Re: joining concultures,was Re: Alternative histories and

Rhialto wrote:

> Sure you can sail up to york. But you can't sail up to it in anything sturdy
> enough to survive a sea voyage. York is riverboats only, and Im not too sure
> even of that.
Not so fast.  What about reed boats?  They can cross the Atlantic,
as Thor Heyerdahl proved, and they work fine in shallow rivers too.
Also they are damned hard to sink, and once broken in, are pretty much
resistant to fire too.

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        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)