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From: "Cindy" <>
Subject: Re: [GM-L] Where are you writing from? Please let us know !
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:30:37 -0500
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I even left out the part where urine was used in homes to disinfect the
walls- it really makes you think how bad it
must have smelled in those days.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty" <>
To: "Cindy" <>; <>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [GM-L] Where are you writing from? Please let us know !
> Hi Cindy,
>
> I don't know how to spell it .. but "EWwwwwww!" :o(
>
> Nurses and nurses' aides are 'angels in disguise.'
>
> I've heard a lot of stories, but I didn't know that human urine was
> "collected" for certain jobs.
>
> In regards to the "Royal wiper," did you see the movie, "The Last
Emporer?"
> (I think that's the title.) The one which described the early childhood
> of the "Emporer" and the part which I was most influenced by .. was that
the
> little boy's "chamber pot" had to be "inspected" after each use ! That
> was how "the Royal caretakers" made sure that the "Emporer-to-be" was
> remaining in good health.
>
> As I reread my posting, I noticed something I forgot to comment on !
The
> people arriving in the Colonies in the 1600's ... did not find --
> outhouses !
>
> A humorous story from 30 years ago, is that, having married an EX from
NYC,
> we would travel down there twice a year. On the way back, my EX's kid
> sister needed "a ladies room." We had a CB, and EX let her use it
(teen)
> to find out which exit off the highway had "rest rooms." A truck driver
> responded and said, "No luck - find a tree !" My sister-in-law
responded
> .. "I'm a girl !" He responded, "Go find a bigger tree !"
>
> This might be "off topic" and "not pleasant conversation," but .. our
> ancestors ... used trees ... for many, many, many reasons ... in the
1600's
> Massachusetts Bay Colony !
>
> ..Also, I'm sorry that Florida has had so many, and so terrible,
> weather-related problems ! We now have several relatives and friends
who
> live down there, but they escaped the major problems ! One of them
> needed a new job - around the same time - and ended up being hired by a
> "roofing contractor."
>
> Does anyone know the original quote or the original origin .. of the
> expression,
> "There's always someone worse off than you are !"
>
> Well, I better get away from my computer for a while !
>
> Enjoy your day!
>
> Betty
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <>
> To: "Betty" <>; <>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [GM-L] Where are you writing from? Please let us know !
>
>
> > This reminded me of a show my sister told me about man's worst jobs.
> > Apparently urine was used in almost all
> > aspects of life in the middle ages. Leather was soaked in urine and
animal
> > feces. Tanners were popular people.
> >
> > It is where the old saying, "don't have a pot to piss in" there was an
> > individual who came to your house to collect your
> > urine for various jobs, he would take your pot and give you another.
> >
> > Then there was the job of royal bottom wiper, and this was a high
ranking
> > offical. Just a few jobs none of us want.
> >
> > I understand completely, those of you who have suffered in this
blizzard.
> > My home and family suffered thru 3
> > hurricanes this summer and we went without power for 17 days. No school,
> no
> > stores open, no restaruants with power,
> > no gas. The grocery store closest to my house during the last two
> hurricanes
> > didn't have any cold foods for a week
> > after least storm. The hard part, no air and it's 95 outside. I came
to
> > really appericate power in those days. I still
> > have trees down on my property that we haven't gotten to cutting up. I
> > really feel bad for those people who still haven't
> > gotten their roofs replaced yet you see them everywhere. My sister has
> every
> > room in her house with water damage, flooring
> > ripped up and ceiling needing to be replaced and she hasn't had a
> contractor
> > yet return her calls. She's lucky in that she
> > has had her roof replaced.
> > The thing that amazes me is that there are new homes being built left
and
> > right around me, almost on every street and
> > those contractors can't stop and rebuild those homes damaged in the
> storms?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Betty" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:17 AM
> > Subject: [GM-L] Where are you writing from? Please let us know !
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Genealogy researchers go from being "Gee, isn't it terrible how
"life"
> > > interferes with my genealogy research !!!" to "Gee, isn't it nice
> that
> > > my genealogy hobby .. allows me to communicate with people .. all over
> the
> > > world !!!"
> > >
> > > In view of both situations, I'd like to remind people that researchers
> do
> > > "have a life !" And, one of the many reasons why you should include
a
> > > "location" beside your name when you send a query or response - is so
> that
> > > people will know what country, and what part of the country, you are
> > living
> > > in .. when you type your messages.
> > >
> > > I'd like to include this suggestion on Lists from the U.K., but will
> start
> > > with this List. One thing that people in other parts of the USA,
and
> > > especially in other countries "overseas," need to remember is how
> > "weather"
> > > affects genealogy researchers.
> > > For example - this week - many residents of New England and
> > "Maritime"
> > > Canada have had the "Blizzard of 05" hit them. This means they
could
> > > have lost electricity for a while, and most have spent a couple of
> days -
> > > out shoveling snow, and many have had their children home because of
> "snow
> > > days," in some cases for a whole week. And, that means - the
children
> > > might be using .. the parents' computer (i.e., less genealogy time is
> > > possible).
> > >
> > > So, please be "patient" if a person doesn't respond to your query or
> thank
> > > you for a response "within 24 hours."
> > >
> > > ...
> > > Also, someone on the NB List mentioned the "Blizzard of 05" - 1900
> style -
> > > in regards to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. And, to put the
subject
> > > into the category of "There's always someone worse off than you are
!"
> > ..
> > > remember all the people in ..1905 .. who used ... outhouses !!
And,
> > > remember those "blizzards" or very snowy winters - when the snow was
> > higher
> > > than the outhouses !
> > >
> > > I don't even like to think about "chamber pots," but, if I had to
walk
> > > through five feet of snow - to get to an outhouse .. I would
seriously
> > > consider it.
> > >
> > > One of the "reference books" I have is, which is very humorous at
times,
> > is
> > > ..
> > > "Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things," by Charles Panati. One
> > > chapter shows a sketch of someone "illegally" emptying a chamber pot !
> > > Specifically, it was Medeival England .. and someone was emptying
their
> > > chamber pot from the upstairs bedroom window onto the sidewalk .. in
> front
> > > of their home !
> > >
> > > This is an unpleasant subject .. but it is very true to what went on
in
> > the
> > > 1600's and 1700's .. in "Great Britain" .. which led to "serious
> > diseases,"
> > > to say the least, and "the great migration .. out of Europe !
> People
> > > were "shocked" to find "deep, dark woods" and no "houses" or
"shelters"
> > when
> > > they arrived in North America in the 1600's ... But, it also meant
..
> > > "free land" to walk on, "clean land" to walk on, and "clean air" to
> > > breathe, etc. What a comparison to .. what they left !
> > >
> > > And, the 1800's in Europe didn't get too much better. That's when
> the
> > > "child migration scheme" started ! (See the "British Home
Children"
> > List
> > > archives for more information.)
> > >
> > > .. Another thought I had yesterday was .. consider how your
present-day
> > > family .. moves around, and lives in this country or that country.
> > And,
> > > then marries and remarries, and .. step-children, and/or
> > step-grandparents,
> > > etc. * 100 years from now -- what "trouble" will your ..
> > > great-great-grandchildren have .. in researching "your" family ??
> > > :o)
> > >
> > > Enjoy your weekend !
> > > Imagine .. Massachusetts temperatures .. staying above 30 deg. for a
few
> > > days !
> > >
> > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
> > >
> > >
> > > Just so I include genealogy,
> > > .. most of my KIDDER family tree is based in MA and ME from
> > > the 1600's to the present.
> > > .. my RICE family tree which married into the KIDDER
> > > family tree - includes the marriage into the CROSBY / HUTCHINSON
> > > family tree.
> > > .. but, then there are the "Home Children" great-grandparents
> > > who came to Canada in the 1870's,
> > > and the pre-Famine ancestors who came to Canada in the 1820's,
> > > and to include the Famine-years ancestors who came to Boston in
1850's.
> > >
> > > So, I started out my research ten years ago thinking I was "all
English
> > and
> > > Scotch," but .. it turns out .. my ancestors were from .. all over
the
> > > United Kingdom.
> > >
> > > But, as I said in my other message, to put it in a different light --
> > > consider your great-great-grandchildren .. trying to find out what
> > > nationality "you" were - just by knowing which State in the USA ...
you
> > > lived in !
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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