[NTLK] OT ... Re: Blue liberals, was Call for Einstein domain names

Dennis Swaney romad at aol.com
Sun Dec 4 11:40:41 EST 2011


On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Tony Douglas <tonyisyourpal at netscape.net>wrote:

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> Ah, but we don't. The woad wearers were Picts, and they were damn scary
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IIRC, the Picts were from NORTH of the Hadrian Wall and were one of the
reasons that the Antonine Wall was built. They were descended from the
Caledonii.

Now how is this Newton related?  In 1707-10, Sir Isaac Newton directed the
re-coinage of Scotland following the union of Scotland and England into
Great Britain.

Dennis B. Swaney



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