At Veracruz
1 posted on
08/17/2008 12:40:29 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
2 posted on
08/17/2008 12:41:02 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
They were supposed to have been miners as well. Busy people. Wouldn't want to mess with them though - they look like
BAD DUDES.
6 posted on
08/17/2008 1:16:06 PM PDT by
Oatka
(A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
To: SunkenCiv
4,500 years ago bitumen was used in the Middle East as a glue, waterproofer, etc. (PMC 1692448) Pubmed bitumen use babylonia.
7 posted on
08/17/2008 1:30:54 PM PDT by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: SunkenCiv
We primitives in Appalachia still use it to waterproof roofs, roads and masonry walls, and for making tar babies.
8 posted on
08/17/2008 1:40:37 PM PDT by
Rudder
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder what kind of solvents the ancients used to clean that nasty stuff off their skin? They couldn’t buy paint thinner at Home Depot!
12 posted on
08/18/2008 1:24:41 PM PDT by
TexasRepublic
(When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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