>>HISTORY BUFF??>>Subject: Fwd: FW: >>>> >>>>>> >> 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 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 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 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 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 ! ! !>>>> >>>>>> >> Educate someone. Share these facts with a>>>> friend.>>>> >>>>>> >>

On the Mutual Match programming, it seems that even though I've connected with the Mutual Match, it reappears on My Accounts page as a new Mutual Match. I click it and the person I've already accepted as a Mutual Match is the same, or if it is a new person - that person does not appear, just the first one.
Hope I made myself clear.

What happens when you already have that person on your Friends List? You click "Yes" and they received a second message, or do you click "No" to go on to the next one?
I would just like to see people that I don't have on my Friends List.

Subject: FW: The little arrow

And now the Mystery is solved. How does the small arrow in the screen of the computer work when we move the mouse?
Haven't you ever wondered how it works?
Now, through the miracle of high technology, we can see how it is done. With the aid of a screen magnifying lens the mechanism becomes apparent.
Copy this link to your browser find out:_http://www.1-click.jp/

Gee whiz.... funny this should be coming up. My 40th year Class reunion is this weekend. I will be there. My appearance will be a surprise to everyone.

Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun when you know something about it?

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."


IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!

And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.

Felicidades. One more in the marvelous journey of life. May He grant you
what you desire and bless you with many more!

First of all. It is kind of silly to be asking that questuion if you are
not in the area to consider a date.

I think that you must understand that this is the internet and people
are from all over the continent, some, like myself, live beyond the
boundaries of the continental US.

Next time, I would recommend that you check his/her profile for location
information. You may find that the question is ridiculous... unless the
person is trying to find out what you like when going out. Still, I
beleive that it has been asked in an erroneous fashion to be
misunderstood.....

Makes you wonder what he did for 26 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Si deseas ver cuantos boricuas hay, ve a tu cuenta y presiona el cursor
en la cuidad. Esto te dira cuandos se han inscrito de tu cuidad a este
lugar. Y si deseas saber cuandos boricuas hay en total presiona el Pais.

La situacion con esto es que te da todos, sin importar la edad. Y solo
los te tu cuidad y pais. Si deseas buscar los que estan fuera de PR,
pues es a traves de la Busqueda. Ahi puedes seleccionar diferentes
opciones de raza, religion, color de pelo, si bebe o no, si fuma o no.
etc,,,, Probablemente ya lo has hecho. Suerte!

Wasn't sure where to post this:


"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy,
the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese,
the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of
arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most
powerful men in America are named Bush, ****, and Colon" Kid Rock

This ought to make you feel better about your computer skills! If you
skip any, you have to read the last one! Unbelievable, but supposedly
all true!!!!

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Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?
Female customer: A white one....

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Customer: Hi, this is Maureen. I can't get my diskette out.
Tech support: Have you tried pushing the Button?
Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck.
Tech support: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note.
Customer: No , wait a minute... I hadn't inserted it yet... it's still
on my desk... sorry....

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Tech support: Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of the
screen.
Customer: Your left or my left?


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Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?
Male customer: Hello... I can't print.
Tech support: Would you click on "start" for me and.
Customer: Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm not Bill
Gates.

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Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can't print. Every time
I try, it says 'Can't find printer'. I've even lifted the printer and
placed it in front of the monitor, but the computer still says he can't
find it...

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Customer: I have problems printing in red...
Tech support: Do you have a colour printer?
Customer: Aaaah...................thank you.

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Tech support: What's on your monitor now, ma'am?
Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at Woolies.

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Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.
Tech support: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?
Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.
Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back..
Customer:! OK
Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes
Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is there
another keyboard?
Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does work...

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Tech support: Your password is the small letter "a" as in apple, a
capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.
Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters ?

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Customer: can't get on the Internet.
Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer: Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.
Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?
Customer: Five stars.

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Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use?
Customer: Netscape.
Tech support: That's not an anti-virus program.
Customer: Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer.

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Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen saver on
my computer, but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.

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Tech support: How may I help you?
Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.
Tech support: OK, and what seems to be the problem?
Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, but how do I get
the circle around it?

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A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with her
printer..
Tech support: Are you running it under windows?
Customer: "No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good point.
The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his
printer is working fine."

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And last but not least...

Tech support: "Okay Colin, let's press the control and escape keys at
the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen.
Now type the letter "P" to bring up the Program Manager."
Customer: I don't have a P.
Tech support: On your keyboard, Colin.
Customer: What do you mean?
Tech support: "P".....on your keyboard, Colin.
Customer: I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!!

I have over 100, but have noticed that one day I may have 101 and the
next 99. so I don't really know.... to tell the truth, don't really care
because people look at your profile but do nothing to become your
friend.

I think something interested them to look at your file but desisted
because of prejudice or not in the age group or whatever, to each his
own. As we say here on the island
"Ustedes se lo pierden!"

A man was in his front yard mowing grass when this attractive blond
female neighbor came out of the house and went straight to the mailbox.
She opened it then slammed it shut and stormed back into the house. A
little later she came out of her house again, went to the mailbox and
again opened it, and slammed it shut again. Angrily, back into the house
she went.

As the man was getting ready to edge the lawn, she came out again,
marched to the mailbox, opened it and then slammed it closed harder than
ever.

Puzzled by her actions the man asked her, “Is something wrong?”

To which she replied, “There certainly is! My stupid computer keeps
saying, “You've got mail!” "

Sorry my mistake.......

A man was in his front yard mowing grass when this attractive blond
female neighbor came out of the house and went straight to the mailbox.
She opened it then slammed it shut and stormed back into the house. A
little later she came out of her house again, went to the mailbox and
again opened it, and slammed it shut again. Angrily, back into the house
she went.

As the man was getting ready to edge the lawn, she came out again,
marched to the mailbox, opened it and then slammed it closed harder than
ever.

Puzzled by her actions the man asked her, “Is something wrong?”

To which she replied, “There certainly is! My stupid computer keeps
saying, “!” "

A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work.
Her 9 year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees
them and hides in the bedroom closet to watch. The woman's husband also
comes home. She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the
little boy is in there already.

The little boy says, "Dark in here."
The man says, "Yes, it is."
Boy - "I have a baseball."
Man - "That's nice."
Boy - "Want to buy it?"
Man - "No, thanks."
Boy - "My dad's outside."
Man - "OK, how much?"
Boy - "$250"

In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are
in the closet together.

Boy - "Dark in here."
Man - "Yes, it is."
Boy - "I have a baseball glove."
The lover, remembering the last time, asks the
boy, "How much?"
Boy - "$750"
Man - "Sold."

A few days later, the father says to the boy, "Grab your glove, let's go
outside and have a game of catch. The boy says, "I can't, I sold my
baseball and my glove."

The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?
Boy says: "$1,000"

The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that
....that is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you
to church and make you confess."

They go to the church and the father makes the little boy sit in the
confession booth and he closes the door.

The boy says, "Dark in here."
The priest says, "Don't start that **** again, you're in my closet now.

A "Dear John" letter in reverse action.....

Makes you wonder of all the "Dear John' letter received during the
Vietnam War and all other wars.......

That was beautiful. Kids do and say the wildest things, but I bet the
mother would not have been so calm and collected.....

John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several
hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets", and ten roosters, whose
job it was to fertilize the eggs (for you city folks).
The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into
the soup pot and was replaced. That took an awful lot of his time, so he
bought a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters.

Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance,
which rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch and fill out
an efficiency report simply by listening to the bells.

The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, and a very fine
specimen he was, too. But on this particular morning, John noticed old
Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! John went to investigate.

The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The
pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. But to Farmer
John's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't
ring. He would sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next
one. John was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew
County Fair and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.

The result? The judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece
Prize but they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well.

Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making: Who else but a
politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted
awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace
and screwing them when they weren't paying attention........

No wonder they call old politicians "old roosters"!

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need
to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of
his advice!

A corporate Attorney sent the following out to the employees
in his company.

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.

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge
because my wallet was stolen last month.

Within a week, the thieve(S) 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 three 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., if it has been stolen (or lost):

1.) Equifax: 800-525-6285

2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 888-397-3742

3.) Trans Union : 800-680-7289

4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):
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 that you care about.