Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty Pascal Date: 11 Jan 2026 20:57:33 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <20260105104946.00005ab4@gmail.com> <10ji02o$3f9k2$3@nntp.eternal-september.org> <10ji20j$3fsod$3@nntp.eternal-september.org> <20260106142216.00007bbc@gmail.com> <20260107085703.00006e86@gmail.com> <10jo4bg$1e3l8$6@dont-email.me> <20260108184608.07ed7f69@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> <20260108201342.60f93466@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> <10jqjjk$292fm$3@dont-email.me> <546dnQj9vYmXn_70nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10jv3tv$3kkhi$1@dont-email.me> <10k01jh$3qvn9$13@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 9ANg6GplwPum4aNnoJ42xAWSVnYsEwkxg0ExxrmHl7uqN4OQlG Cancel-Lock: sha1:ut6mIAOmobbnqOhcRFSgoweq9bc= sha256:q/yYe9WMXnC3UPTNH8EGlX07Jzs2DlSICBgxTFWm1qE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80938 alt.folklore.computers:233541 On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:29:53 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 11/01/2026 05:39, rbowman wrote: >> He tells a plausible story. In 'Collapse' Jared Diamond claims that one >> of the reasons for the abandonment of Greenland along with climate >> change was an irrational reluctance of the Norse to eat fish. Excuse >> me? He bases that on the lack of fish bones in the middens. I've never >> had it but I think the process of producing hákarl might dissolve the >> bones. > > They are probably so hungry they ate the bones as well.. We used to have fried smelts, fins, tail, and scales, usually without the head. This isn't the best area for seafood but the only ones I've seen in the market lately were marked as bait.