18 Oct
2025
18 Oct
'25
2:38 p.m.
On Sat, 2025-10-18 at 13:43 +0200, Harald Arnesen via cctalk wrote:
ben via cctalk [2025-10-18 03:03:41]:
All of Britain and Ireland and Normandy is Viking. The battles in 1066
were between three Viking kings fighting over England. Vikings had
better technology, especially Klinker-built longboats. And some good
ideas for society, such as trial by jury. In the twelfth century, the
Britons laughed at those crazy Danes who combed their hair and took a
bath every Saturday.
On 2025-10-17 6:29 p.m., Wayne S via cctalk
wrote:
Good whisky, real ale. Although much of the good whisky come from
areas
that really should be Norwegian (Orkney, the Hebrides).
The British are great at designing things, but
rubbish at
actually making them. So they have to be made somewhere else if
they can be. Do the British actually make anything anymore?
Other than Cheddar cheese,and Dr Who DVD's, no.