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Thyne Oldest Known Tech Manual

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-many-current-ones dept.

johnshirley writes "How old is the oldest known technical manual? About 613 years, it seems. Written in 1391 by Geoffrey Chaucer for his ten year old son Lewis (Lowys), the manual explains in great detail but very rough spelling and grammar, the intricate workings of the Astrolabe--the predecessor to the sextant. Read Chaucer's 'A Treatise on the Astrolabe here."

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  1. help I have a pussy in my mouth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    p3wned!

    1. Re:help I have a pussy in my mouth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      what the hell did you cut it off

  2. Johnny Cash Song discovered by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now we know why they call him the man with the black...

    I wanna go two steppin',
    With a good lookin' big black buck,
    I want him to come and pick me up in his chevrolet pick-up truck,
    And when we're on the dance floor his hat will rise high above,
    It's inter-racial cowboy homo kind of love.

    Tall of course dark and handsome,
    A gentlemen in every way,
    A true cow poke in every sense of the word,
    We really go to work in the hay.

    A bronc bustin' bull ridin' tiger,
    Yet peaceful as a dove,
    It's inter-racial cowboy homo kind of love,

    I know that us as a couple,
    Will cause talk but I wouldn't mind,
    Those cowboys will be pea green with envy,
    When they see his cute behind.

    That's why each night by the campfire,
    I thank my lucky stars above,
    For inter-racial cowboy homo kind of love.

    Yeah I know that us as a couple,
    Will cause talk but I wouldn't mind,
    Those cowboys will be pea green with envy,
    When they see his cute behind.

    That's why each night by the campfire,
    I thank my lucky stars above,
    For inter-racial cowboy homo kind of love.
    Kind of love,
    Kind of love.