From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-16 01:31:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.algonet.se!algonet!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!leia!nobody From: Frode =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tenneb=F8?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Comparative military mythology (was: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language)) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 23:40:12 +0100 Organization: UNINETT Message-ID: References: <7ridnSngofCUybDd4p2dnA@comcast.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anne-bremnes.hiof.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: dolly.uninett.no 1076923861 26907 158.36.52.48 (16 Feb 2004 09:31:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@uninett.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:31:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5588 Date: 2004-02-15T23:40:12+01:00 List-Id: On Sunday 15 February 2004 22:53 Bj�rn Persson wrote: > That would be Karl XII. It's true that he is one of our most famous > warrior kings, maybe the most famous. I don't know if he's more famous > for his losses than his victories. He's probably most famous for his > death. Incidentally, today the spot where he died is used for peaceful, recreational activies like sledge riding (in winter) and picknicks and shows in the summer. -Frode living close to Karl XII's place of bane -- ^ Frode Tenneb� | email: frode@tennebo.com | Frode@IRC ^ | with Standard.Disclaimer; use Standard.Disclaimer; |