How cool is this?

[Black Tulip]

Damn Colly,

That sounds great, why don't we have something like that? Maybe I should start a tv-station instead of going back to university. LOL

 

[cloudy]

While we are talking about great shows, the history channel's Russia: land of the Tsars was top notch. I learned more about Pre revolution Russia than I though possible in such a short period.

-Colly

Damn! I missed that one, and I wanted to see it!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

We should start the history/forensics nerd club thread.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

We should start the history/forensics nerd club thread.

I'm in, I'm quite the history nerd

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I'm in, I'm quite the history nerd

I nominate you president.

 

[Black Tulip]

Hehehe, I second that.

 

[comp|icity]

Here's a link for you:

viking burial



These are the search results from the BBC if you're interested in other viking stuff:

stuff

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Here's a link for you:

viking burial



These are the search results from the BBC if you're interested in other viking stuff:

stuff

thanks sweetie.

 

[comp|icity]

Wow you responded while offline!



Pleasure.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Wow you responded while offline!



Pleasure.

I have magical powers.

 

[minsue]

We should start the history/forensics nerd club thread.

Isn't that what this is?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Biography had a special on John Wayne Gasy, am I the only one who is fascinated by serial killers?

-Colly

 

[minsue]

Biography had a special on John Wayne Gasy, am I the only one who is fascinated by serial killers?

-Colly

Nope. My poor mother used to worry like hell about my fascination by them.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Gasy is one of the strangest of all, in that he fit no discernable pattern of psycological impairment. You can't find him in the DSM-IV.

That said, you only have to see him in his clown suit to know there was something profoundly wrong with him.

-Colly

 

[cloudy]

Gasy is one of the strangest of all, in that he fit no discernable pattern of psycological impairment. You can't find him in the DSM-IV.

That said, you only have to see him in his clown suit to know there was something profoundly wrong with him.

-Colly

I saw that *shudder*

I'm not real comfortable with clowns anyway, and the pictures of him dressed as a clown are truly scary.

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

While we are talking about great shows, the history channel's Russia: land of the Tsars was top notch. I learned more about Pre revolution Russia than I though possible in such a short period.

-Colly

That was an excellent program. Even though I've read alot about that era I learned alot from that show.
The Viking boat show I loved. I'll watch it again on the 9th. Thanks Cloudy for the info.
I love the history channel. I am not one interested in buildings and such, but I did watch the construstion history of Malaysia today. Right now they're showing the history of air conditioning. lol

I would like to ask which parts of the history channel you like the most? I'm not into the mechanical days of construction and weapons. But I do enjoy the CW days and history of Europe and the Wild West. What about you?

 

[cloudy]

That was an excellent program. Even though I've read alot about that era I learned alot from that show.
The Viking boat show I loved. I'll watch it again on the 9th. Thanks Cloudy for the info.
I love the history channel. I am not one interested in buildings and such, but I did watch the construstion history of Malaysia today. Right now they're showing the history of air conditioning. lol

I would like to ask which parts of the history channel you like the most? I'm not into the mechanical days of construction and weapons. But I do enjoy the CW days and history of Europe and the Wild West. What about you?

I like ancient history - Greeks and Romans, etc. There was one show that ran for several days, The Barbarians, that was about the Vikings, the Goths, and.....someone else (I can't remember now) - I watched the whole series twice, I was that fascinated by it.

Part of my fascination stems from having dated a Danish guy for awhile that could trace his ancestry way, way back, and some of the Viking-inspired festival I saw while I was over there.

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

I like ancient history - Greeks and Romans, etc. There was one show that ran for several days, The Barbarians, that was about the Vikings, the Goths, and.....someone else (I can't remember now) - I watched the whole series twice, I was that fascinated by it.

Part of my fascination stems from having dated a Danish guy for awhile that could trace his ancestry way, way back, and some of the Viking-inspired festival I saw while I was over there.

I remember that series. It covered the Vikings, the Goths, the Visigoths and the Huns. It was an excellent series. I'd love to watch it again.

 

[Black Tulip]

Can't you make it come on here as well?

By the way, I do love the programs about building bridges and stuff like that. Of course I watched the one about dams, that's about us!

I'm with Cloudy on the ancient topics. Have you guys ever seen the program about finding out the historical evidence to biblical stories? Like why the Red Sea parted?

 

[minsue]

Can't you make it come on here as well?

By the way, I do love the programs about building bridges and stuff like that. Of course I watched the one about dams, that's about us!

I'm with Cloudy on the ancient topics. Have you guys ever seen the program about finding out the historical evidence to biblical stories? Like why the Red Sea parted?

I love the ones about bridges as well and other engineering ones. I've seen a special twice now on how the airport on the man-made island was built in Japan and it still fascinates the hell out of me.

 

[Black Tulip]

Yes, I know that one. I loved it too.

God, aren't we a bunch of weirdo's!

 

[Colleen Thomas]

When the history channel first started airing my freinds joking called it the Hitler channel. It devoted a large part of its programing to WWII history.

I love most history. I'm not that keen on modern marvels, but if I get a marvel with a good history, I can even enjoy the history of soup can lables.

No matter what is on, or what my level of interest, I can almost always learn something new. And that's why I love discover, A&E, court tv and the history channel. They help me keep learning and expanding my knowledge and open new avenues of interest.

-Colly

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Are we bringing the serial killers into here too?

 

[Weird Harold]

We should start the history/forensics nerd club thread.

Since you started this thread with a discovery about Viking skeltons -- and Vikings were supposedly the first Europeans to discover America, I think this discovery fits well here:

Who discovered the Americas?
Zeeya Merali
Skull analysis suggests Australians got there first.


From the BA Festival of Science, Exeter, UK.

The first colonizers of the Americas came from Australia, according to archaeologists who have analysed skulls from 12,000-year-old skeletons found in California. The finding contradicts the traditional view that the first immigrants were the ancestors of modern Native Americans.

Click here for The Rest of The Story

(Oddly enough, this story is mostly on UK, NZ, and Australian news sites with one mention ech by MSNBC and ABC.COM.)

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Thank you Harold, that is fascinating to read. Keep us updated please, you fellow nerd.