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New tests confirm Lake Minnetonka canoe is 1,000 years old
Star Tribune ^
| April 11, 2014
| Kelly Smith
Posted on 04/11/2014 9:38:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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New tests reveal that this dugout canoe, found in Lake Minnetonka in 1934 and thought to date from the 1750s, is almost 1,000 years old. “It totally shocked us,” said Russ Ferrin, left. Photo: Brian Peterson
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posted on
04/11/2014 9:38:33 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: ButThreeLeftsDo; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks ButThreeLeftsDo.
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posted on
04/11/2014 9:39:14 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Fishing for Muskies. Caught a big one and was pulled down......
To: SunkenCiv
So how can they be sure it wasn't built by a viking? After all, they made it as far west as Alexandria to leave a Rhunestone.
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posted on
04/11/2014 9:53:33 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
Model and Serial Number. Usually a metal plate is mounted on the stern.
Silly.
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posted on
04/11/2014 9:56:46 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: SunkenCiv
“Western Hennepin County Pioneer Association took it in 1961”
Took it, Just took it. I sure hope the guy that left it there doesn't need it again.
Head shaking.
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posted on
04/11/2014 9:58:02 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(I feel more like Philip Nolan every day)
To: SunkenCiv
It doesn’t look seaworthy. Did the Marxist fascists therefore legislate 22,374 new government regulations for canoes?
To: Vigilanteman
Cause it doesn’t have ram horns on it.
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:06:22 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
“It doesn’t look seaworthy.”
Perhaps that is why it was at the bottom of a lake.
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:06:54 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: SunkenCiv
Not sure I would recognize it as a canoe if I dug it up
To: SunkenCiv
So it was purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka?
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:09:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Vigilanteman
So how can they be sure it wasn't built by a viking? it's license was not revoked for DUI.
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:09:48 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
To: SunkenCiv
Wouldn’t the test show how old the tree was from which the canoe was carved, not when the carving was done? Or am I missing something?
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:24:01 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: SoCal Pubbie
It would show when the tree tissue last lived.
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:25:54 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: SunkenCiv
18” wide on the beam. No fast-food butts back then.
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04/11/2014 10:34:38 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: SunkenCiv
“18 inches is about the width of the pilot’s seat in a Vietnam era Huey Cobra attack chopper I saw in a museum.
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:36:44 AM PDT
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Rebelbase
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To: TurboZamboni; driftdiver; kinsman redeemer
LOL! You’re all pretty good. But the best one was last.
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:40:07 AM PDT
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Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: SunkenCiv
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources determined an additional 700 years of boat fees was due.
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:41:24 AM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: TurboZamboni
it’s license was not revoked for DUI.
Is that “Diving Under the Influence”?
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posted on
04/11/2014 10:43:38 AM PDT
by
wizr
(We are "one Nation, under God " or "one nation, trod under ". Keep the Faith.)
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