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Road workers in the eastern China were given the task of widening a road in the city of Taizhou, in the Jiangsu Province. They were digging about 6 feet below the surface when they came across something completely by chance that no one was expecting to find. They hit something solid while digging and after a bit of research they realized that they had actually hit buried tomb. It was time to call in professional archeologists to unearth and reveal this mystery. They found that the chamber was over 700 years old.
Here the team prepares to see what was inside for the first time after 700 years.
After opening the box they found that the contents were rare silks and linens lying in some sort of brown liquid.
They discovered a mummy of a woman under the layers of fabric.
They were amazed to see the body and contents in near perfect shape for being underground for over 700 years.
They think the mummy was a high ranking member of the Ming Dynasty due to the jewelry found on her.
The team carefully moved the woman out of her tomb for the first time.
She was wrapped in many rare layers of fabric that would have been common for a high ranking member of the Ming Dynasty.
This close up of her shoes shows how well preserved her corpse was.
Whatever she was preserved in was remarkable. She even had her eyebrows still attached.
his is a rare find and with advancements in archeology today she will stay preserved in a museum.
What an incredible find to just stumble upon. This find will answer many questions about the Ming Dynasty and the forbidden city in China. After excavating the site, archeologists found 2 other coffins that they are researching now. Im sure we will see more on this story as time passes and data is analyzed. Only time will unearth the beautiful secrets from the past.
TheVikingWay
I mean, surely this wasn't secured properly? Shouldn't it have been open in a clean space, preserved from air etc? I feel this was wrong.
Radenium
You people have ruined me, I was expecting dickbutt.
arcke
Wow look how well preserved this fluid keeps the body! Lets take it out.
boombayada
Do you want curses? Because that's how you get curses.
HIVPegative
RETUUUUUUUUUUURN THE SLAAAAAAAAAAAB
dropandgivemesexy
I looked everywhere for this comment, thank you
GILSINICUS
What is that liquid?! Why are we not questioning this
bigbrother
Those shoes are suspicious to me. The hole pattern on the bottom is almost machine-like.
SpoonOfDoom
And thus, the curse of The Old Queen was released into the world sealing its fate, and it was the beginning of the end of space and time.
Finrau
As someone who has worked with Human remains in a Coroners office.That corpse is in better shape then some people that have been dead 3 days
RunsWithShortShorts
That's amazming
LurkMasterP
Read your comment twice before I caught it, now I'm upvotming.
RunsWithShortShorts
It's the little mings in life that I appreciate.
TheCharacterLimitInUserNamesIsALargeNumberAndIWillAbuseThatFact
I wouldn't have caught it without your comment ;P.
Bushlexia
That one guy... "WTF this isn't a funny cat picture or boob gif!!! DOWNVOTE"
Misora
I admit I was expecting a dick butt after the 'see rest of album link' but that's more common than well preserved mummies.
thewildplum
Mummy issues. (I'm sorry)
LurkMasterP
I think 4-5% of imgurians believe that if they don't like something enough to upvote it, they must downvote it. There's no neutral.
WindrunnerTheMovie
Oh yeah, well you can take your opinion and -http://imgur.com/IZUK1iY
Queenofthedemented
First, I expected dickbutt. Second, They took this woman from her grave??? Man.....,,
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
the thought of what was in that water made my stomach turn even though i'm sure it was just a bit of infiltration.
prattleassassin
http://home.comcast.net/~diewald/idol_hands/Images/mummyCurse.jpg
hardytardigrade
If I get 100 upvotes I will drink a teaspoon of the liquid
SpaceFace
How ya gonna get it? National Treasure 76: Cue Nicholas Cage "We're gonna steal... the Mysterious Mummy Juice."
foosbabaganoosh
Unlikethesepeopleigotthatreference.flac
amyapplejuice
Welcome to imgur, where we don't care what you do or don't do.
usaywhaa
Sick reference... seriously that was really sick and disgusting.
ImJustHappytoSeeYou
It's weird that after a certain amount of time has passed it ok to dig a body up and poke around at it. The same could happen to you one day
RepostPoliceChief
I could only hope to be preserved and remembered after 700 years
DerRattenfngerVonHameln
Yeah, archeology is a grave robbing with a good pr.
HelpfulCorn
Hence, cremation
freebooterz
It would suck if 1000 years later you end up in a museum.
flummoxed0709
Definitely. But I'm cool with that
juanchits
As long as none of my direct relatives are alive, and they treat my body with such interest and care, I tell you I'd sign up right now.
AskingTheRealQuestions
Well after 700 years all close relatives are dead by a long shot, and after all, it's just a dead body, I wouldn't give a fuck.
everybodyfreetosayanythingtoanybody
Good. I hope I look funny enough to be photoshopped onto things.
ToxicPineapple
I want to get shot into the sun. I guess it would also double as cremation.
tylertooo
That's why I'm getting cremated.
ugunaeatdat
And you'll get all pissed off as if you'll care.
TinyLiehon
But today is not that day. For today I am still alive
FatSlimBoy
I'm currently trying to be cremated and have my ashes shot into saturn's F Ring.
vipe650r
I'm okay with that. I'll be gone and won't need it anymore. Might be fun to watch and see what wild assumptions they jump to.
BeThePersonYourDogThinksYouAre
That won't happen to me. I've already donated all my organs after death; and want my body to go to a medical school. You should do the same.
KindNepenthe
Thank you!! Exactly! I wish there were a lot more people like you :)
Insomaniacc
I like the idea and all but im uncomfortable about some drunk student playing with my penis when i am dead.
PlentyofCupcakeMagic
http://imgur.com/pAaINLa
EchoOfSnac
I thought that was the point...
Scienceistheanswer
Nope. I'll be soap.
Artefact
Weird stuff. Butt stuff.
Bennybones
I give you 23 years after your death before some archaeology student comes to rip your remains out of the ground.
LiTMac
I wouldn't mind, but I want to be cremated.
RedJacketHero
Would you rather have them go "Oops we found some dude's body. Better put it back and continue to not acknowledge that he once existed."?
ImJustHappytoSeeYou
Yeah it was just a thought, like you wouldn't do it a year later.
NomDePlumage
I don't think he meant that. Just that it's interesting, from an anthropological perspective, that there's a point where the taboo passes.
AskingTheRealQuestions
Taboo kind of passes when anyone who could possibly be offended by this dies 650 years ago.
NomDePlumage
Indeed.
ukalliq
I would be THRILLED if people hundreds or thousands of years from now dug up my grave and learned things about my era.
bosskiss
well looking at the jaw bones this person was a middle class peasent see the erossion made by poptarts and mountain dew on his teeth?
bosskiss
Also his head is slightly dunken in this shows that he was from the preterrastial era. The dunken head was because of netflix marathons.
HighrockTendales
I'm going to be buried with a red herring, something like a fake 'Spaceship repairs' receipt or something, just to fuck with archeologists
CopperWench
I always wanted my burial to contain a coyote to totally throw off conceptions about my time period.
MMQuiteContrary
I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I tell people that and they look at me like I'm nuts.
Insomaniacc
Its because you bring up the conversation with random people in the subway.
Fredfinks
ill be bummed if there arent plenty of records remaining from this era. That means apocalypse.
juanchits
THRILLED indeed. I couldn't think of a more exciting future for my corpse. Too bad I wouldnt be able to witness it...
thatsnotright
Not with that attitude you won't....
Rylanodory
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111123020219/harrypotter/images/5/5f/Hp7p12_display.jpg
doublekross
I plan to be cremated and turned into diamonds. :D
oneoliner
Along with many other people in that diamond i suppose.
iSoulend
Some times later... "Hey babe, you know why your ring is named "doublekross" ? It is made of his corpse :D"
doublekross
*her
Yenidze
it's not that many diamonds they make out of your ashes. just one tiny little black one really. but it's still nice.
1AMTHEBATMAN
With three of you I could make a pretty legit pick axe!
TwitchedFlame
Psh, only need 2 of you for a sword
birdgirl242
And one for a shovel!
feryooday
Source is ACIDCOW.com?! I'm skeptical still.
spug3t
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1362957/700-year-old-mummy-road-workers-east-China-excellent-condition.html other source.
GalaxyFrame
Dailymail... :/
BrumpoTungus
Haha! Daily Mail.
JasonAbbadon
Ah...nothing like a little tomb desecration. I suppose they'll eventually prop her up in a museum to be gawked at forever. Sad, really.
xsilentstriker
Thought this was an update in the body that guy buried
MagicKarpy
The quality of the shoes impressed. I didn't think they were that well made back then.
LookOfHorror
Turns out ancient China even had mass manufacturing: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/6690.html
Bahklava
Why not just let her rest in peace? She gonna haunt your ass!
MelfsAcidArrow
I am glad they decided to open this up in the middle of the street instead of a controlled environment like a lab or something ...
LookOfHorror
yes THANK YOU. "Let's expose this mummy to the air! She's been soaking for so long its probably fine! All these ancient silks too!"
catsonmeth
They were probably concerned about the fragility of the box and its contents.
AskingTheRealQuestions
I'm also assuming they'd prefer to see if the contents are actually worthwhile before transporting a 2 tonne block of concrete to the lab.
PteradactylStevens
The liquid looks like tea.. or that juice that comes out of flan 0.o
oraleguey
Mm, flan. I'm gonna make some now
ThisIsTheMostAmazingUsernameYouveEverSeen
looks like human juice to me... or at least it is 700 years later.
SaltyNewYorker
Great, now I'll never be able to eat flan again. *goes back to browsing /wtf*
jsktrogdor
How exactly did you think they made flan before now?
StepRightUp
Not for all the tea in China.
Ademan
Humani-tea
DoingMyKanyeBest
What the fuck is flan
Cisforstupidthatsgoodenoughforme
Not sure if quoting the movie "Envy" or really doesn't know what flan is.
NormalNorman
You have no idea what flan is?! Bro..
zerohunter
You are MISSING OUT. Flan is history's greatest custard!
TheRicM
As a Filipino, Filipino flan is the richest, most sweetest flan out of all the flans I've tried, and I'm not just being biased. Try it
DoingMyKanyeBest
Still didnt answer my questoin
geriatricsanatore
It's melted sugar and eggs that's about the extent of ingredients lol
zerohunter
Sure did, it's a caramel custard, baked, european in origin but commonly made in Mexican cuisine. :>
DoingMyKanyeBest
Im in the northern us...do they have it here
firebellys
How do you live in the US and never heard of Flan? I don't believe you.
totallyirrelephant
Yes! We serve it at the Mexican restaurant where I work, Or you can make it decently easily
geriatricsanatore
You can make it
WhereLBJsNutsHang
YES! I'm in Ohio and I can buy the box mix at Acme and Giant Eagle. It's dericious.
DoingMyKanyeBest
Wanna send me some...
Lemdog
Lol at flan
travypants
+1 for Flan juice.
MobiusTrip
Honey?
malcheus
honey is actually a very good preservative, so I wouldn't be that surprised if there was honey in there.
NoSenseNoSense
Already grabbed a spoon and tried. Not tea. Not flan. :(
Strat1tude
do you want a zombie apocalypse?! This is how you get a zombie apocalypse!!
SirUlrichVonLiechtensteinFromGelderland
I'm curious, at what point does grave robbing become archaeology? 50 years? 150? Any archaeologists here know of an understood timeframe?
napier
I don't know about China, but anything older than 50 yrs in the US in considered 'archaeologically significant.' Sauce- I'm an archaeologist
napier
And grave robbing is grave robbing. Nowadays archaeological proceedings are undertaken with the express authority of tribal constituents.
FlameAble
When theres no family left to give a shit would be my guess. Death only has meaning to the living, the dead dont care...being dead and all
SirUlrichVonLiechtensteinFromGelderland
So if a guy with no family dies and is buried with his riches...free game?
GalaxyFrame
It's not robbing. We're not selling what we find, we're studying it. Archaeologists study, not steal.
SirUlrichVonLiechtensteinFromGelderland
All about how you view it. I study art, yet if I steal from an art museum it is still theft
Iwantatatoo
So they return the contents of the grave?
LookOfHorror
It's also about intent. Seeking knowledge is not the same as seeking profit.
Meduza
We found this amazing perfectly preserved body at peace with the world... Yes, Let's dig it up and Undo all of it!!!
Velaya
This is why I don't want to be buried. I'd rather save a step and donate my corpse to science.
AlwaysUpvoteBunnies
Gotta build roads!!!!! Fuck dead people!!!!
hardytardigrade
Uh, yeah. Pretty much. Dead people are like honey badgers.
gooblegobbleoneofus
Plow up those useless fucking cemeteries, too. What a waste of land- George Carlin
ajizzle
pretty that person became "at peace with the world" as soon as they became worm food
GalaxyFrame
This particular person DIDN'T become worm food :p
ajizzle
no she became eye candy for archaeologists 700 years later
MCN16
Yeah i kinda always wondered about that. How long does a person have to be buried for it to not be considered defiling a grave?
nacko
Imo, graves are a place for the living to visit the deceased, so I think it becomes okay when no one is left to object.
MCN16
yeah that sounds about right.
BishopofHippo93
Yeah, fuck learning from the past and gaining new knowledge of ancient civilizations!
hardytardigrade
Hey! Let's all make sarcastic comments! That will be fun! …wait, it IS fun.
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ReallyBigRocks
They aren't doing an autopsy bruh
ShamnusMcfee
You aren't very educated, are you?
BishopofHippo93
You mean reconstructs.
BishopofHippo93
He said something like "I hope people dig you up in 1000 years deconstructs your body and laugh at your tiny penis."
ajizzle
yea and if that happens guess how embarrassed he would feel
thechickenwhisperer
I bet that smelled something awful.
thewildplum
Considering the lack of decomposition, maybe not AS bad as a regular mummy? I'll bet the liquid was honey!
Bushlexia
Some seriously cool ass shit. Her freaking eyebrows are still intact.
justoverlyexcitedyarggh
And some 500 years later, girls are just drawing them on or getting eyebrow tattoos.
EhhhWhatsUpDoc
yea but did she pluck them? No. Glad that dirty bitch is dead.
possiblesociopath
11 image album was expecting dickbutt for the last image +2 for no dickbutt
apophismysteris
my bet is Honey
myweaknessisstrong
Thanks OP, lots of archaeology goodness, very yes!
prattleassassin
The Chinese city I lived in for a while had a mummy that pre-dated Jesus, and its wang was intact too.
roninswanson
If you're brave enough....
vegio
How can it be from the Ming dinasty and be over 700 years old?
beedude
I can't imagine my corpse being an exhibit for people to gawk at for eternity. Maybe if they were important that want the attention though?
OlivTree
FREAKING EYEBROWS
IgniaEternale
If you'd like some more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWJ4PhxTys (May even want to append to your post for those interested)
SirFishy
well that is more then i have
dpidcoe
Plot twist: she's actually a political dissident from just a few years ago and they buried the body in an old tomb to cover it up.
NKato
Removing the corpse from the stone casket may have been a mistake, as that may have accelerated the decomposition process.
Snugzilla
I'm really diggin your enthusiasm OP!
playthatrecordbackwards
That's got to be one of the most well preserved mummies ever found, doesn't it? Fascinating, thanks for the post OP.
KraftDurchKoelsch
Best. The word you are looking for is "best" preserved.
IAmTheLordOfChaos
eyebrows imgur just for shit like this
roninswanson
Omg....
silverorangetears
Ugh you made me log in just to upvote you
TheSwedishInternNahJustKiddingIAmBrown
Pun level - over 9000000000000000000000000!!
narwhalsies
I tried to zoom in for more detail and it made me miss my archaeology classes.
ChaosLierLen637
Expected Dickbutt.
lucidcute
Me too! When I got to the second picture, I stopped and told myself "Don't get excited, it's probably Dickbutt."
Telkesh
On mobile. Had to click to view last image and was 89% sure of dickbutt. This site ruined me
Shitbuttfartpoopasscrapturdpissqueef
I, too, expected an overly elaborate Dickbutt. I feel like nowhere is safe.
WowThisIsDeep
I too have insecurity issues :( about ol DB
dembonz00
Those are not professional archaeologists. Why would they open a sarcophagus outside... in rainy conditions?
ThatBatmanFappingGIF
With a drill.
joe9twit
I see no indication of rain in any of the photos.
chainletter
Construction crews dig up artifacts all the time in China. They're usually destroyed and no archaeologists are called, deadline is priority.
NowThatYouveCalledMeByName
As someone with absolutely NO knowledge in this field... why is that bad? what can happen?
CGriffo124
It's probably fake, like everything that comes from China
RyanCharlie
shit's different in China.
seventyyearoldharrisonfordinjuredonset
It's raining?
thewildplum
I know. It literally pained me to watch.
chainjunk
Because, Step 1. Open sarcophagus, Step 2. ? Step 3. Profits!
InanityWolf
Step 4. TwoChainz!
J0765
..China
2112user
It's China, dude.
werbed
Theyre Chinese, not the most intelligent and evolved people.
greymouser7
Chinese archaeologists. Have you every bought tools from Harbor Freight? They just charge thru & do things without considering quality.
Zhadan
Reminds me of how they dug up the Iceman. Basically one guy stepped on him and chipped at him with an ice pick until they got him out.
Zhadan
I think they broke off part of his dong when they did that, too.
dembonz00
Poor Otzi.
SithRuleOfTwo
"OMG How dare they do what they did cause I know its not good cause my phd on my wall says so...on imgur.
kazenokize
I actually have to agree with you. I can't trust 140 digits of imgur truth. Sometimes people are quick to be smartasses know it all.
SithRuleOfTwo
Right. It is a peeve that some people just have to flex online as if it is necessary. Enjoy what is being shared.
dembonz00
Actually - history was my major in college. Archaeology was a large part of my studies. So, there you have it.
SithRuleOfTwo
Im sure it was. Cause you know, everything on the net is true.
Tuffey
Me thinks you have possibly studied archaeology, but never actually worked in the field. Believe me when I say i've seen worse than this.
dembonz00
No, both of my Middle East trips got canceled. All I got to do was look at books and websites.
AdrianDunne
Finding stuff after it gets destroyed by a mattock or digger bucket.
Tuffey
Indeed.
ReySkywalker
I think your first statement answered the subsequent question...
kaos9
They performed CPR but alas their efforts were fruitless ...
AstronautMakingPaninis
Deserves more points
trandyr
We applied the cortical electrodes, but were unable to get a neural reaction from the patient.
HobbitHouse
Grosssssss
votress
and pull something that had been suspended in liquid for 700 years OUT of that liquid without putting into another form of liquid, that
Tuffey
Tollund man, Otzi, the lindow man, were all preserved after being similarly discovered... they didn't fall apart. sincerely an archaeologist
hansmolemann
Hey I saw Lindow man a few weeks ago! Really eerie to see something like that up close
DustyObsidian
Well the method of preservation was a little different for Otzi, since he was frozen, but the Lindow man was also found in an anaerobic bog.
Tuffey
well of course their first hand preservation was different, however their preventive conservation remains the same.
votress
thing's gonna dry out and fall apart
Yawnos
Atleast its not as bad as this... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/14/mayan-pyramid-bulldozed-road-construction
rsvr79
To be fair, there are so many Mayan pyramids and temples and relics that if you avoided all of them you wouldn't be able to build anything.
votress
ooooooohhhh ouch.
OffendedPigeon
I can't even read it all it's making me too sad
daerwyn
I...I can't...it just...HISTORY
EnigmaNL
Or this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan#Dynamiting_and_destruction.2C_March_2001
Yawnos
I hate people sometimes...
khora
Because China doesn't really care about history. I've been to the great wall, and it is in horrible shape.
eggtartsandfarts
Its in horrible shape because of recent history though. China's history is older than most of the world.
TheGayPenguin
It's also long as fuck. You can't keep that whole thing maintained AND keep all your citizens from having more than one kid. Priorities.
ourgreatbenefactor
Of course, as you know, all Chinese people are evil psychopaths.
mentallychallenged
OMG. Sarcasm guys, SARCASM.
dnaadept
Where does he say they're horrible? He just says that they, as a culture, don't care about history. Might be a generalization but still.
khora
All chinese people I've had have been great, though somewhat misogynic.
TheDownvoteFaerie
Professional Chinese archeologists. Differant standards. Also they didnt know what to expect inside.
Vandercookie
Could archaeologists use imaging techniques (like x-rays) to see inside something before busting it open? Genuine question.
howToLoseTheGame
Don't dead, open inside.
goodjobmyfellowman
If only this had been posted earlier. This is beautiful.
blue0robot
Had to dig deep to find this gem. Top comment +1
myCleverUsername007
Because China?
overbaked
why is this even a saying? you probably live in a different country and thus have different standards and culture than China.
Pasare
Why do they regularly fudge the numbers in their chemistry publications?
skizlor
The Chinese government is pretty renown for destroying a lot of ancient and prehistoric sites.
danjo
And then everyone in the city died from a horrible disease unleashed when the fluid made contact with the open air.
Cassiraa
Curse. You mean curse.
maralizelegawana
They surely just poured it down the drain and into the water table ready to be drank by all.
zahnkem
And they all lived happily ever after.
illthinkofsomethingbetterlater
but enough about the horrible air pollution caused by burning coal
smashasaurus
I was thinking kung foo zombies!
652tret
but u do know all asians are smart so they probably are areceoligists
Justinpaulmorales
That would only happen if she came from the future.
redsheep
Miranda...
danjo
You win the internet today.
Imaginashun
It would be more likely that it solved all of their pollution problems..
BillbagginsOrJacob
that exactly what i was thinking.
TwoDogsInABathtub
https://www.change.org/p/let-people-drink-the-red-liquid-from-the-dark-sarcophagus
Blastergv9
I take it you've seen the conspiracy theories around king tut's tomb
wanooknox
QUICK! SOMEBODY CALL BRENDAN FRASER!
DiskettesAndGravy
Salt acid. Pressurized salt acid, some kind of ancient booby trap.
Noebuhdy
Seti, was no fool.
msfairy
We've all seen the movies. We know how this works
NotAnotherFuckingDalek
Begin Redecker Plan
KrylonFuzion
Did George RR Martin write that book?
manlikemitch
Coronavirus origin? You may have been onto something!! This post came up in my random and you got top comment
oeoe
Shortly after, the dead rise up and begin to walk.
Iamnotverygoodonthespot
Madagascar closed its ports, just in case.
baconmassacre
That would be fucked.
Bassguitarist192
So a third of the world population died?
imyourzer0
No, way more than that. I heard it was everyone outside of Madagascar...
Sheibeo4
and now the corpse is removed modern science will make it rot.
TheCanadianNerd
the end
SAScaptainprice
fin
Ithesexiestmanalive
Ice Hockey?
Atharaphelun
Don't worry, Brendan Fraser will save the day!
MaverickInTheDangerZone
Still a better love story than twilight
SenorTacoCat
The end..?
Zechie
ded
maralizelegawana
They certainly poured the fluid down a drain into the water table.
Geogon
This is how Outbreak really started.
spiritussancto
PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT OR SO HELP ME!
hihellogoodbye
Where it came from*
AssamLaksa
omg, what if she starts walking around in the museum?!
meth0dz
what movie is this again?
marvelboy
I'm gonna go with The Mummy
fantastapotamus
World War Z
IHateBeingBipolarItsAwesome
Seriously. This is amazing and everything, but all I thought is that had to smell horrendous.
WhereLBJsNutsHang
I am curious as to how it smelled
ToxicPineapple
Me too.
malcomjohn
I would say something like alcohol.
Abso
I am not.
MADFOX
Like Panda Express
HommeDeBois
Zombie plague origins. Max Brooks was right.
TacticusThrowaway
Step 1: Lure zombies into empty buildings, like a cattle press. 2. Shoot all the zombies. 3. Continue shooting zombies. 4. Get bulldozer.
TheWrongPerson
Thank you. I need to find more people who loved his book and not that movie that shared a name.
Kxfuzed
We dont talk about that. It never existed.
BangForTheBuck
They do that shit all the time. Look at how they butchered I am Legend. Completely ruined the awesome ending. Missed the whole point.
BenderBendingRodriguez
That movie woulda done perfectly fine independently! Why did it have to use the title and disappoint so many fans of the book!? WHY!?!?!?
diregamer
I cannot support this entire line of comments enough.
HommeDeBois
I read the book in Iraq during deployment. Really bad place/situation to read World War Z.
1AMTHEBATMAN
Could have been worse. Be glad we aren't at war with India. Now that would be a lousy place to be. Also, thank you for your service!