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Life In The 1500's
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s:
These are interesting...
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell,
so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other Sons and men, then
the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small
animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and slide out of the roof. Hence the
saying "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up
your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor."
The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway.
Hence the saying a "thresh hold."
(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge inthe pot nine days old."
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a
"bone-house" and re-use the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or wasconsidered a "dead ringer."
And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that History was boring!!
"Trade What Is Happening...Not What You Think Is Gonna Happen"
What the crap happened to your "Five Star" rating Doug?.... Who'd you piss of now.LOL!
Welcome to the "less than perfect thread club" dude. personally I think that ONLY Sr. Members should be allowed to rate a thread. And I think that after a thread reaches 100k hits it should automatically be rated "Five Stars" and should remain that way FOREVER!.... A lot of effort goes into these threads.... What about it KAREL?
What the crap happened to your "Five Star" rating Doug?.... Who'd you piss of now.LOL!
Welcome to the "less than perfect thread club" dude. personally I think that ONLY Sr. Members should be allowed to rate a thread. And I think that after a thread reaches 100k hits it should automatically be rated "Five Stars" and should remain that way FOREVER!.... A lot of effort goes into these threads.... What about it KAREL?
Well...thx for the kind words Lye...Maybe somebody is ticked off that I've put the IIC's Killer Watch Lists on hold...It is not to keep them to myself...It is because I'm extremely busy at work now and I'm a bit burned out when I come home...Has nothing to do with the crummy shape the market is in...Or maybe some Canslim purist joined and doesn't like the fact that I question the system...Or maybe someone is jealous of me because all the great lookin' investor chicks love me...or maybe...somebody bot ABAX yesterday because I did and they lost their shirt(Ya gotta believe...I'm still holding)...or maybe, maybe maybe???
But to tell you the truth...I'd like to know why that person rated me a 1 star??? Fess Up...Reveal Yourself...Tell Me Why...If you think I'm full of it...Just tell me...Maybe I'll learn something...I'm serious...I can take constructive criticism...No problem...I can even take verbal abuse...Although in 8 years on the boards I've never lost a wacko argument...But I do lose plenty of legitimate debates...In fact, I will admit that I learn more from those that disagree with me and explain why than those that say...Way to go...Doug(IIC)
"Trade What Is Happening...Not What You Think Is Gonna Happen"
They rated you a 1? Well shoo.....don't expect anyone to fess up lol
But seriously dude, that sucks Bilgewater with a capital B. Sounds like someone with an axe to grind to me. Either that or someone with the maturity level of an 8-year-old. Idiots.
They rated you a 1? Well shoo.....don't expect anyone to fess up lol
But seriously dude, that sucks Bilgewater with a capital B. Sounds like someone with an axe to grind to me. Either that or someone with the maturity level of an 8-year-old. Idiots.
Maybe IBD has infiltrated the Mr. M Forum???...Who knows?(LOL)...I'm not an administrator or anything thing else here... just a regular member like most of us...So I can't see any isp stuff...But I will tell ya...IBD has tried to infilltrate some of my forums that I can see stuff like that...Caught them red handed...But would they do that?...I don't think so...They would be really stupid to even publically acknowledge me...REALLY STUPID!!!
But anyway...If people don't like what I post...No problem...I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it...But I would like to know...If I don't agree w/ somebody's deal I try to let them know WHY...Oh Well...Doug(IIC)
"Trade What Is Happening...Not What You Think Is Gonna Happen"
I have not posted my S/R scans for quite a while...But I look at them every night...We pierced 3 Naz support levels today...Not a very good sign...Here is what my scan says...there are higher and lower levels...But I think this should suffice for tomorrow(BTW...I have to hit the road right after the open...might catch the close???)
NAZ S/R
Resistance
2231
2215-VERY STRONG
2295
2284
2274
Support
2267
2249
2240
2231
2222
"Trade What Is Happening...Not What You Think Is Gonna Happen"
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