frogtog

Thank God for spell check.

Sorry to hear that Glenn we will keep her in our prayers.

I like the yellow and white one, hang on to him for me. The one I have is fixing to get killed if he bites me again.

Congrats on the new PB, it's a wall hanger for sure.

Why worry with Manuals, that's what you have friends for.

There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London which used to have gallows adjacent. Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial of course) to be hung. The horse drawn dray, carting the prisoner was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ''ONE LAST DRINK''. If he said YES it was referred to as ONE FOR THE ROAD If he declined, that prisoner was ON THE WAGON So there you go. More bleeding history. They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were "tick Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot they "Didn't have a pot to tick in" & were the lowest of the low. 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 they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. 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: 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 talking 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'' And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

Got you in my prayers Russ.

I just caught the tail end of it. The rivers around here are full of them ( Big Ones ) In the winter months they school up in deep holes, you can drop a 3/4 shorty down amongst them and the fight is on. Then in the spring they will congregat in the back waters and you will knock the heck out of them with your boat. Wonder if anyone has ever eaten one of them.

And not on the PC either. I caught something Monday and I have never been this sick in my life. Wife called the funeral home twice on Monday making plans. Doc said it was a 24 Hr virus going around. Well it's been 96 hrs and I'm still unable to eat and on top of that Burley has to start showing off his food. I just took him out of my Will and added everyone else. If something doesn't change by Friday I guess the boys on the Roanoke will get some relief this weekend.LOL

Yep I,m looking at my clock now.

frogtog.... Can you guess what it is?

I scored a 11, what does this mean? Be easy on me now. :

Another Carolina fan is on line. ;D

Got to be one of the best games I have seen in a long time.

Must be a Carolina fan, that's the way they are. ;D

It's time to rock and roll. Come on guys lets root for DUKE

I always say what goes around comes around and I think this will come back to haunt the Eagles.

I guess so, only thing I can make of it.

No such thing as a water proof shoe.

It's all about the gas milage.

Never would have thought that Duke would make it to the championship. But here we are.

Back at you.

The second semi is pretty good so far. Of course the second half is always a new ball game.

Anybody keeping up with the tournament? I watched them play Tuesday night and it was hilarious. I guess that's why they call it the NIT. ;D

Somebody been watching to much Boxing. Guy knocked out laying on the floor and the other guy hollowing It's Rigged, It's Rigged. ;D