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From: Karan Nicolaisen <>
Subject: Re: Rune stone
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:12:18 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: 6667


HI Aanund.....

Expeditions / migrations of peoples from one area to another for resettlement purposes have been going on in one way or another since time immemorial........they didnt always know where they were going to end up....all they knew was that due to war, famine, pestilence or whatever, they had to join forces and use what strength they had to move on......who says they knew where they were going.....just get out there in the ocean and let the tides carry them wherever,.....regardless of where they ended up it would have had to be better than what they were leaving behind.

Maybe Im just a hopeless romantic and like to think of some sort of a happier ending....but mankind has been proven to be amazing resilient at such times.....
regards,
Karan

Aanund Olsnes <> wrote:
Hi Karen,

Nothing wrong with it, except it does not seem likely.
The fitting out of overseas expeditions would have taken
both knowledge and resources that the decimated and war-
ridden Scandinavian populations at the time did not posess.

For instance they did not have the knowledge that there was
somewhere overseas that a fresh start could be made.

Aanund

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karan Nicolaisen"
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Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Rune stone


>
>
> Aanund Olsnes wrote:
> But 1362, right smack in the aftermath of the
> Black Dearh ? Maybe they still had the ships,but did they have the
> men, money and inclination ? Very doubtful, I think.
>
> What's wrong with that?...........That would seem to me to be a perfect reason / excuse to gather up what people and resources there may have been left and head off to make a fresh start. It seems perfectly logical to me that they would have been wanting to get as far away as possible from that area with its contagion.....
>
> Just my personal point of view for consideration......Im no expert, but do find these things very interesting.
>
> regards,
>
> Karan, Oklahoma
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