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blaise802001

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 getti ng 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 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 th e 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 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..

emweaver

i rang to see what time they were open and theyre not staying open just for the sale so i really hope theres no tech glitch 2ngiht or i wont be happy im staying up later as it is!

on the quick order for vip slot do i enter the codes as they are . so ending with x39 or will i need to flick through to find the last 3 digits to get the sale price?

Ziggy_Stardust

SPARKY16 wrote: »

Are you sure it's not a carrier pidgeon bringing you the code!! lol:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

The sun has come out here, perhaps thats a good omen

emweaver

who has a 5.30 slot? does every1 on the same slot have the same password?

bubbleyou

Right - can't spend anymore time worrying about 'will I, wont I' receive my order so I have made the following decision:
Most things I ordered because they were in the sale - not because I really wanted them and I certainly wouldn't have paid full price for them!
So, I am going to log off now and wait and see what happens tomorrow. It's out of my hands now
Good luck to all of you - I hope you all get what you want.

beebergirl

999-644-GV5 has just worked for me at sale price.

It is a little girls thick winter padded coat. Many sizes still available.

beebergirl

999-644-GV5 just worked and half price at £9.50.

It's a little girls pink padded winter coat.

lab-dab

saying sold out on mine

lab-dab

It also says 10.00 on mine

blaise802001

I can see it says delayed by 5 days but is at £9.50!! Maybe it depends what size you want. I chose 12-18