[Groop]Groo in swedish history (part 2)

Gary Grossmann grossfam@olywa.net
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:04:10 -0800


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Amazing!

What a great story of disaster & Groo.  (pardone me for being =
redundant.)  Mark, you'll pass Oskar's piece of history onto to Sergio, =
won't you?  -Gary G. =20

PS to Elie, Groo is very nuetral.  He slays everyone. =20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Oskar Sj=F6str=F6m=20
  To: groop@groo.com=20
  Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:22 PM
  Subject: [Groop]Groo in swedish history (part 2)


  For more than a year ago, I wrote you an article about som spooky and =
coincidal appearences of the name Groo (though in many forms, such as =
Grooth or Gropius and I specially recall one, most suspectible, called =
Groopman) among the ranks of the swedish warriorking Charles XIIs army. =
In 1709 this army was - not in such mysterical circumstances after all - =
completely destroyed by russian forces in the battle at Poltava (one of =
the kings generals that has been blamed for one of the most fatal =
mistakes during this battle was Carl Gustaf Roos; or C G Roos; C Groos; =
well you se where im pointing at).=20

  Recently, I ran over yet another unpleasant Groorelated historical =
incident:=20

  In 1628 the swedish royal navy was to be reinforced by a huge and =
usable new admiralship named Wasa (you might actually know about her, =
shes pretty unique of her kind). This great vessel was built in massive =
oak, decorated with alot of gold, carried 64 bronze cannons (terrifying =
numbers then) and some 200 men. The 10th of August she left the docks of =
Stockholm on her maiden voyage, with open gunports, full sails, flags =
atop and was expected to salute her way through the archipelago heading =
for the Baltic sea. The ship was to sail to Germany, where Sweden had =
just engaged on the protestant side in the Thirty Years War, to help =
tackle the catholic onslaught. But to the horror of the townspeople (not =
to speak abuot her crew) "something" got wrong and she sunk at the =
ceremonial depature, within a few minutes, right before their eyes in =
the waters of the Stockholm harbour. Disaster.=20

  Late theories speculate that the accident was caused by unbalance in =
Wasas weight and height, causing the ship to flip to her side letting =
water flush into the the open gunports. I early bought that theory, =
thinking they should have loaded her with even more guns correcting the =
instability.=20

  Now, however, I know better.  =20

  Just guess what the constructors name was. Arndt de Groot. I couldnt =
believe my eyes (or could I?). Someone erred! And I cant stop thinking =
about that early Groo adventure called Shanghaied: will I ever be able =
to enter the museum of the Wasa again, without hearing the hysterical =
laughter of captain Ahax echoing through the walls of the exhibition =
hall?

  Probably to be continued. /Oskar.=20

  ---

  Wasa was dragged out of the water in 1961, some 333 years after the =
shipwreck, was rebuilt and put into her final restingplace in the =
"catacomb" called the Wasamuseum. Its now a popular tourist attraction. =
Some visitors might even notice the stale stench of 17th century cheese =
dip around. None has ever been blamed or punished for the catastroph...=20






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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Amazing!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>What a great story of disaster &amp; Groo.&nbsp; =
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Sergio, won't you?&nbsp; -Gary G.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>PS to Elie, Groo is very nuetral.&nbsp; He slays=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 06, 2002 =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Groop]Groo in swedish =
history=20
  (part 2)</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>
  <DIV></DIV>
  <DIV></DIV>
  <P>For more than a year ago, I wrote you an article about som spooky =
and=20
  coincidal appearences of the name Groo (though in many forms, such as =
Grooth=20
  or&nbsp;Gropius and I specially recall one,&nbsp;most suspectible, =
called=20
  Groopman) among the ranks of the swedish warriorking Charles XIIs =
army. In=20
  1709&nbsp;this army was - not in such mysterical&nbsp;circumstances =
after all=20
  - completely destroyed by russian forces in the battle at Poltava (one =
of the=20
  kings generals that&nbsp;has been blamed for one of the most fatal =
mistakes=20
  during this battle&nbsp;was Carl Gustaf Roos; or C G Roos; C Groos; =
well you=20
  se where im pointing at). </P>
  <P>Recently, I ran over yet another unpleasant Groorelated historical=20
  incident: </P>
  <P>In 1628 the swedish royal navy was to be&nbsp;reinforced by a huge=20
  and&nbsp;usable new admiralship named Wasa (you might actually know =
about her,=20
  shes pretty unique of her kind). This great vessel was built in =
massive oak,=20
  decorated&nbsp;with&nbsp;alot of gold, carried 64 bronze cannons =
(terrifying=20
  numbers then) and some 200 men. The 10th of August she&nbsp;left the =
docks of=20
  Stockholm&nbsp;on her maiden voyage,&nbsp;with&nbsp;open gunports, =
full sails,=20
  flags atop and was expected to salute her way through the archipelago =
heading=20
  for the Baltic sea. The ship was to sail to Germany, where Sweden had =
just=20
  engaged on the protestant side in the Thirty Years War, to help tackle =
the=20
  catholic onslaught. But to the horror of the townspeople (not to speak =

  abuot&nbsp;her crew) "something" got wrong and she sunk at the=20
  ceremonial&nbsp;depature, within a few minutes, right before their =
eyes in the=20
  waters of the Stockholm harbour. Disaster. </P>
  <P>Late theories speculate that the accident was caused by unbalance=20
  in&nbsp;Wasas weight and height, causing the ship to flip to her=20
  side&nbsp;letting water flush into the the open gunports. I early =
bought that=20
  theory, thinking they should have loaded her with even more=20
  guns&nbsp;correcting the instability. </P>
  <P>Now, however, I know better. &nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
  <P>Just guess what the constructors name was. Arndt de Groot. I =
couldnt=20
  believe my eyes (or could I?). Someone erred! And I cant stop thinking =
about=20
  that early Groo adventure called Shanghaied: will I ever be able to =
enter the=20
  museum of the Wasa again, without hearing the hysterical laughter of =
captain=20
  Ahax echoing through the walls of the exhibition hall?</P>
  <P>Probably to be continued. /Oskar. </P>
  <P>---</P>
  <P>Wasa was dragged out of the water in 1961, some 333 years after the =

  shipwreck, was rebuilt and put into her final restingplace in the =
"catacomb"=20
  called the Wasamuseum. Its now a popular tourist attraction. Some =
visitors=20
  might even notice the stale stench of 17th century cheese dip around. =
None has=20
  ever been blamed or punished for the =
catastroph...&nbsp;<BR><BR><BR></P>
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