1 posted on
10/22/2006 3:19:45 PM PDT by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
10/22/2006 3:20:12 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Fascinating. The ancient trade used to be salt for gold, or salt for slaves. The Africans around the Congo had no local sources for salt, and were desperate for it.
3 posted on
10/22/2006 3:31:04 PM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: blam
First the horse and buggy, then the manual typewriter and the dial phone, now the camel train. What will we do? What will we do?...
4 posted on
10/22/2006 3:38:24 PM PDT by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: blam
5 posted on
10/22/2006 3:43:39 PM PDT by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: blam
Have you read Mark Kurlansky's book "Salt: A World History"?
Amazing how we take many things for granted today.
6 posted on
10/22/2006 3:45:40 PM PDT by
Tijeras_Slim
(Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
To: blam
This is what I found out about camels...when we visited the Pyramids in Egypt, they are smelly and they bite.
7 posted on
10/22/2006 3:47:21 PM PDT by
GRRRRR
(Love America? Protect Her, VOTE GOP...they're better than nothing.)
To: blam
Interesting read, thanks for posting.
8 posted on
10/22/2006 3:49:38 PM PDT by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
To: blam
To: blam
Hmm. 40lbs of salt at Sam's Club runs $8.70, comes in handy 4lb containers, and doesn't smell of camel dung.
12 posted on
10/22/2006 4:00:47 PM PDT by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: blam
...I joined one of the longboats, which are called "pinasses"... I wonder if the author meant the word "pinnaces", or if this is some cognate?
To: blam
And why don't they have Driver's Ed and Sex Ed on the same day?
Too hard on the camels.
15 posted on
10/22/2006 4:24:04 PM PDT by
Abcdefg
To: blam
Camels are still in great demand as concubines for Bedouin savages.
19 posted on
10/22/2006 6:23:17 PM PDT by
IronJack
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
Thanks Blam. I wonder if there's still strong demand for Lucky Strike? Yeah, you're right, I should try to filter out that kind of humor. But regardless, I have some sympathy for these traders who are still carton all that salt around.
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23 posted on
10/22/2006 8:27:28 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: blam
In medieval times they would have been slaves. The BBC can't make the simplest statements without an agenda, as in the line above which tries to convince us that slavery in the Sahara was something that happened only in "medieval times."
24 posted on
10/22/2006 8:36:10 PM PDT by
denydenydeny
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