The word "sauna" comes from the Finnish. The Finns are ethnically distinct from the groups we think of as Vikings (as much so, in fact, as Native Americans are from other Americans -- Finnish is more closely related linguistically to Korean than to Swedish). Still, the practice was known.
Sweet. Have to get me one of those.
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The word "sauna" comes from the Finnish. The Finns are ethnically distinct from the groups we think of as Vikings (as much so, in fact, as Native Americans are from other Americans -- Finnish is more closely related linguistically to Korean than to Swedish). Still, the practice was known.
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Sticking axes. One of those pesky day to day hassles. Pretty cool spring lathe!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that caught my eye too.
ReplyDeleteI nearly choked laughing at the ax ad. You gotta warn people.
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