I cannot save whole World…
It’s time for all of us to take full responsibility for the actions we do with firearms…
Every single second…
Yes… Keep the damn finger off the trigger and trigger guard unless you are ready to shoot
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Pasty Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
- pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
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I looked it up and got the same results. I am not sure I would want to look like either definition, but definitely not a meat pie.
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You didn’t see the giant Huntsman spider that brother Don was about to shoot, Annie Oakley style over the shoulder, with that big ole Colt six shooter. 
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That’s why I did the photo boy’s n gyrl’s…
with finger ON THE TRIGGER! Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!
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That’s why I asked. 
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I did!
(and I’m cuter!) 
wphew! Oh, I kill me!
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Definitely Don. Also showcasing “finger on the trigger alec” . Good job.
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Maybe built by people with green skin. 
Actually, we all descended from one person located on the African continent. Thus, we are all blacks in reality. Just evolution has changed the pigment of people’s skin to white, red, yellow, brown, etc. Big question, what was the pigmentation of those that actually built Stonehenge? And does it really matter?
So racism should not be part of the discussion.
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Pretty irrelevant. Though one issue that I’ve heard archeologists and anthropologists mention on several occasions is how many if not most current cultures work very hard to connect their lineages to the lands they currently reside in or recently came from. Thus affirming their cultural connection to and ownership of those places. But modern genetic studies show that in the vast majority of places there have been endless waves of different groups coming and going for tens of thousands of years.
So in reality we are all a bunch of mutts who are probably all guilty of some form of cultural appropriation. Which is what this book seems to be trying to accomplish with no scientific facts to back it up. Though it wouldn’t surprise me if many of the pale skin people now living on the British Isles have less genetic connection to the Stonehenge builders than some of the darker skin people living there.
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Well, being that they moved a bunch of huge stones many miles in an area that had no shade to speak of, I’m guessing they were pretty dark! Even my pale Northern European face can get pretty dark when I’ve been working in the sun days at a time.
Agreed, its a stupid question. Who the F cares? Is that how we’re going to look at history now, by the pigmentation of the people who lived it?? WTF?
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Yes, most places on Earth have been conquered and invaded countless times, but I have read about studies of people in certain regions where their ancestory dates back eons in that area. The British Isles has seen an enomous amount of invasions and conquerings, the last major one being the Roman Empire, but other than the cultural shift, technology, etc., there is not a lot of DNA evidence of that, as far as I am aware.
Compare that to my wife’s heritage. She is from Sicily. That island has been invaded and conquered so much and so often that their DNA is a broad mix. Interestingly, it is not a homogenous blend, though, so there are those that have Norman traits, such as my wife - blues eyes, pale skin - to those that are more Mediterranian, Greek, etc., dark skin, brown eyes, dark hair.
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The article refers to settlers from Anatolia (around Turkey) settling in Britain around 6500 BC and being over 90% replaced by the Bell Beaker people around 2000 BC.
That aligns with a history podcast I was listening to last year that compared genetic changes to cultural changes in that area during those time periods. I can’t remember where the Bell Beaker people supposedly came from but I think they had a varied genetic stock with similar cultural traits. I can’t remember if the podcast mentioned how much the genetics changed after those two major migrations.
It seems that improvements in the ability to get DNA from a wider variety and condition of remains has lead to a wealth of new information over the past two years.
Tides of History is the podcast. It’s very good for long road trips if you are into history.
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I look more at the color of hair rather than skin. If it is white or gray, it means they were smart enough not to do too much stupid stuff so they could live long enough to be thought of as old and wise.
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Umm. Have you seen all the gray haired politicians in DC lately? I’ll give you that some of them are smart - in a manipulative, rob you blind when you aren’t looking kinda way. But I’m not sure I would call them wise as they seem to keep doing a lot of unexplainably stupid stuff.
Seems that in modern society intelligence and wisdom are not necessarily prerequisites for longevity. Those qualities were probably more of a factor when people were likely to end up as meals for large predators if they didn’t use their brains properly.
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