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[Humble Janitor]

Originally Posted by BROOK

I think this is a job for the new bouncer

Yeah!!!!

[judykott]

My dog loves my new fridge magnet

[Brinty]

The proof that language is no barrier to contagious laughter . . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_wpunvbyKA&NR=1

[judykott]

This is what happens in a me first society

[Humble Janitor]

Had an interesting day.

Went up to visit brother. Everything seems normal, right? Well, my back driver's side tire blew out. I didn't panic. I thought, "Ok, so this must be the front passenger rim" since the front passenger rim is bent and it could go anytime. Instead, it's the back driver's side tire. So I think, "No problem, I'll just dig out the spare and put it on". Took me a while to get the spare out and I still couldn't get it on, dang lug nuts.

In what freaked me out to the nth degree, my boss happens to be on the interstate and he pulls over to help me put on the spare tire. I didn't see this coming and it changed my opinion of him as being a rude, controlling *******. Not only did he help me change the tire, but he drove behind me in case something else happened to my car on the way to my parents.

Lucked out that dad had a spare tire that would fit my car so had the rim swapped out and put into that tire for $15. Hit the road afterwards.

It's amazing how people turn out to be better than you thought they were. I feel that today happened for a reason. The timing of my boss just happening to be on the interstate at the same time freaks me out. I'm glad though and thankful that there are folks out there who will help me out, even if I don't get a good impression of them at first.

[judykott]

Perhaps it shows when you travel in a new innerstate, people who you saw as tiring and overinflated...... show up and reveal a new side of themselves when you were tired and deflated and can spare you the time and effort to see you down the road again.... backing you up. Amazing synchronicity on your new innerstate

[BROOK]

Originally Posted by judykott

This is what happens in a me first society

Now that is funny

[BROOK]

dis doggy is in trouble

[Avid]

Antaletriangle - please come back lad! (once you've had a grand holiday)xxxx
For gawds sake Wayne, the moniker is a swine to spell!!
Frae t'old marra - mine's a pint of Directors lad.... (or two)!

[judykott]

Brinty that guy was a fabulous singer, really enjoyed that.

Is this Dantheman??

[Dantheman62]

[Humble Janitor]

Nothing can beat the voice of this guy. He sounds like a R&B singer in a white man's body:

This Guy would really embarrass Simon Cowell

[Seashore]

[micjer]

[Brinty]

Hey girls, here are a few clips of a favorite group of mine from my younger days. If you can keep up with the driving beat and the calisthenics, Sha Na Na will help you lose about 10 pounds.

So come on, up on your feet, you don't need a partner, they'd only get in the way.

[Carmen]

Love your posts and music Brinty, but please please get rid of this creepy little thingy!!!It needs to be---or

[rhythm]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Love your posts and music Brinty, but please please get rid of this creepy little thingy!!!It needs to be---or

yea Carmen or even and and ..

[Brinty]

Girls, your wish is my command - nearly.

[Carmen]

Ahhh ! Tanks Brinty, your a lovely man




Cheers

Carmen

[Brinty]

HOLY SMOKE! A bear hug.

Well, yes, it looks too cold for a bare hug.

[Carmen]

How bout this then




Love

Carmen

[Brinty]

Aww, gee, dat's nice Carmen. It gives me da warm fuzzies.

[rhythm]

Originally Posted by Brinty

Aww, gee, dat's nice Carmen. It gives me da warm fuzzies.

and we the wuzzies

[NorthernSanctuary]

Relax and learn something of English customs, phrases:




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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':

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 fall off 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 entrance way. 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 in the 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 the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock a person 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 reuse 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 was considered a ..dead ringer..

And that's the truth. Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

Educate someone. Share these facts with a friend.

[judykott]

Great Pictures Carmen, love the new avatar as well.

Northern Sanctuary I love articles like that, great find.