Re: OT: political, people in glass houses

Hunter Hampton wrote:
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:36:51 -0400, bill horne <redydog@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

There is nothing that you can hear that will be of substance about their ability to govern. The truth is in their records. What they have done in the past is the best indicator of what they'll actually do in the future.

Good point, seems that Palin can't separate church and state... or at
least doesn't.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/palin_church_and_state_2

Hunter

Well we all have to learn some things eventually, here is some that might help you. Course she has me filtered so some one else repost me.

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 the1500s:
>
>
> 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 whiskey. 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 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 ! ! !


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