Thursday, December 13, 2007
Lost interest in Blogger.
Sorry folks for doing this, but I've lost interest in blogging. Reasons being that I get no hits, and have an internet stalker, plus, I'm not that interesting.
Sorry for those who just found my blogger page, sorry for those who liked it, but I must leave here.
Wacco out!
Sorry for those who just found my blogger page, sorry for those who liked it, but I must leave here.
Wacco out!
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Bathroom Lore, The first bathroom
The idea of a separate room for the disposal of bodily waste goes back at least 10,000. On Orkney, an island off the coast of Scotland, the inhabitants, who lived in stone huts, created a drainage system that carried the waste directly into a nearby stream. I'd hate to live down stream from those folks.
The first sophisticated plumbing:
Bathtubs dating back to 2000 B.C. have been found on the island of Crete (where there's also evidence of the first flushing toilet). Considering that they were built almost 4,000 years ago, the similarity to modern bathes is startling.
Around 1500 B.C., elite Egyptians had hot and cold running water; it came into homes through a system of copper tubing and pipes.
The first social bathing:
The ancient Romans took their bathing seriously, building public facilities wherever they settled-including London. The more elaborate of these included massage salons, food and wine, gardens, exercise rooms, and in at least one case, a public library. Coed bathing was not uncommon, nor frowned upon.
Fact: The first American to have plumbing installed in his home was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1840.
More to come.
The first sophisticated plumbing:
Bathtubs dating back to 2000 B.C. have been found on the island of Crete (where there's also evidence of the first flushing toilet). Considering that they were built almost 4,000 years ago, the similarity to modern bathes is startling.
Around 1500 B.C., elite Egyptians had hot and cold running water; it came into homes through a system of copper tubing and pipes.
The first social bathing:
The ancient Romans took their bathing seriously, building public facilities wherever they settled-including London. The more elaborate of these included massage salons, food and wine, gardens, exercise rooms, and in at least one case, a public library. Coed bathing was not uncommon, nor frowned upon.
Fact: The first American to have plumbing installed in his home was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1840.
More to come.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Grounds for divorce
In Lynch Heights, Delaware, a woman filed for divorce because her husband "regularly put itching powder in her underwear when she wasn't looking."
In Honolulu, Hawaii, a man filed for divorce from his wife, because she "served pea soup for breakfast and dinner...and packed his lunch with pea sandwiches."
In Frackville, Pennsylvania, a woman filed for divorce because her husband insisted on "shooting tin cans off her head with a slingshot."
In Loving, New Mexico, a woman divorced her husband because he made her salute him and address him as "Major" whenever he walked by.
One Winthrop, Maine, man divorced his wife because she "wore earplugs whenever his mother came to visit."
A Smelterville, Idaho, man won divorce from his wife on similar grounds. "His wife dressed up as a ghost and tried to scare his elderly mother out of the house."
One Tarittville, Connecticut, man filed for divorce after his wife left him a note on the refrigerator. It read, "I won't be home when you return from work. Have gone to the bridge club. There'll be a recipe for your dinner at 7 o'clock on Channel 2."
In Honolulu, Hawaii, a man filed for divorce from his wife, because she "served pea soup for breakfast and dinner...and packed his lunch with pea sandwiches."
In Frackville, Pennsylvania, a woman filed for divorce because her husband insisted on "shooting tin cans off her head with a slingshot."
In Loving, New Mexico, a woman divorced her husband because he made her salute him and address him as "Major" whenever he walked by.
One Winthrop, Maine, man divorced his wife because she "wore earplugs whenever his mother came to visit."
A Smelterville, Idaho, man won divorce from his wife on similar grounds. "His wife dressed up as a ghost and tried to scare his elderly mother out of the house."
One Tarittville, Connecticut, man filed for divorce after his wife left him a note on the refrigerator. It read, "I won't be home when you return from work. Have gone to the bridge club. There'll be a recipe for your dinner at 7 o'clock on Channel 2."
