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    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 16 18:19:26 2021
    XPost: alt.folklore, alt.mythology, alt.arts.storytelling
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion

    On Jul 16, 2021, David Dalton wrote on alt.religion.druid
    (in article<0001HW.26A1558D006D2CC17000070FB38F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    July 16 is World Snake Day and

    And note that when people refer to St. Patrick driving
    snakes out of Ireland that really means he drove
    paganism out of Ireland, so World Snake Day
    I think can mean World Pagan Day. :-)

    July 17 is World Day for International Criminal Justice
    (and D-moon, at my birth time, plus my birthday was on
    a 17th of a different month).

    As I suspected, the assisted shaktipat completion and
    the m.s.h.c.p. completion did not occur yet, and I
    plan to work on them tonight after midnight leading
    up to that D-moon, which is at 7:40 a.m. (3:10 a.m.
    In Vancouver, or 1010 UTC), July 17, 2021.

    I will report on them on the thread
    “waxing salmon (of wisdom?)”
    on alt.religion.druid , where there is
    already some background.

    D.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "This could be the final breath/This is life and death/
    This is hard rock and water/Out here between wind and flame/
    Between tears and elation/Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)

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  • From ansaman@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Fri Jul 16 17:41:47 2021
    XPost: alt.folklore, alt.mythology, alt.arts.storytelling
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion

    On 7/16/2021 4:49 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    And note that when people refer to St. Patrick driving
    snakes out of Ireland that really means he drove
    paganism out of Ireland, so World Snake Day
    I think can mean World Pagan Day.:-)

    There really ARE no snakes in Ireland unless
    they are in cages.

    --
    **The AnsaMan**

    In a recent self-evaluation:
    "One of the greatest minds
    produced since the invention
    of the electric nose picker!"

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to ansaman on Fri Jul 16 21:41:03 2021
    XPost: alt.folklore, alt.mythology, alt.arts.storytelling
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion

    On Jul 16, 2021, ansaman wrote
    (in article <scsuer$vrl$3@dont-email.me>):

    On 7/16/2021 4:49 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    And note that when people refer to St. Patrick driving
    snakes out of Ireland that really means he drove
    paganism out of Ireland, so World Snake Day
    I think can mean World Pagan Day.:-)

    There really ARE no snakes in Ireland unless
    they are in cages.

    Yes, but there never were any.

    The same is true for Newfoundland.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "This could be the final breath/This is life and death/
    This is hard rock and water/Out here between wind and flame/
    Between tears and elation/Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)

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  • From ansaman@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Fri Jul 16 20:29:18 2021
    XPost: alt.folklore, alt.mythology, alt.arts.storytelling
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion

    On 7/16/2021 8:11 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    On Jul 16, 2021, ansaman wrote
    (in article <scsuer$vrl$3@dont-email.me>):

    On 7/16/2021 4:49 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    And note that when people refer to St. Patrick driving
    snakes out of Ireland that really means he drove
    paganism out of Ireland, so World Snake Day
    I think can mean World Pagan Day.:-)

    There really ARE no snakes in Ireland unless
    they are in cages.

    Yes, but there never were any.

    The same is true for Newfoundland.

    NEVER? I checked. You are right.
    Not even in the fossil record.




    --
    **The AnsaMan**

    In a recent self-evaluation:
    "One of the greatest minds
    produced since the invention
    of the electric nose picker!"

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to ansaman on Fri Jul 16 23:13:10 2021
    XPost: alt.folklore, alt.mythology, alt.arts.storytelling
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion

    On Jul 16, 2021, ansaman wrote
    (in article <sct890$s74$1@dont-email.me>):

    On 7/16/2021 8:11 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    On Jul 16, 2021, ansaman wrote
    (in article <scsuer$vrl$3@dont-email.me>):

    On 7/16/2021 4:49 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    And note that when people refer to St. Patrick driving
    snakes out of Ireland that really means he drove
    paganism out of Ireland, so World Snake Day
    I think can mean World Pagan Day.:-)

    There really ARE no snakes in Ireland unless
    they are in cages.

    Yes, but there never were any.

    The same is true for Newfoundland.

    NEVER? I checked. You are right.
    Not even in the fossil record.

    Ha, I wasn’t thinking that far back, and allowing
    for continental drift, which I should have since
    I am a geophysicist by training.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "This could be the final breath/This is life and death/
    This is hard rock and water/Out here between wind and flame/
    Between tears and elation/Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)

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  • From ansaman@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Fri Jul 16 22:42:20 2021
    XPost: alt.folklore, alt.mythology, alt.arts.storytelling
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion

    On 7/16/2021 9:43 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    On Jul 16, 2021, ansaman wrote
    (in article <sct890$s74$1@dont-email.me>):

    On 7/16/2021 8:11 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    On Jul 16, 2021, ansaman wrote
    (in article <scsuer$vrl$3@dont-email.me>):

    On 7/16/2021 4:49 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    And note that when people refer to St. Patrick driving
    snakes out of Ireland that really means he drove
    paganism out of Ireland, so World Snake Day
    I think can mean World Pagan Day.:-)

    There really ARE no snakes in Ireland unless
    they are in cages.

    Yes, but there never were any.

    The same is true for Newfoundland.

    NEVER? I checked. You are right.
    Not even in the fossil record.

    Ha, I wasn’t thinking that far back, and allowing
    for continental drift, which I should have since
    I am a geophysicist by training.


    The sources involved said that Great and Ireland were
    both scrubbed clean by glaciers which are very inhospitable
    to reptiles. The seas rose, isolating Ireland before
    any continental species could migrate. England had a land
    bridge known as Doggerland which was partly existent in
    historic times and is now submerged. England was repopulated
    by several snake species.

    --
    **The AnsaMan**

    In a recent self-evaluation:
    "One of the greatest minds
    produced since the invention
    of the electric nose picker!"

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