to the black sea to raid and then get back.. Ilmarinen Not to forget that idea of raiding warriors is sexy, freud pointed out that once again many years ago,