On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 at 14:10:59, Max Demian <
max_demian@bigfoot.com>
wrote (my responses usually FOLLOW):
On 11/06/2022 13:35, charles wrote:
In article <nqqdnSUu3oy-4jn_nZ2dnUU7-QudnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, Max Demian >> <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:
On 10/06/2022 16:41, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
OK, OT as it isn't a technical matter.
The ?th-century warship wreck off Norfolk: all the reporting is that
it's been discovered. It would be more accurate to say its discovery
has been _revealed_; apparently it was _discovered_ about 15 years
ago. (Kudos to the discoverers for keeping it secret for that long!)
OK, not really important in the scheme of things; but it does jar to me >>>> as sloppy reporting.
15 years to verify its identity.
Really? I did hear some mention on one of the later reports that
_protecting_ the site took some of the time (at least, something like
"now the site is properly protected"), but it was only a brief mention,
so I don't know if that accounted for much of the time. you might be
right about the identification - though I'd have _thought_ it wouldn't
... well, I was going to say take that long to _date_ it (styles of wine bottles etc.), but I suppose it might have taken some more time to
actually _identify_ it.
BTW, It's 17th C - not 7th C.
Certainly not ?th.
I was just being lazy - when I started the thread, I couldn't remember
which century. I had a feeling 16 came into it, but I've always found it confusing (though I understand why) that the number of the century is
not the same as the first two (usually) digits.
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