[TheForge] Old chain

[Doug Ayen]

Which program? Souns like it might be of some interest to try and
catch some time.

--doug

Shannell Sugrue sang:
> 
> I watched a program tonight about the celts and there was a bit about an air
> force base somewhere in England that was being built and a large truck got
> stuck in a bog, they found a chain nearby and pulled the truck out, turned
> out the chain was made in 100 AD and the lake beside the bog was full of
> golden celtic "stuff", the chain was for holding slaves, it had 4 large
> rings along its length for hands and feet. Nice looking style of chain too,
> they remarked on how good the craftmanship must have been to be able to take
> the weight of the lorry, I get a kick out of imagining bringing people from
> the past up to date with their lifes work, inventions etc (ie: giving
> Galileo a nice big telescope) imagine telling that smith that nearly 2000
> years later his handywork would be used to pull a 10 ton chariot out of the
> mud, I wonder if he wouldve sweated a bit more when he made each weld :)
> 
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