INTERESTING FACTS IF TRUE

[MakoMike]

Lots of misinformation scattered among a few true facts.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

Lots of misinformation scattered among a few true facts.

especially about thatched roofs....because our modern day high tech tar shingles have a life expectancy of 20+ years and there are thatched roofs still around today....and the homes under them are just as dry now as the day they were built. In fact thatched roofs are still being made.

when you look at water spouts: call them water tornado's for a better name...they are quite capable of picking up and transporting whole schools of fish and raining them on villages.....then and now.

[RIJIMMY]

Unrelated, but when I was in Rome and toured the Coliseum, a guide told us that the arched entry ways were named fornics (fornixs?).
Women were not allowed in the Coliseum, so prostitutes would hang outside in the fornics, their clients would do their business right there and that’s were the word fornication came from. Thought that was cool.

[Backbeach Jake]

Ever notice the thatched roof on the ChristmasTree Shop at the Sagamore Bridge? Massive. And sustained minimal damage during the last hurricane.