28th April 2008, 06:40 PM
Ah... sad but true... have we all been fooled by the modern drain!
Back when I was 13 (and Victoria was on the throne) I was on an Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society dig at Cramond near Edinburgh... a big Roman Port and Fort... I finds a ridge tile... then another ... good grief thinks I... I have found an intact roman building buried all the way to the top... when I believe I will fall through the roof I go to the director... dragging him over... with all the keenness of a boy who has discovered the greatest discovery since the Tomb of King Tut!
That's when he pointed out that the stamped tile spelled out S...S...E...B not SPQR and stood for South of Scotland Electricity Board! and further excavation would result in instant death!
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"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
Back when I was 13 (and Victoria was on the throne) I was on an Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society dig at Cramond near Edinburgh... a big Roman Port and Fort... I finds a ridge tile... then another ... good grief thinks I... I have found an intact roman building buried all the way to the top... when I believe I will fall through the roof I go to the director... dragging him over... with all the keenness of a boy who has discovered the greatest discovery since the Tomb of King Tut!
That's when he pointed out that the stamped tile spelled out S...S...E...B not SPQR and stood for South of Scotland Electricity Board! and further excavation would result in instant death!
[xx(]
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu