On Sat, 2025-10-18 at 13:43 +0200, Harald Arnesen via cctalk wrote: > ben via cctalk [2025-10-18 03:03:41]: > > On 2025-10-17 6:29 p.m., Wayne S via cctalk wrote: > > > The British are great at designing things, but rubbish at > > > actually making them. So they have to be made somewhere else if > > > they can be. Do the British actually make anything anymore? > > > > > > > Other than Cheddar cheese,and Dr Who DVD's, no. > > Good whisky, real ale. Although much of the good whisky come from > areas > that really should be Norwegian (Orkney, the Hebrides).
All of Britain and Ireland and Normandy is Viking. The battles in 1066 were between three Viking kings fighting over England. Vikings had better technology, especially Klinker-built longboats. And some good ideas for society, such as trial by jury. In the twelfth century, the Britons laughed at those crazy Danes who combed their hair and took a bath every Saturday.
