How Long Ago Was Ancient?

**Bugbear** · 15th May 11, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by beloitpiper

Actually, the title is Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Rime as in "thin coat of ice", not Rhyme as in words that go together.

Crap! I wasn't paying attention to the spell checker and just hit change.

I'm going to fix that and make a note on the post, thanks BP.

* Fixed it.

**piperdbh** · 15th May 11, 11:23 AM

Ancient = before XMTS

Like that one, Ted?

**Bugbear** · 15th May 11, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

Ancient = before XMTS

Like that one, Ted?

I have seen some ancient threads on XMTS, so...

**mookien** · 16th May 11, 10:21 AM

Graham: I wish you hadn't made that posting. Now I can't get that song out of my head. But, then again, if you have to fixate on a song, that ain't a bad one. :-)

**Southern Breeze** · 23rd May 11, 08:26 AM

If you're younger than 30, ancient is pre-internet/ cellphone times.

**O'Callaghan** · 23rd May 11, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by beloitpiper

Actually, the title is Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Rime as in "thin coat of ice", not Rhyme as in words that go together.

Yes, but are you seriously saying it's not a deliberate pun?

**Bugbear** · 23rd May 11, 05:46 PM

Look, I am embarrassed about the mistake. I didn't double check my post after running a spelling checker. It was due to laziness and haste on my part. I fixed the mistake to "Rime," and put a note of explanation in the post. There's not much else I can do.

**Nick the DSM** · 23rd May 11, 05:58 PM

Most you guys are a perfect description.

I'm such a whippersnapper.

**chrisupyonder** · 23rd May 11, 07:52 PM

I would say from 3000 BC to 500 AD

Chris.

**Teufel Hunden** · 24th May 11, 08:53 PM

Anything before my birthday, in 1982, is considered, "The long long ago." But to qualify as ancient... we'd have to be talking about everything before the 1970s.... at least.

Seriously, ancient to me would be around 2000 years old or more. When I'm referring to the ancients or their civilizations, I'm generally meaning early Romans or the people who came before them.