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Alhazred posted:In april 1907 several waiters in Paris went on strike, one of their demands was the right to grow a mustache. The reason for this was that only members of the upper class was allows to grow one and finally the working class had had enough of it. One newspaper even wrote that their wives was perfectly happy to starve rather than having their husbands be forced to shave. By may the strikers had won and could wear their mustaches while working as waiters. 1907? that sounds like it was in the 1700s lol 
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Nah in the 1700s beards were for the poor men. Fancy lads shaved. And then donned goofy wigs.  Lookin good fellas.
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May 1, 2022 15:42
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"A very hairy person is twerking on my head" should come back as a look.
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May 1, 2022 16:38
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Carthag Tuek posted:1907? that sounds like it was in the 1700s lol IIRC it wasn't a law or anything. It was restaurants specifically forbidding their waiters to have facial hair.
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May 1, 2022 18:35
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Nah in the 1700s beards were for the poor men. Fancy lads shaved. And then donned goofy wigs. I remember reading that the goofy wigs were originally used to hide hair loss due to syphilis, which (if true) is simply a perfect encapsulation of Europe's fancy lads.
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May 1, 2022 19:12
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It was also a good way to combat lice, since a wig is a lot easier to delouse than your own actual hair.
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May 1, 2022 19:23
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Don't forget the lead poisoning-related hair loss from all that clown makeup!
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May 1, 2022 19:26
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I think the fancy lads didn't shave, but were shaved.
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May 1, 2022 19:43
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Yeah no proper nobleman would dream of shaving, cleaning, or dressing himself until the mid 20th century.
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May 1, 2022 19:52
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Meanwhile, you couldnt loving pay me.enough to be a noble, let alone a royal. That poo poo sounds like a nightmare to me. I'll empty my own loving chamber pot thanks
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May 1, 2022 22:20
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I have a WC.
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christmas boots posted:IIRC it wasn't a law or anything. It was restaurants specifically forbidding their waiters to have facial hair. There was one member of parliament that tried to pass a bill that would make it illegal to force someone to shave but it was voted down.
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Yesterday I learned that not only were Douglas MacArthur and his dad, Arthur MacArthur, the first father and son pair to both be awarded the Medal of Honor, both commanded the US military in the Philippines at some point in their lives.
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May 2, 2022 12:50
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Arthur MacArthur is a great name. Not quite as great as Gregor MacGregor, world class 19th-century scam artist.
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May 2, 2022 13:02
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Arthur MacArthur is a great name. I still like the nomative determinism of Rob Fortune. Or Roger Casement. Sorry, sorry that's a terrible joke
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May 2, 2022 13:04
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Bernie Madoff having a lifelong career making off with other people's money is pretty perfect.
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May 2, 2022 13:12
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Famed Victorian era plumbing fixture inventor Sir Thomas Crapper also had a great name. Crap as slang for excrement predates his birth, so he already had a funny name
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Arthur MacArthur is a great name. Or the other 19th century scam artist Lord Gordon Gordon
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I’m sorry, but history’s best name belongs to the racehorse Potoooooooo.
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May 3, 2022 12:02
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Pronounced exactly as you should think pot eight o's
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In 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War the english and danish king made a deal. Denmark-Norway was neutral during the war which meant that a lot of dutch ship gathered in Bergen and a lot of those ships was loaded with gold and spice. So the kings of England and Denmark-Norway agreed that if the norwegian military didn't defend the dutch ships while the english fleet attacked, they would split the loot. Unfortunately the commander of the norwegian fortress didn't get the order and he told the english fleet that they should leave and that he would open fire on them if they attacked any dutch ship. The english fleet then decided to attack. As promised the norwegian fortress opened fire and together with the dutch ships the english fleet was routed. Six days after the battle the norwegians finally received the order and the english fleet was allowed to attack again. But by then it was too late, the english fleet was in no shape to mount an attack and the dutch had received reinforcements.
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Imagine being the commander of that fortress after reading the letter. "Well, poo poo."
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May 4, 2022 16:10
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"There's gonna be *singing* RE-PER-CUSSIONS!"
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Norwegian sandal, circa 3rd century CE quote:Would there always have been snow here? Most likely, Finstad says. The amounts would have varied, but summer or winter, this was no place for flimsy shoes. https://sciencenorway.no/archaeolog...in-pass/2008637
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May 4, 2022 17:56
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Carthag Tuek posted:Norwegian sandal, circa 3rd century CE romans used woollen socks with theirs in colder climates
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May 4, 2022 18:00
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ChubbyChecker posted:romans used woollen socks with theirs in colder climates While that would have worked right up until the wool got wet, I'm more bowled over by the idea of the romans wearing socks with sandals
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May 4, 2022 18:11
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wool still keeps you warm after getting wet, that's like the whole point of it prolly not so much with socks, but the Romans had boots too
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Socks with sandals isn’t that big a deal when sandals are an all year round affair
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Ichabod Sexbeast posted:While that would have worked right up until the wool got wet, I'm more bowled over by the idea of the romans wearing socks with sandals Wool garments do not become cold just because they're wet. That's one of the big things about wool.
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CharlestheHammer posted:Socks with sandals isn’t that big a deal when sandals are an all year round affair I stand corrected on the thermal properties of wool, but this I am not a fan of This is worse than saying they got all their bread from Waitrose
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May as well get some circuses while you're there, why make two trips?
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I just remembered my grandaunt telling me that back in the day the fishermen on the ice would dip their mittens (made of wool, obviously) in the sea water first thing, before beginning to pull in the seines. I guess making them wet actually improved the insulation they provided? IDK haven't tried it. But I can attest personally to the fact that wet wool socks in rubber boots will in fact keep your feet warm in the cold.
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Also stretching your wool socks over your shoes/boots is very effective for traction when walking on ice.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Also stretching your wool socks over your shoes/boots is very effective for traction when walking on ice. *ahem*  e: when I was small I had felt booties but at some point they started using sand a lot more in Winters so they became unviable in urban areas on the whole. Same with kicksleds. ee: When I say sand I guess aggregate is more correct? Anyway that poo poo'll tear through felt toot sweet. 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 20:07 on May 4, 2022 |
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Wow the booties again!
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Woolingtons?
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I just remembered my grandaunt telling me that back in the day the fishermen on the ice would dip their mittens (made of wool, obviously) in the sea water first thing, before beginning to pull in the seines. I guess making them wet actually improved the insulation they provided? IDK haven't tried it. I would hazard a guess that the water would freeze on the mittens, which would create an air barrier that helps keep warm air from leaking out of your clothes. But that's only a guess.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I would hazard a guess that the water would freeze on the mittens, which would create an air barrier that helps keep warm air from leaking out of your clothes. But that's only a guess. Wonder if it's also a friction thing, and pre-wetting one's mittens and getting a little ice layer might keep the ropes from sticking?
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Yeah wool doesn't deal with friction well so I could see that being a thing. We did the same when I was skiing as a kid to offset wear and tear from the rope tow.
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Ichabod Sexbeast posted:While that would have worked right up until the wool got wet, I'm more bowled over by the idea of the romans wearing socks with sandals To think that one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen was run by a bunch of Shoobies
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