JJ

30/01/2005 10:13 AM

VIKING AGE ROWING CHEST

http://www.earlyperiod.com/articles/viking_chest/

Damn, they could have at least used some darker lines.



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


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Kn

Keith

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 30/01/2005 10:13 AM

06/02/2005 4:03 PM

That appears to be a Mästermyr style chest, take a look here for a
better (darker :-) drawing.

http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/Viking/vikchest.html

-Keith


On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:13:24 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

>http://www.earlyperiod.com/articles/viking_chest/
>
> Damn, they could have at least used some darker lines.
>
>
>
>JOAT
>The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at
>the men he has around him.
>- Niccolo Machiavelli

jm

jaime

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 30/01/2005 10:13 AM

30/01/2005 12:40 PM

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:13:24 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

>http://www.earlyperiod.com/articles/viking_chest/
>
> Damn, they could have at least used some darker lines.

You just need stronger glasses. :)

JJ

in reply to jaime on 30/01/2005 12:40 PM

30/01/2005 2:24 PM

Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 12:40pm [email protected] (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

jm

jaime

in reply to jaime on 30/01/2005 12:40 PM

31/01/2005 7:10 AM

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:10:38 GMT, [email protected] wrote:


>Viking ships were rowed by warriors, not slaves.

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

Pg

Patriarch

in reply to jaime on 30/01/2005 12:40 PM

31/01/2005 1:17 AM

[email protected] wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> 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:
> http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~arnora/arnora/boreal-lay.htm
>

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...

jm

jaime

in reply to jaime on 30/01/2005 12:40 PM

30/01/2005 4:30 PM

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:24:37 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

>Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 12:40pm [email protected] (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.

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

JJ

in reply to jaime on 30/01/2005 4:30 PM

30/01/2005 6:13 PM

Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 4:30pm [email protected] (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

jm

jaime

in reply to jaime on 30/01/2005 4:30 PM

31/01/2005 7:11 AM

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 18:13:08 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:


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

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

r

in reply to jaime on 30/01/2005 12:40 PM

31/01/2005 5:10 AM

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:30:12 -0500, jaime <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:24:37 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
>wrote:
>
>>Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 12:40pm [email protected] (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.
>
>That should cut down dramatically on the use of slaves. :)

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:
http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~arnora/arnora/boreal-lay.htm

--RC
"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells
'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets
fly with a club.
-- John W. Cambell Jr.

JJ

in reply to [email protected] on 31/01/2005 5:10 AM

31/01/2005 9:42 AM

Mon, Jan 31, 2005, 5:10am (EST+5) [email protected] says:
<snip> 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.
http://ic.net/%7Eblues/viknsong.htm



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

jm

jaime

in reply to [email protected] on 31/01/2005 5:10 AM

31/01/2005 1:01 PM

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:42:40 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:


> And this is what they sang while theiy're rowing.
>http://ic.net/%7Eblues/viknsong.htm

I wonder if they sing that during Minnesota Viking games. LOL.

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


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