tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817631728719088811.post5503708902461245785..comments2023-09-16T06:50:45.279-04:00Comments on Ramblings of a 60 Year Old Man: Are you smarter than a Saxon?Robert T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11739438152647427188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817631728719088811.post-75815888706985585722010-04-20T22:40:37.463-04:002010-04-20T22:40:37.463-04:00I am still amazed that someone thought it was poss...I am still amazed that someone thought it was possible to transmit sound through wires and hear it miles away. Pictures, also. And putting sounds on vinyl to capture that sound and then hear it over and over again.<br /><br />Kids, that is called "playing a record".<br /><br />Ask your parents.North of 50https://www.blogger.com/profile/07049744141322448254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817631728719088811.post-8573930124932273332010-04-20T09:55:26.377-04:002010-04-20T09:55:26.377-04:00I think that even in the age of the Saxons, the ge...I think that even in the age of the Saxons, the general population could not do the things you mention and would have no more of an idea where to start than you. Just as today, there are specialist in every field. Those who discover new ways of working metal, new materials to use that are better than iron, just as those in the dark ages learned that iron was better than wood and rock to make weapons. Does make you appreciate true inovators regarless of when they lived or what they discovered.Equestrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397841855413261272noreply@blogger.com