Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 1/15/25 5:47 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:59:16 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

Statistically it is 99.99% certain that any  British-descended  person
is descended from royalty of one sort or another.

 I'm descended from a long line of pirates, horse thieves, and general
ne'er-do-wells.  There's reasons we-uns ain't in Europe no more.

>
 I'm sure my line derived from Nordic marauders and
 civil engineers.

Easy to tell! Do you have blue eyes, blonde hair and are very fit and muscular? If so, welcome! ;)

 All hail Woden One-Eye !

Amen! ;)

 Anyway, 'England' is at least half Nord genes by now.
 The nearest thing to "Original England" is Wales, and
 to a lesser extent Cornwall.
>
 But even they weren't "original". England may win the
 prize for "most invaded" landmass ever. Lots and lots
 of little groups stretching back into the Ice Age, then
 the Beaker People, then ... it's COMPLICATED.
>
 There are other places that were "crossroads" that are
 equally complicated - genetically/culturally. England
 was kind of the dead-end dest, where every wandering
 tribe kinda wound up.
>
 Hmmmm ... some say 'gods' only live so long as they
 are remembered - did I just extend the lifetime of
 Woden ?  :-)

You did! Have you seen or read American gods? It is based on this theme.