Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Thursday, April 01, 2010
SOME FACTS YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN
LAWYERS ADVICE NO CHARGE
(UNITED STATES)
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you
need to refer to it
someday.
A corporate attorney sent the following out to the
employees in his
company. Maybe we should all take some of his advice!
1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards.
Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED".
2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit
card accounts, DO
NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line.
Instead, just put
the last four numbers. The credit card company knows
the rest of the
number, and anyone who might be handling your check as
it passes through
all the check processing channels won't have access to
it.
3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of
your home phone. If
you have a PO Box use that instead of your home
address. If you do not
have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your
SS# printed on
your checks (DUH!). You can add it if it is necessary
but, if you have
it printed, anyone can get it.
4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy
machine. Do both
sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will
know what you had in
your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone
numbers to call and
cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also
carry a photocopy
of my passport when I travel either here or abroad.
We've all heard
horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in
stealing a name,
address, Social Security number, credit cards, etc..
Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have first-hand
knowledge because my
wallet was stolen last month.
Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive
monthly cell phone
package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit
line approved to
buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV
to change my
driving record information online, and more. But
here's some critical
information to limit the damage in case this happens
to you or someone
you know.
5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards
immediately. But
the key is having the toll-free numbers and your card
numbers handy so
you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find
them.
6. File a police report immediately in the
jurisdiction where your
credit cards, etc. Were stolen. This proves to credit
providers you
were diligent, and this is a first step toward an
investigation (if
there ever is one).
But here's what is perhaps most important of all (I
never even thought
to do this.).
7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations
immediately to
place a fraud alert on your name and also call the
Social Security fraud
line number. I had never heard of doing that until
advised by a bank
that called to tell me an application for credit was
made over the
Internet in my name. The alert means any company that
checks your
credit knows your information was stolen, and they
have to contact you
by phone to authorize new credit.
By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks
after the theft,
all the damage had been done. There are records of all
the credit checks
initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I
knew about before
placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage
has been done, and
the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone
turned it in).
It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.
Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact
about your wallet,
etc, has been stolen:
1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742
3.) Trans Union : 1- 800-680-7289
4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):
1-800-269-0271
We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along
just about
everything.
If you are willing to pass this information along, it
could really help
someone.
e
It never hurts to be reminded of these!
This is for you, and for you to share with everyone you know...
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
a. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably ! in a zig -zag pattern!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
************* Here it is *******
9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door."
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.
Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby ----This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safe than sorry.
IN THE USA
Millions of U.S. workers joined unions in the 30s and 40s through strikes, rallies and marches. That is why the United Nations recognized the right to organize a union as a human right in 1948
BUT. . .
40 million people want to form unions, but cannot, because companies *fire activists *close plants *threaten employees * and worse
The National Labor Relations Board, which was formed to help workers form unions, now helps bosses fight us.
FACTS ABOUT THE 1500'S
The next time you're washing your hands and complain about the water temperature isn't just how you like, look about how things used to be.
Here are some.....
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 old 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 dogs, 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 really 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 the floor to help keep their footing. As the
winter wore on, they kept adding 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."
* * * * * *
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 the 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 and
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 "upper crust."
* * * * * *
Lead cups were used to drinking whisky. That combination would sometimes
knock them 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 thought 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 maybe considered a "dead ringer."
* * * * * *
And that's the truth...
Now , whoever said that History was boring ! ! ! ! !
Educate someone...... Share these facts with a friend
That Tobacco was brought to Spain for the first time in 1555.
Christopher Columbus was christened Cristofro Colombo and that he was not the first to discover The Americas? Also that Columbus's arrival marked the beginning of one of the cruelest episodes in Human history. That under Columbus and other Spanish adventures,as well as later European colonizers, an era of genocide was opened that ravaged the native American population through warfare, forced labor,draconian punishments and European disease to which the Indians had no natural immunities.
The Pyramids in Egypt contain enough stone and mortar to construct a wall 10 feet high and 5 feet wide running from New York City to Los Angeles.
There are over 100 different types of Arthritis.
In the city of Washington, D.C., no buiding may be built taller than the Capitol.
Americans spend more than $125 billion a year on sneakers. One hundred million pairs were sold in 1975.
There are more people in New York City, than there are in the states of Alaska, Vermont, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Hawaii, North Dakota, Delaware, and New Mexico combined.
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, more Italians than in Rome, and more Jews than in Tel Aviv in New York City.
New York City has the Largest Black population of any city in The United States. It is followed by Chicago and Philadelphia.
That there are ten million bricks in The Empire State Building.
Patato chips were invented by a Black chef in Louisiana in 1865.
Milk is heavier than cream.
Americans spend $600 million a year on hot dogs. They consume enouth of them each year to form a chain stretching from Earth to the Moon.
The Black Plague destroyed half the population of Europe in the fourteenth century.
The mortality rate for infectious diseases is lowest between the ages of 5 and 15. After 25 the body is much more susceptible to disease.
The primary source of physical discomfort among Americans is back pain.
There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year.
More than 71 million gallons of water pass over Victoria Falls in Africa every minute.
There is no documented proof that Betsy Ross designed the American flag.
The Roman Catholic population of the world is larger than that of all other Christian sects combined.
Christianity has a billion followers. Islam is next in representation.
The average person can live for 11 days without water, assuming a mean temperature of 60f.
1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on
TV; Fred and Wilma
Flintstone.
2. Coca-Cola was originally green.
3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly
than the US Treasury.
4. Men can read smaller print than women can;
women can hear better.
5. The State with the highest percentage of people
who walk to work:
Alaska
6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness:
28% now get this...
7. The percentage of North America that is
wilderness: 38%
8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the
age of eleven: $6,400
9. The average number of people airborne over the
US any given hour:
61,000
10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper
in their hair.
11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and
lived in China in 1910.
12. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter:
Tom Sawyer.
14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only
mobile National Monuments.
15. Each king in a deck of playing cards
represents a great king from
history: Spades - King David, Hearts -
Charlemagne, Clubs-Alexander the
Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar
16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987,654,321
17. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse
has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle. If the horse
has one front leg in the
air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle. If the horse
has all four legs on the ground, the person died
of natural causes.
18. Only two people signed the Declaration of
Independence on July 4th,
John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest
signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until 5 years
later.
19. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in
the English language.
20. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the
machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
21. No NFL team which plays its home games in a
domed stadium has ever won
a Super bowl.
22. The only two days of the year in which there
are no professional
sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day
before and the day after
the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
23. How about this.... The nursery rhyme "Ring
around the Rosy" is a rhyme
about the plague. Infected people with the plague
would get red circular
sores ("Ring around the rosy..."), these,sores
would smell very bad, so
common folks would put flowers on their bodies
somewhere (inconspicuously)
so that they would cover the smell of the sores
("...a pocket full of
posies..."). People who died from the plague would
be burned so as to
reduce the possible spread of the disease
("...ashes, ashes, we all fall
down!").
24. What occurs more often in December than any
other month? Conception.
25. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every
other TV show? No theme
song.
26. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of
what? Their birthplace.
27. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the
most popular boat name
requested? Obsession
28. If you were to spell out numbers, how far
would you have to go until
you would find the letter "A"? One thousand
29. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?. All invented by
women.
30. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?.
Honey
31. There are more collect calls on this day than
any other day of the
year? Father's Day
32. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of
Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic? He was allergic to carrots.
33. What is an activity performed by 40% of all
people at a party? Snoop
in your medicine cabinet.
34. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured
on bed frames by ropes
when you pulled on the ropes the mattress
tightened, making the bed firmer
to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep
tight."
35. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000
years ago that for a
month after the wedding, the bride's father would
supply his son-in-law
with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey
beer and because their
calendar was lunar based, this period was called
the honey month or what
we know today as the honeymoon.
36. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and
quarts. So in old
England, when customers got unruly, the bartender
would yell at them mind
their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's
where we get the phrase
"mind your P's and Q's."
37. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had
a whistle baked into
the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they
needed a refill, they
used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your
whistle" is the phrase
inspired by this practice.
38. In ancient England a person could not have sex
unless you had consent
of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family).
When anyone wanted to
have a baby, they got consent of the King, the
King gave them a placard
that they hung on their door while they were
having sex. The placard had
F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King)
on it. Now you know where
that came from.
39. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was
entitled Gentlemen Only
Ladies Forbidden.... And thus the word GOLF
entered into the English
language.
(UNITED STATES)
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you
need to refer to it
someday.
A corporate attorney sent the following out to the
employees in his
company. Maybe we should all take some of his advice!
1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards.
Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED".
2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit
card accounts, DO
NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line.
Instead, just put
the last four numbers. The credit card company knows
the rest of the
number, and anyone who might be handling your check as
it passes through
all the check processing channels won't have access to
it.
3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of
your home phone. If
you have a PO Box use that instead of your home
address. If you do not
have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your
SS# printed on
your checks (DUH!). You can add it if it is necessary
but, if you have
it printed, anyone can get it.
4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy
machine. Do both
sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will
know what you had in
your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone
numbers to call and
cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also
carry a photocopy
of my passport when I travel either here or abroad.
We've all heard
horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in
stealing a name,
address, Social Security number, credit cards, etc..
Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have first-hand
knowledge because my
wallet was stolen last month.
Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive
monthly cell phone
package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit
line approved to
buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV
to change my
driving record information online, and more. But
here's some critical
information to limit the damage in case this happens
to you or someone
you know.
5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards
immediately. But
the key is having the toll-free numbers and your card
numbers handy so
you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find
them.
6. File a police report immediately in the
jurisdiction where your
credit cards, etc. Were stolen. This proves to credit
providers you
were diligent, and this is a first step toward an
investigation (if
there ever is one).
But here's what is perhaps most important of all (I
never even thought
to do this.).
7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations
immediately to
place a fraud alert on your name and also call the
Social Security fraud
line number. I had never heard of doing that until
advised by a bank
that called to tell me an application for credit was
made over the
Internet in my name. The alert means any company that
checks your
credit knows your information was stolen, and they
have to contact you
by phone to authorize new credit.
By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks
after the theft,
all the damage had been done. There are records of all
the credit checks
initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I
knew about before
placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage
has been done, and
the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone
turned it in).
It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.
Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact
about your wallet,
etc, has been stolen:
1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742
3.) Trans Union : 1- 800-680-7289
4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):
1-800-269-0271
We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along
just about
everything.
If you are willing to pass this information along, it
could really help
someone.
e
It never hurts to be reminded of these!
This is for you, and for you to share with everyone you know...
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
a. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably ! in a zig -zag pattern!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
************* Here it is *******
9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door."
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.
Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby ----This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safe than sorry.
IN THE USA
Millions of U.S. workers joined unions in the 30s and 40s through strikes, rallies and marches. That is why the United Nations recognized the right to organize a union as a human right in 1948
BUT. . .
40 million people want to form unions, but cannot, because companies *fire activists *close plants *threaten employees * and worse
The National Labor Relations Board, which was formed to help workers form unions, now helps bosses fight us.
FACTS ABOUT THE 1500'S
The next time you're washing your hands and complain about the water temperature isn't just how you like, look about how things used to be.
Here are some.....
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 old 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 dogs, 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 really 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 the floor to help keep their footing. As the
winter wore on, they kept adding 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."
* * * * * *
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 the 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 and
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 "upper crust."
* * * * * *
Lead cups were used to drinking whisky. That combination would sometimes
knock them 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 thought 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 maybe considered a "dead ringer."
* * * * * *
And that's the truth...
Now , whoever said that History was boring ! ! ! ! !
Educate someone...... Share these facts with a friend
That Tobacco was brought to Spain for the first time in 1555.
Christopher Columbus was christened Cristofro Colombo and that he was not the first to discover The Americas? Also that Columbus's arrival marked the beginning of one of the cruelest episodes in Human history. That under Columbus and other Spanish adventures,as well as later European colonizers, an era of genocide was opened that ravaged the native American population through warfare, forced labor,draconian punishments and European disease to which the Indians had no natural immunities.
The Pyramids in Egypt contain enough stone and mortar to construct a wall 10 feet high and 5 feet wide running from New York City to Los Angeles.
There are over 100 different types of Arthritis.
In the city of Washington, D.C., no buiding may be built taller than the Capitol.
Americans spend more than $125 billion a year on sneakers. One hundred million pairs were sold in 1975.
There are more people in New York City, than there are in the states of Alaska, Vermont, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Hawaii, North Dakota, Delaware, and New Mexico combined.
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, more Italians than in Rome, and more Jews than in Tel Aviv in New York City.
New York City has the Largest Black population of any city in The United States. It is followed by Chicago and Philadelphia.
That there are ten million bricks in The Empire State Building.
Patato chips were invented by a Black chef in Louisiana in 1865.
Milk is heavier than cream.
Americans spend $600 million a year on hot dogs. They consume enouth of them each year to form a chain stretching from Earth to the Moon.
The Black Plague destroyed half the population of Europe in the fourteenth century.
The mortality rate for infectious diseases is lowest between the ages of 5 and 15. After 25 the body is much more susceptible to disease.
The primary source of physical discomfort among Americans is back pain.
There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year.
More than 71 million gallons of water pass over Victoria Falls in Africa every minute.
There is no documented proof that Betsy Ross designed the American flag.
The Roman Catholic population of the world is larger than that of all other Christian sects combined.
Christianity has a billion followers. Islam is next in representation.
The average person can live for 11 days without water, assuming a mean temperature of 60f.
1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on
TV; Fred and Wilma
Flintstone.
2. Coca-Cola was originally green.
3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly
than the US Treasury.
4. Men can read smaller print than women can;
women can hear better.
5. The State with the highest percentage of people
who walk to work:
Alaska
6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness:
28% now get this...
7. The percentage of North America that is
wilderness: 38%
8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the
age of eleven: $6,400
9. The average number of people airborne over the
US any given hour:
61,000
10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper
in their hair.
11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and
lived in China in 1910.
12. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter:
Tom Sawyer.
14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only
mobile National Monuments.
15. Each king in a deck of playing cards
represents a great king from
history: Spades - King David, Hearts -
Charlemagne, Clubs-Alexander the
Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar
16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987,654,321
17. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse
has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle. If the horse
has one front leg in the
air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle. If the horse
has all four legs on the ground, the person died
of natural causes.
18. Only two people signed the Declaration of
Independence on July 4th,
John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest
signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until 5 years
later.
19. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in
the English language.
20. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the
machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
21. No NFL team which plays its home games in a
domed stadium has ever won
a Super bowl.
22. The only two days of the year in which there
are no professional
sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day
before and the day after
the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
23. How about this.... The nursery rhyme "Ring
around the Rosy" is a rhyme
about the plague. Infected people with the plague
would get red circular
sores ("Ring around the rosy..."), these,sores
would smell very bad, so
common folks would put flowers on their bodies
somewhere (inconspicuously)
so that they would cover the smell of the sores
("...a pocket full of
posies..."). People who died from the plague would
be burned so as to
reduce the possible spread of the disease
("...ashes, ashes, we all fall
down!").
24. What occurs more often in December than any
other month? Conception.
25. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every
other TV show? No theme
song.
26. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of
what? Their birthplace.
27. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the
most popular boat name
requested? Obsession
28. If you were to spell out numbers, how far
would you have to go until
you would find the letter "A"? One thousand
29. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?. All invented by
women.
30. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?.
Honey
31. There are more collect calls on this day than
any other day of the
year? Father's Day
32. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of
Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic? He was allergic to carrots.
33. What is an activity performed by 40% of all
people at a party? Snoop
in your medicine cabinet.
34. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured
on bed frames by ropes
when you pulled on the ropes the mattress
tightened, making the bed firmer
to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep
tight."
35. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000
years ago that for a
month after the wedding, the bride's father would
supply his son-in-law
with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey
beer and because their
calendar was lunar based, this period was called
the honey month or what
we know today as the honeymoon.
36. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and
quarts. So in old
England, when customers got unruly, the bartender
would yell at them mind
their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's
where we get the phrase
"mind your P's and Q's."
37. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had
a whistle baked into
the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they
needed a refill, they
used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your
whistle" is the phrase
inspired by this practice.
38. In ancient England a person could not have sex
unless you had consent
of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family).
When anyone wanted to
have a baby, they got consent of the King, the
King gave them a placard
that they hung on their door while they were
having sex. The placard had
F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King)
on it. Now you know where
that came from.
39. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was
entitled Gentlemen Only
Ladies Forbidden.... And thus the word GOLF
entered into the English
language.
THE WALT DISNEY PEDOPHILE AGENDA!!
Jack Enter, a former Atlanta detective, has studied the Peeping Tom Phenomenon at Disney. He's been called as a witness to trials involving Magic Kingdom Peepers involving restrooms, changing rooms and dressing rooms. In one reported incident, Disney merely taped over the holes with duct tape. "It was amazing," said Enter. "So many guys had been standing on the ceiling pipe looking into the room that the insulation was worn off the top of the pipe". It would stand to reason though, that if someone is a pervert, pedophile, peeping Tom or Just One Of Those Types, like any "criminal" they gravitate and seek out the environment that allows them to pursue their habits. To these people Disneyland is well....just like a Disneyland.
When asked about this, Security Officer Hertog said, "Boys will be boys. This has been going on at Disney for 20 years. A large workforce will attract oddballs". However it's gotten worse - an investigations manager could recall only one case older than 15 years.
Rich Jeeley confessed in a Disney Security Statement that he regularly flashed guests at the park for over a year. Disney knew he had an "extensive"' criminal sex crimes record but did nothing until he was caught peeing through guest hotel bedroom windows at night. They fired him but never notified the police.
Maintenance worker Vince Amato was caught peeping on guests trying on clothes in the fitting room of the Disney Village Market "Captain's Tower". He was reported three times. Disney's answer was to transfer him to another job.
Employees caught exposing themselves to park guests or peeping on "guests" in changing rooms in stores, even if they are children, have in the past been fired but not turned over to authorities.
A transportation supervisor who worked at Disney was arrested after contacting a 13 year old boy on AOL's "Orlando" chat room using his Disney connections and promises of Disney stuff as a reward. When arrested by police they said he had so much Disney merchandise at his home it 'looked like a shrine'. (And since this chat room is a known hot bed for Disney Pervs to hang out in, does AOL monitor the chat in the Orlando chat room 24/7? Of course not.)
This same chat room was where Matt Irwin thought he hit paydirt in the form of a 13 year old girl, who turned out to be a cop. He told the 'girl' he worked for Disneyland and gave her a number to reach him at; which turned out to be his number all right - at the Animation section at Disney studios. Irwin had previously won an Emmy for his work on "Winnie the Pooh".
PROTECT YOUR KIDS FROM THE FILTH!!!!
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