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3:04 AM
> Feral swine were first brought to the United States in the 1500s by early explorers and settlers as a source of food.
I had no idea that time travellers had been involved.
Why do people say things like that?
 
4:06 AM
@tchrist Wikipedia “Domestic pigs were first introduced to the Americas in the 16th century.[7] Christopher Columbus intentionally released domestic swine in the West Indies during his second voyage to provide future expeditions with a freely available food supply.[9] Hernando de Soto is known to have introduced Eurasian domestic swine to Florida in 1539,[10] although Juan Ponce de León may have introduced the first pigs into mainland Florida in 1521.[11]”
@tchrist Source 7 is the tworiversoutdoorsclub.com.
 
 
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8:58 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad pattern in url body, pattern-matching website in body, repeated url at end of long post, blacklisted user (360): How to Create Long Term Success by Being Positive? by Shanu Sweet on english.SE
 
 
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12:35 PM
@Xanne My stumbling block is that the United States did not exist in the 1500s.
 
 
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4:15 PM
Don't fall for disgusting communist propaganda. The United States has always existed and will always exist.
It's the home of the brave, and the brave have been around for 5000 years, not 500. Read the Bible.
 
5:09 PM
Feral hogs? What about ferrule hogs? They are a major source of split ends.
 
@Mitch Yes, it's crazy, isn't it?
@Robusto I was 20 km from here, at my parents' house while hey were away.
It was lovely in the country.
 
5:33 PM
@tchrist Hmm, that is an odd word indeed.
> οἰνο-θήρας, ου, ὁ, a plant the root of which smells of wine or was used to flavour wine; but in the best Mss. of Thphr.HP 9.19.1 it is ὀνοθήρας, as in Dsc.4.117 and Gal.12.89; called also ὀνάγρα, Gal.l.c., and ὀνόθουρις ibid., Aët.15.15; cf. onothuris, Plin. HN24.167.
But what is an ass-catcher?
Googling led to Youporn...
 
5:58 PM
I also came across this word:
> θήρ-αρχος, ὁ, commander of two elephants (Ascl.Tact.9, Ael.Tact.23)
—hence θηρ-αρχία, ἡ, his command (Ascl.Tact.9).
Therarchus would be a nice user name.
 
 
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7:25 PM
This is a list of English terms of venery (venery being an archaic word for hunting), comprising terms from a tradition that arose in the Late Middle Ages, at least partly from the Book of Saint Albans of 1486, a historic list of "company terms". The present list also includes more common collective terms (such as "herd" and "flock") for some animals. Standard terms for particular groups are listed first in each group and shown in bold. == See also == List of animal names Glossary of collective nouns by subject at Wiktionary == References == == Further reading == Hodgkin, John (1909)...
 
Jul 21 '17 at 22:30, by Mitch
Arrive without traveling
 
@Mitch Dune?
 
@Cerberus haha, no. George Harrison.
 
Travel without moving.
I still think the film is rather good.
Despite having read the book.
And one or more of the sequels.
 
Hmm.
 
@Cerberus It's hard for me to tell. I just saw it a few months ago (previously seen when it came out) and it had horrible special effects, looked very dated. But the (first) book and the story are great.
 
@Mitch "Dated".
I always wonder about that qualification.
 
8:57 PM
@Cerberus when you can tell the time period in which it was made.
Easy to confuse with (and I did) ... poorly executed.
 
9:11 PM
@Mitch Can you tell when the Odyssey was made?
@Mitch Right, I like that term better.
I must say, though, that I still find Dune quite impressive.
I like the way it looks very much indeed.
 

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