On 12/18/2022 1:40 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
> Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> writes:
>> ... I had been lead to believe that the UK had a feral or
>> semi feral domestic cat breed population that was the dominant
>> predator ...
>
> No as I know of.
> The wild ancestor of the domestic cat still exists in far-out wilds
> in Scotland, apparently.

Wow. I am very misinformed. I'd been lead to believe the oldest known
direct ancestors of the modern domestic cat breeds were from Egypt.
That seems to make sense to me since a native African Wildcat looks a
lot like a domestic grey tabby.

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On 12/18/2022 1:40 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
> Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> writes:
>> ... I had been lead to believe that the UK had a feral or
>> semi feral domestic cat breed population that was the dominant
>> predator ...
>
> No as I know of.
> The wild ancestor of the domestic cat still exists in far-out wilds
> in Scotland, apparently.

Wow. I am very misinformed. I'd been lead to believe the oldest known
direct ancestors of the modern domestic cat breeds were from Egypt.
That seems to make sense to me since a native African Wildcat looks a
lot like a domestic grey tabby.
Bob La Londe

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Apparently it's hard to be sure, because modern wild populations have
interbred with domestic cats. Egypt has the advantage of very ancient
records preserved on stone, while Scotland's written history doesn't go back
far at all, for instance we don't know what the Picts (Latin for Painted,
with woad and tattoos) called themselves, or what happened to them.

Pictish raiding caused the Britons to call on the Saxons of Germany for
military aid after Rome declined, and the Saxons soon took over much of the
island. King Arthur may have opposed them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groans_of_the_Britons

Near Truro, Camborne / Redruth

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....What's the opinion of the 240V Harbor Freight one?
It lacks a timer but they aren't that hard to make.
-------------------------

The 240V HF spot welder is a copy of the Miller LMSW-52. Partial disassembly
hasn't revealed anything disturbingly wrong with it yet, just minor things
like the 14 AWG power cord. HiPot gives 500 MegOhms at 500V between the
primary and the case. The moving tong is grounded.
https://www.millerwelds.com/-/media/miller-electric/files/pdf/resources/resistance.pdf

On 12/18/2022 5:32 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:tnnvo0$1ti0$1@dont-email.me...
>
> On 12/18/2022 1:40 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
>> Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> writes:
>>> ...  I had been lead to believe that the UK had a feral or
>>> semi feral domestic cat breed population that was the dominant
>>> predator ...
>>
>> No as I know of.
>> The wild ancestor of the domestic cat still exists in far-out wilds
>> in Scotland, apparently.
>
>
> Wow.  I am very misinformed.  I'd been lead to believe the oldest known
> direct ancestors of the modern domestic cat breeds were from Egypt.
> That seems to make sense to me since a native African Wildcat looks a
> lot like a domestic grey tabby.
> Bob La Londe
>
> --------------------------
> Apparently it's hard to be sure, because modern wild populations have
> interbred with domestic cats. Egypt has the advantage of very ancient
> records preserved on stone, while Scotland's written history doesn't go
> back far at all, for instance we don't know what the Picts (Latin for
> Painted, with woad and tattoos) called themselves, or what happened to
> them.
>
> Pictish raiding caused the Britons to call on the Saxons of Germany for
> military aid after Rome declined, and the Saxons soon took over much of
> the island. King Arthur may have opposed them.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groans_of_the_Britons
>

I always liked the theory that Arthur was an expatriated Roman.
Probably utter hogwash, but amusing nonetheless.

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On 12/18/2022 5:32 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> ...
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groans_of_the_Britons
>

I always liked the theory that Arthur was an expatriated Roman.
Probably utter hogwash, but amusing nonetheless.

---------------------------
He wasn't expatriated, Rome had conquered Britannia without much resistance
a few decades after the time of Jesus. Constantine the Great was first
acclaimed Roman Emperor in York, and fought his way to the top of the rest
of the Empire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosius_Aurelianus

Little writing survives from the time of the decline of Roman power in the
provinces and resulting disruption of literate society by warlords who
filled the power vacuum, and the orally passed stories evolved into
mythology. Why not explain dinosaur fossils as dragons?
"Londinium, once a major city, was completely abandoned during the 5th
century."

The same Flavius Aetius to whom The Groans of the Britons was addressed was
responsible for the disruption among Germans that inspired the legendary
Ring Cycle. King Etzel in that story is Attila the Hun.

Most ancient text exists as handwritten copies (manuscripts) from 1000 -
1200AD or later, with a few exceptions from the Roman era.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Codex-Sinaiticus
A codex is a bound book, then beginning to replace scrolls. It may be a
first edition, one of the 50 Bible copies that Emperor Constantine
commissioned, after a convention to decide what material to include or omit
(much), that Santa Claus attended and where he was naughty.
https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/traditional-stories/life-of-nicholas/bishop-nicholas-loses-his-cool

jsw, weaving in a tale for Christmas.

Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> writes:
>On 12/18/2022 5:32 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:tnnvo0$1ti0$1@dont-email.me...
>>
>> On 12/18/2022 1:40 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
>>> Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> writes:
>>>> ...  I had been lead to believe that the UK had a feral or
>>>> semi feral domestic cat breed population that was the dominant
>>>> predator ...
>>>
>>> No as I know of.
>>> The wild ancestor of the domestic cat still exists in far-out wilds
>>> in Scotland, apparently.
>>
>>
>> Wow.  I am very misinformed.  I'd been lead to believe the oldest known
>> direct ancestors of the modern domestic cat breeds were from Egypt.
>> That seems to make sense to me since a native African Wildcat looks a
>> lot like a domestic grey tabby.
>> Bob La Londe
>>
>> --------------------------
>> Apparently it's hard to be sure, because modern wild populations have
>> interbred with domestic cats. Egypt has the advantage of very ancient
>> records preserved on stone, while Scotland's written history doesn't go
>> back far at all, for instance we don't know what the Picts (Latin for
>> Painted, with woad and tattoos) called themselves, or what happened to
>> them.
>>
>> Pictish raiding caused the Britons to call on the Saxons of Germany for
>> military aid after Rome declined, and the Saxons soon took over much of
>> the island. King Arthur may have opposed them.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groans_of_the_Britons
>>
>
>
>I always liked the theory that Arthur was an expatriated Roman.
>Probably utter hogwash, but amusing nonetheless.

I'd recommend Mary Stewart's _The Crystal Cave_ and _The Hollow Hills_
for an historically fictional account of Arthur and Merlin. The first
covers the time from Merlin as a child (bastard son of Ambrosius, who
became King of Britian) through to the conception of Arthur (by Ambrosius'
brother Uther and Ygraine of Cornwall). The second covers Arthur from
a babe in arms to becoming King of Britian. The third, The Last Enchantment,
covers Arthur's reign and death. All are written from Merlin's viewpoint;
and give an interesting depiction of life in the 6th century.

In the story, Ambrosius and Uther had been exiled to Brittany (France)
when Vortigern took the throne. They returned, killed Vortigern and
chased the Saxons (Germans bribed with land by Vortigern) out of Britian.

Ambrosius and Uther were the sons of Constantine, who was the son of Maximus (a Roman
general, usurper and emperor) who settled in Britain after being deposed in
the 4th century, which in the story anyway, makes Arthur a descendent of Maximus.

Stewart doesn't follow history exactly, but it is pretty close. And far
better than T.H. White (The Once and Future King) or MZB (_The Mists of Avalon_).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Badon

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