Quote:Now known as the Coggalbeg Hoard, a collection of gold artefacts, dating back 4,000 years were saved from the skip in Dublin (Ireland) by the police after being dumped by pharmacy thieves unaware of their priceless takings. The hoard comprises of a gold lunula (a crescent shaped ceremonial ornament) and two small golden discs, both of which date to between 2300 and 1800 BCE.
Originally discovered in a Coggalbeg bog, the artefacts were kept safe in Sheehan's Pharmacy in Strokestown, County Roscommon since 1947. Burglars had raided the pharmacy safe of the family business and the Sheehan family notified the police of its contents. Hubert Lannon, who died just 3 weeks earlier, had discovered the item in 1945 when cutting turf on his land and gave them to the local pharmacy for safekeeping. The family had vaguely remembered about the pieces stored by their father, PJ Sheehan, who passed away in the 1960s and notified the police. It was a race against time to track down the skip before it was towed away.

Quote:You may know your Vikings, Doug, but you seem pretty ignorant about the development of garden architecture. My sources in California tell me that the first patio houses there were not erected until 1967. When planning permission was sought for a row of them in the city of Sunnyvale one local politician accused the builders of creating “an instant slum”.

Dropped in for a quick slurp of whatever sustaining liquor is available before trying to explain to mental pygmies about secure VPN tunnelling...really wish I was in a quiet trench somewhere...

Or you could always go for the middle ground and watch Whoops Apocalypse!!}