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Redbird
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 Posted - April 16 2005 : 01:50:03 AM
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Hi Long Carbine, nice to meet you! I think you've pretty much summed up the situation at the falls too. Now as far as that bit about Uncas goes... I wouldn't scalp you, or even make you run a gauntlet - but I do think you're dead wrong about his judgement!;-)
And I completely agree with Monadnack that life was hard for *everybody* back then! Having said that, like a lot of the ladies here - I've often been grateful for the exclusively "feminine" conveniences we have right now, *and* for air conditioning. Imagine having a bad case of "the vapors", while having to lug all those skirts and petticoats around on a sweltering summer day on the frontier (or in the heart of Albany, for that matter?)! I am convinced this was Alice's problem when she asks Cora if they can stop for a rest at the beginning of their trip to the fort. ;-)
"I've learned in a lot of native cultures there was a mensus hut you were not permitted to leave until your monthly visitor went away. With the exception for other natural demands." -- Light of the Moon
I remember the first time I ever read about this, thinking it was so cool! It would be such a welcome respite from the backbreaking work one had to engage in for the rest of the month! Really gives you something to consider if you've ever wondered whether it would be "better" to be a settler, or an Indian.
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LongCarbine
Lost in the Wilderness
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Posted - April 16 2005 : 11:30:50 AM
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| Nice to meet you too! About Uncas, I think that if he had been more patient, the three of them could have gone up and finished Mauga off without casualties, but I can understand his actions in the heat of the moment and being in love and all :) |
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xHanx
Pathfinder
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 Posted - April 23 2005 : 4:54:42 PM
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Have not checked board for a while, just seen how my innocent and not to mention tongue in cheek remark about bloomers started such a "interesting" discussion. Honestly. minds in the gutter. pft. but rest assured WW I can assure you that even if not invented at the time...I would have been a bloomers pioneer! *going off to search for some nice big leaves... :)
thankyou for opening my eyes to the underwear/or lack thereof situation of this period!(gah no pun intended) |
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chasis_22
Colonial Settler
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Posted - April 23 2005 : 5:36:53 PM
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| Ewwww that was a bad choice of words xHanx! I noticed that we all have this habit of starting of with one topic and somehow ending up on a really out there type of topic! I guess it's ok though since all of our minds seem to wander in the same direction! |
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Redbird
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Posted - April 23 2005 : 5:43:49 PM
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Originally posted by chasis_22
I noticed that we all have this habit of starting of with one topic and somehow ending up on a really out there type of topic! I guess it's ok though since all of our minds seem to wander in the same direction!
Kind of unsettling, isn't it?  |
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Light of the Moon
Mohicanland Statesman
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Posted - April 25 2005 : 2:18:11 PM
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I think I kinda' like the whole idea of a mensus hut. Just think about getting out of all the hard labor once a month.
HHHMMMM ! It has possibilities for the lazy of heart!
And I still think the No Panty concept is comfortable! |
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