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25 Dec 2006, 12:49 pm

Please note my post count.

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25 Dec 2006, 1:13 pm

That's when Christopher Columbus discovered America! :)



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25 Dec 2006, 1:15 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
That's when Christopher Columbus discovered America! :)


And it's especially fitting since I use the GPS system at work. When I get my own place, I am thinking about decorating everything in an exploration motif.

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25 Dec 2006, 1:18 pm

Cool, cool, cool! 8) 8) 8)



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25 Dec 2006, 1:20 pm

I am actually torn between the exploration motif and a Roman Empire motif.

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25 Dec 2006, 1:24 pm

Until Werbert returns, my google searches will have to do.

1494: "Poynings' Law" makes Ireland obedient to the English monarchy.



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25 Dec 2006, 1:26 pm

1495: Leonardo da Vinci sketches a design of a parachute.

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25 Dec 2006, 1:33 pm

1496: Albrecht Durer makes the woodcut "The Four Avenging Angels:"

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25 Dec 2006, 1:35 pm

1497: Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer, sails from Lisbon enroute to Calicut, India.



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25 Dec 2006, 2:49 pm

Oops, skipped some.

1501: Publius Vergilius Maro’s Opera is the first book printed in Italic type.



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25 Dec 2006, 7:17 pm

That's a very good milestone.



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25 Dec 2006, 7:17 pm

en_una_isla wrote:
Oops, skipped some.

1501: Publius Vergilius Maro’s Opera is the first book printed in Italic type.


You sure do appear to be having fun with this thread.

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25 Dec 2006, 7:23 pm

You are posting too fast for me to keep up with!

1505: Raphael paints the Ansidei Madonna.

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25 Dec 2006, 7:24 pm

1506: Christopher Columbus dies.

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25 Dec 2006, 8:29 pm

1507: Albrecht Durer paints "Adam and Eve."

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