VIKING AGE ROWING CHEST

You just need stronger glasses. :)

Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 12:40pm snipped-for-privacy@canada.com (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.

JOAT The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

That should cut down dramatically on the use of slaves. :)

Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 4:30pm snipped-for-privacy@canada.com (jaime) cut history classes and said: That should cut down dramatically on the use of slaves. :)

Ah, but the Vikings didn't use slaves as rowers.

JOAT The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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:

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I haven't laughed quite that hard in a long time! I had happened to be reading about the Viking museum at Roskilde, Denmark this afternoon...

Patriarch, whose grandfather came from that island...

Opps. My mistake. I'd better brush up on my history now.

Yes I saw that earlier post. Back to the history books for me. :)

Mon, Jan 31, 2005, 5:10am (EST+5) snipped-for-privacy@TAKEOUTmindspring.com says: 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.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

If not..they should. It's pretty funny.