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Lost Island of Gold - Kingdom of Srivijaya
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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For the last five years, fishermen and divers on the Musi River near Palembang (on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia) have been bringing up gold rings, jewelry, seals, encrusted Buddhas and other treasures, leading Archeologists to suspect they may have discovered the "Lost Island of Gold", or the Kingdom of Srivijaya.
Via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/have-sumatran-fishing-crews-found-the-fabled-island-of-gold
or the Daily Mail (Worse Journalism, Better Pictures): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10122973/Lost-Island-Gold-Sumatran-fishermen.html
Best Free Pile Ever
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Spotted on the way home from the Hospital visiting Stormy, one of many "Free Piles" that eventually just decay and become rubbish. I always take a peek - everything from picture frames, china, cutlery, children's books, lamps, never anything I want or need.
This one is different. It has a couple of cool chairs, that if I weren't moving to parts unknown in a month I might consider. So I check the boxes and it's a complete score.
#1, a man-skirt - looks to be homemade, made out of leather and raccoon hide, tail hanging down.
#2, a full calf (?) skin, tanned & cured.
Digression. I'm halfway towards my Q'ANON Shaman outfit for Halloween, but where's the goddamned rave?
#3 - a hatchet. New, with cover.
#4 - Dashcam, still in box, brand new.
Like, WTF, best free pile EVER!!!!
I would have looked harder but my hands were full....
& Highwaymen
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Having done pirates, now let's cover a few of the lesser known but much beloved highwaymen and outlaws.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highwayman
Notable examples include: Claude Duval, whose memorial reads:
Here lies DuVall: Reder, if male thou art,
Look to thy purse; if female, to thy heart.
Much havoc has he made of both; for all
Men he made to stand, and women he made to fall
The second Conqueror of the Norman race,
Knights to his arm did yield, and ladies to his face.
Old Tyburn’s glory; England’s illustrious Thief,
Du Vall, the ladies' joy; Du Vall, the ladies' grief.
Wiki on Claude Duval: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Duval
And the aptly named Rufus Goodlove, who seduced the wives of wealthy merchants only to rob their houses.
Find more on the List of Highwaymen at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highwaymen
&, since we're on the theme - Outlaws: "Black Bart", noted for his charm and verses occasionally left behind at the scene of the crime:
I've labored long and hard for bread,
For honor, and for riches,
But on my corns too long you've tread,
You fine-haired sons of bitches.
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