pantomimes and farce:costumes and competence

[eggbasket]

cremation urns?

Cheers,
Eggbasket
Gentleman Adventurer and Antique

"All human endeavour is futile"

[john1504]

Cryogenics?

Presumably, with the vast amounts of data being recorded (in various formats) there is little chance that all the information about us will be totally wiped out.

[deepdigger]

Somebody was trying to explain to me the other day about a procedd where the body is frozen to some ridiculous low tempreture then given a huge shock(like hitting it with a heavy hammer but bigger) this causes the whole thing to shatter into a million or so pieces making it easy to dispose of.
Couldnt quite see it happening somehow, but I could be wrong!!

deep

[troll]

Deepy- Yes, I heard of that too.I also heard that the budget version is quicker, portable, cheap but loud. Tiz called a grenade.

[the invisible man]

Deep, that's called watching a non-league football match in winter!

We owe the dead nothing but the truth.

[troll]

1504-
Of course, yes, there is a ridiculous amount of data on record relating to our "modern" existence.Unfortunately, future data retrieval will depend largely upon the longevity of the records themselves, the continuing advance of appropriate technology and equally, the future attitudes of researchers. Vast amounts of records were produced in the distant past and today, we are lucky enough to hold a small percentage of them.The interpretation of records of all flavours is of course a bit of an issue. Records can be manipulated and/or destroyed. Physical archaeology is the one for me!

[deepdigger]

And me, although how would you like to be an expert in 20th century plastics???

deep

[john1504]

Barnsey wrote:

quote:
John makes a sound point about not impressing our own beliefs on the past, them falls into the trap of assuming a parrallel society structure to the present - matriarchal anyone? after all, who wants to do the risky business of fighting when you can send of the expendable warriors to do it for you....

Thank you for that. I wasn't aware that I was assuming a parallel society structure. In fact, I believe the Iron Age Britons were a matriarchal society, based on the priciple that it was easy to prove who was the mother of a child, but not the father. Seeing as how the women were free to 'mate' with the strongest males in their society, I would assume this would be a major sticking point when it came to inheritance were it a male domintated society....

[the invisible man]

I wouldn't take everything written by Caesar completely literally if I were you! It was almost entirely based on hearsay and misunderstanding even before he tweaked it. But doesn't he say that children were counted as offspring of the official husband?


We owe the dead nothing but the truth.

[troll]

Cassius Dio/deo (long night) tells how Indigenous Britons have sex out in the open with whom they please.It is also pointed out that children are weaned and cared for by all in the community.Dio recounts an interesting story where a Roman Female expresses her disgust at this when in discussion with a British female.The British female retorts that Roman females hump fat ugly Roman males in secret/behind closed doors!
On a more serious note, I would add to Invisibles comment...
Don`t believe what you read without a bucket of salt.