And, sailors knew damn well it wasn't they could see the curved horizon. P. J. Alling wrote: > The fact that educated people thought the world was flat, at .least > since the time of Ptolemy, is an historical fallacy.. (Damn that was a > good one for the Myths thread). > > David J Brooks wrote: >> On 5/22/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> In 1857 the Earth was still officially in the "Little Ice Age", it was a >>> lot cooler. >>> >> And it was still flat then to. >> >> Dave >> >>> graywolf wrote: >>> >>>> I just came across a site on the web that says that Jingle Bells was >>>> originally written as a Thanksgiving Day song. Must have been cooler back >>>> in 1857. Strangely I do not remember this verse from school, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> A day or two ago >>>>> I thought I'd take a ride >>>>> And soon Miss Fanny Bright >>>>> Was seated by my side >>>>> The horse was lean and lank >>>>> Misfortune seemed his lot >>>>> We got into a drifted bank >>>>> And then we got upsot >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> > >
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