[buffoon]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

Cherokee

I suspected as much. Funny how every Yank with at least one native American forebear is always descended from one of the "Civilized Tribes". But you being from the areas as I recall (Alabama? Georgia? ) I guess that makes for plausibility.
But I still have to meet somebody with a Digger ancestry.

who still have a small reservation near the Great Smokey Mountains. Most of them were marched to Oklahoma on the trail of tears but a few escaped and stayed behind. The rest were butchered. It was never discussed on visits with my grandparents and probably just as well.

Yes, I recall something about the great humanitarian Andrew Jackson.

No doubt. If I recall, "Rolls in Campfire" was standing next to "Runs Into Trees" and "Trips Over Stumps". "Falls Off Cliffs" was no longer alive.

I always wondered how (the actually existing) "Man afraid of his horses" ever made a living. Did they put him with the women? As a brave he musta been a right flop

But it took some time to properly educate them.

The use of the past tense constitutes a fallacy here.

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by buffoon

I suspected as much. Funny how every Yank with at least one native American forebear is always descended from one of the "Civilized Tribes". But you being from the areas as I recall (Alabama? Georgia? ) I guess that makes for plausibility.
But I still have to meet somebody with a Digger ancestry.

My family originates from the mountains of eastern Tennessee. We couldn't visit my paternal grandparents in an automobile as it took a healthy off-road vehicle to get up the mountain. They were as self sufficient as could be, took water from a well, grew their own food, cut their own fire wood (their only source of heat), and raised their own life stock.

They had a television but it didn't work. It was just there to put stuff on. Their guns were always loaded and as my grandfather would say, "it wouldn't be any good if it weren't." They passed away in the 90's. He was a decorated veteran from WWII who served in the South Pacific. My grandmother could not be mistaken for anything but native. They had eight children and I lost count at 30 cousins.

Originally Posted by buffoon

I always wondered how (the actually existing) "Man afraid of his horses" ever made a living. Did they put him with the women? As a brave he musta been a right flop

It was communal living so he stayed at home with the women and got more than his share. Much more than the embarrassingly named "Brave without ..."

Originally Posted by buffoon

The use of the past tense constitutes a fallacy here.

Good point.

[buffoon]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

My family originates from the mountains of eastern Tennessee. We couldn't visit my paternal grandparents in an automobile as it took a healthy off-road vehicle to get up the mountain. They were as self sufficient as could be, took water from a well, grew their own food, cut their own fire wood (their only source of heat), and raised their own life stock.

They had a television but it didn't work. It was just there to put stuff on. Their guns were always loaded and as my grandfather would say, "it wouldn't be any good if it weren't." They passed away in the 90's. He was a decorated veteran from WWII who served in the South Pacific. My grandmother could not be mistaken for anything but native. They had eight children and I lost count at 30 cousins.

Sound like grand people

[bp936]

I love the

hotel pool side post 23

and the answers,
how about those Yanks?
You are all wrong, the bible says, or the radio, (I don't remember) we all come from Africa, since Adam and Eve were born there.

there is only 55 million hits on Google about the origin of man

The one who can narrow it down to one common truth, wins.

Every nation had its devils and saints. No nation is exempt, it just all depends in which century one lived.
Therefore John's first post is correct to be mentioned and looked at it fairly.

[TooBad]

Originally Posted by bp936

I love the and the answers,
how about those Yanks?
You are all wrong, the bible says, or the radio, (I don't remember) we all come from Africa, since Adam and Eve were born there.

there is only 55 million hits on Google about the origin of man

The one who can narrow it down to one common truth, wins.

Every nation had its devils and saints. No nation is exempt, it just all depends in which century one lived.
Therefore John's first post is correct to be mentioned and looked at it fairly.

Recent discoveries put that theory in doubt. Every time scientists think that they finally know something definative, some other discovery comes along and messes up the party.

The arrogance of scientists is humanity's greatest folly.

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by TooBad

Recent discoveries put that theory in doubt. Every time scientists think that they finally know something definative, some other discovery comes along and messes up the party.

The arrogance of scientists is humanity's greatest folly.

Have you converted to Scientology TooBad?

All that I know of biblical stories lead to the theory that Eden was in Mesopotamia.

As for digging in the earth to figure out what happened a hundred thousand years ago in Africa, the scientific community knows the difference between theory and fact. The media and hence the populace often don't.

[aka Brett]

Post number 1..great post JohnWill

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by TooBad

Recent discoveries put that theory in doubt.

Which recent discoveries? Got a link, or is it your opinion?

[valis]

that would be door number two, alex......

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by valis

that would be door number two, alex......

Do you have your game shows straight? Wouldn't it be "Homologies for $800 Alex." ?

[valis]

yeah, I couldn't remember the dude who did the costumes and the door thingy.......my only other guess was Soupy Sales, and I knew it wasn't him.........

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by valis

yeah, I couldn't remember the dude who did the costumes and the door thingy.......my only other guess was Soupy Sales, and I knew it wasn't him.........

Are you referring to the Price is Right with Bob Barker?

[valis]

nope.......that dude with the skinny microphone where the contestants in the crowd were always in costumes......he had teeth like mr. ed.........

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by valis

nope.......that dude with the skinny microphone where the contestants in the crowd were always in costumes......he had teeth like mr. ed.........

Let's Make A Deal.

Edit: Hosted by Monty Hall.

[Knotbored]

Scientists are doing exactly what the bible writers did. They are trying to recreate historical events from fragments left in the dust and spoken legends. The latest tools make observations more "logical" but not necessarily more accurate. Was it a flood or a climate change that caused havoc? Ancients had no concept of the ice age so they described a flood. Was that accurate? who knows.
Was Jonah swallowed by a whale or knocked cold in the hold of some ancient boat?-His memory was a little dim I admit-but his recolections were accurate for that time period.
Did we originate in Africa or Pitsburg?-best guess is over there I guess-but I won't bet any money thats the final answer.