observer Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 No, not the oil; but the archeology: Interesting prog tonight, made by the Time Team; which gave an insight into the period of the middle stone age, when a land mass the size of England joined Britain to Europe. What was particularly of interest, was the types of fossils that have been dredged up: sabre tooth tiger; wooly mamouths and rhinoceros; lions, hippos etc. which demonstrate the variables in temperature our Islands have experienced. Such climatic changes have occured on a cyclical pattern throughout history and have everything to do with Earth wabbling on it's axis. Anyway, following the last ice age, when the ice began to melt and increase sea levels; the river plain of the Rhine, Thames and Seine, became the North Sea and the Channel. and in the face of this apparent disaster, what did our forbears do? Well, they may have run round like headless chickens (we don't know); but it seems they adapted to change and survived - the rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 That is really interesting Observer - I wish I could see that program - was it on History channel by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 CH4 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Drat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Can't you get our Channels on a satelite dish? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 I suppose I could if I had one. I have cable TV - 199 channels and rarely anything good on - why would I spend even more for a dish?? I am not much of a TV person anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 True Mary - we have 5 channels of mainly rubbish at the moment; then you add a digi box, and get 88 channels of mainly rubbish too. Back to the North Sea: they found some fragments of a Neanderthal skeleton; who must have been living alongside these exotic animals, prior to the encroachment of modern humans. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonerman Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Having problems with football hooligans, again, Obbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Hooligans indicate a continuation of the Neanderthal gene; which suggests some relationships between Neanderthals and Modern Man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonerman Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Getting deja-vu here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Goonerman Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Somebody's got a bad memory, and on this occasion it isn't me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Afraid I don't do cryptic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonerman Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Eh? Non comprende! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Goonerman Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 OK, to jog your failing memory, we debated the point last time that which I tried to point out to you in vain that according to evolutionary theory we are not descended from Neanderthals, who are postulated to have been a different species of human altogether from homo sapiens sapiens. I contend they were ancient humans, with a genetic disorder. No point in debating it again, as we'll be doing nothing but chase each other's tails (sorry, coccyxs ) Â So, we'll just have to agree to differ. Oh oh ah ah ah, where's a banana? So, have any old Obbsters been found amongst these ancient treasures? Â [ 28.04.2007, 21:40: Message edited by: Goonerman ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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observer Posted April 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Seems Gman trys to re-write history too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 observer, Your name was mentioned in conversation the other night. I was talking to MC, and even the back stabbers got a mention, albeit not a nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonerman Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Eh? You're confused Obbs. You say the Neanderthals are ancestors of homo sapiens now you are trying to make it out that I am complaining that you aren't saying this. The point I was making is exactly that- in evolutionary theory Neanderthals are not ancestors but an alternative branch of the humanities postulated. Now you are admitting it but turning it around to claim that it was really the other way round. Â What happened was: Â You said we were descended from Neanderthals. Â I said no, according to Darwinism we and they are from different branches and so not descended from them. Â I said now, I am reminding you of this as you were puzzled by my allusions to said previous discussion but now let's agree to differ. Now you are saying, heh, no, you Gman are saying I said Neanderthals are not our ancestors when I say they are from another branch. (When you never said anything of the sort in the first place! ) Â So what's happening here is that you are trying to trick me and others into thinking that our little debate was the other way round to cover your error! Â Oh, the mendacity of the small-time politician! Now that is sad! And totally predictable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonerman Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Hi Tone. All I can say is: Oh oh oh Ah Ah ah. Perhaps I should post some idiot boards up for the Obbster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Alas, it's you who are confused by your own attempts at trivial point scoring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Ahh well it sounds like it was very interesting and maybe I will get a chance to watch it one day - what was it called Observer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Let me guess "North Sea Treasure"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Brilliant deduction Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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