tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post6644815635717836712..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: "Jesus Medicine"LKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-12318233366931760562015-10-30T14:25:56.111-05:002015-10-30T14:25:56.111-05:00It is sad that our nation has done such a poor job...It is sad that our nation has done such a poor job teaching history that it is usually considered boring. In fact, anywhere you turn there are wonderful and enlightening stories such as this, waiting to be heard. My favorite recent example was a PBS show about forging a replica of an ancient Viking sword. I did not know I had any interest in Viking swords, but I sat spellbound for the whole show. Turns out the Vikings at one point where using swords made of a high quality steel that was not "discovered" in Europe until centuries later. The explanation was that for a period of time the Vikings had a direct trade route to Iran, where this steel was available. The master sword maker used a simple brick oven and a small jug of iron ore to replicate the Iranian smelting process, then carefully made a replica sword to exacting Viking standards. Along the way I learned more about Wagner's opera "The Ring of the Nibelung"--the Germans had to pound their swords long and hard to try to extrude impurities which the Vikings avoided by starting with superior steel. I also learned that even is those days there were counterfeit goods on the market, as not all Viking swords were real Viking swords. The counterfeits could be spotted by a small misspelling of the brand name, or by how easily they broke in battle. History is fun!<br /><br />As for Vicks and Mentholatum, both products have frequently shown up at my house. Now we will have something new to think about next time we need to use them!Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-80885875464496444602015-10-30T10:28:59.314-05:002015-10-30T10:28:59.314-05:00I love this story, Leroy...Amazing that he was an ...I love this story, Leroy...Amazing that he was an architect too!gjunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207181720127939594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-27973494607470456742015-10-30T09:31:19.309-05:002015-10-30T09:31:19.309-05:00Fascinating story, Leroy. Thank you. It was Vicks...Fascinating story, Leroy. Thank you. It was Vicks VapoRub at our house. I wasn't too fond of the smell especially when the vaporiser was used with the VapoRub...a blanket was made into a tent over the bed to keep that VapoRub in my system. But your blog now has me intersted in Mentholatum. I'm not sure I'd like the smell of that either, but I'm going to check it out!<br /><br />Vories and I have something in common...we were both born in Leavenworth! And while not the same spelling, the doctor who delivered me was Carroll Vorhees.David M. Fulknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-48562447763451242372015-10-30T08:16:41.291-05:002015-10-30T08:16:41.291-05:00Thinking Friend Jeanie McGowan in central Missouri...Thinking Friend Jeanie McGowan in central Missouri shares this comment:<br /><br />"Thanks, Leroy, for this sweet story. I had no idea! My mom thought Mentholatum was the best, too! Isn't it interesting how God works through different people and circumstances."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-72763189172735952102015-10-30T08:00:45.764-05:002015-10-30T08:00:45.764-05:00What an interesting piece of history and biography...What an interesting piece of history and biography! I wondered, after reading the first couple of sentences, where in the world you were going with this blog. :-DAntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945285810893867079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-10079593045399215762015-10-30T07:19:11.250-05:002015-10-30T07:19:11.250-05:00For those of you who would like to read more about...For those of you who would like to read more about Vories, there is much information about him at http://vories.com/english/.<br /><br />A visitor to where Vories lived and worked through the years wrote a brief article about Vories and posted many pictures after visiting there last year. The link is http://www.deepkyoto.com/william-merrell-vories-a-5oth-anniversary-memorial-tour-in-omi-hachiman/.LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.com