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Teslarocks
| Favorite team: | New Orleans Saints  |
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| Registered on: | 6/12/2021 |
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re: What do ya'll think it was like living in the old days? Say 1880s
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/13/21 at 1:52 pm to LetTheTigerOut
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If you read the books you'll see people had a greater connection to each other and a strong sense of community. They acted as a safety net to the difficulties and sometimes harsh conditions.
People were more resilient back then to hardships. It made them "hardy stock." Today's emotionally out-of-control and mentally unbalanced society is a disgrace with incessant griping and complaining and being perpetually offended by any and everything.
Contrary to popular belief, the average person had good hygiene and were well-groomed. They would buy the ingredients from the local apothecary or traveling salesmen and along with their own medicinal garden, would make their own wash balls, hair pomades, deodorants, perfumes, tinctures, etc. It's rather shocking to us now to see the caustic chemicals that were routinely used in housekeeping, but it was the norm, and even children knew how to use them.
No air conditioning was not really a problem as they were acclimated to it. Plus, they knew how to build houses to maximize air flow, ie "cross draft."
I would say despite the rugged challenges, they had a much higher quality of life.
This is how I assumed it was. Hard life but I agree, high quality of life. I know there are some historians here from reading in the past so I know some have a good understanding of those days.
Yeah, I figured the dog trot houses in the south helped a lot back then with the heat maybe?
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re: What do ya'll think it was like living in the old days? Say 1880s
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/13/21 at 1:47 pm to Teslarocks
I realize it was hot, I've gone a month at a time in middle of summer twice, actually one of the times all summer when a kid with no A/C. Not as bad but I've also gone an entire winter with no heat, still miserable, thanks to a thief and slow insurance company.
You can get use to it. I guess I just wondered if most of the families lived like on Little House on the Prairie :lol: It seems most everyone was dirt poor irl and miserable. I read a book from a lady back in Civil War days, her husband was fighting in Vicksburg, it was a diary. She told funny stories about pig getting loose, having to chase the pig around, her neighbor who was an elderly man but apparently goofy. Her kids played with the local black kids so not sure how that worked out since during the War. She ended up getting sick and dying, husband got captured in Vicksburg and lost an arm. One of her children ended up finishing her diary. Just interesting to get in to the everyday life of random people back then, to me at least.
You can get use to it. I guess I just wondered if most of the families lived like on Little House on the Prairie :lol: It seems most everyone was dirt poor irl and miserable. I read a book from a lady back in Civil War days, her husband was fighting in Vicksburg, it was a diary. She told funny stories about pig getting loose, having to chase the pig around, her neighbor who was an elderly man but apparently goofy. Her kids played with the local black kids so not sure how that worked out since during the War. She ended up getting sick and dying, husband got captured in Vicksburg and lost an arm. One of her children ended up finishing her diary. Just interesting to get in to the everyday life of random people back then, to me at least.
What do ya'll think it was like living in the old days? Say 1880s
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/13/21 at 11:41 am
Let's just say average family, small town Louisiana, this time period we will stick with white people, for obvious reasons. You think people then were happier or much more pissed off everyday? Did dads spend anymore time with their kids back then as today. Got to thinking, 2 of my son's friends mentioned their dads sit on their phones and laptops almost the entire time they are home from work. I was thinking about times way back, like Little House on the Prairie, where the dad was teaching his daughters about life and living on the land.
Perhaps dads and moms were always too exhausted irl though back in those days to be fun or funny parents with their kids. So you had to worry about illness more, manual labor just to survive, but perhaps living in the country you had peace with the land, more of a present in the moment life? I wonder if people joked around and goofed off with each other like we do today, or especially before social media turned and made every one so dang serious.
Perhaps dads and moms were always too exhausted irl though back in those days to be fun or funny parents with their kids. So you had to worry about illness more, manual labor just to survive, but perhaps living in the country you had peace with the land, more of a present in the moment life? I wonder if people joked around and goofed off with each other like we do today, or especially before social media turned and made every one so dang serious.
re: Ever see many catalpa trees in the wild, around Louisiana?
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/13/21 at 11:29 am to TigerDog83
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Seems like the worms are hit and miss now due to pesticides and mosquito spraying around houses.
You’d think in rural areas or refuges pesticide spraying wouldn’t be as big a factor, or would hope so. Granted I’m speaking of the commercial mosquito trucks, not taking into account landowners spraying their own property
re: Ever see many catalpa trees in the wild, around Louisiana?
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/13/21 at 8:57 am to greygoose
I always freeze them in cornmeal. And use them later. My grandparents, one of their trees is right over pond and when the worms (caterpillars?) are there, some good fishing. Bream wear them out also
re: 10 Natural History Moments BBC Earth
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/12/21 at 1:33 pm to molsusports
The seal was terrifying to me. Not that anyone would there, but imagine kayaking and that comes up to you?
re: Ever see many catalpa trees in the wild, around Louisiana?
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/12/21 at 1:31 pm to LongueCarabine
Yea I’ve noticed the ones at grandparents don’t get the worms every year like they use to
10 Natural History Moments BBC Earth
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/12/21 at 1:11 pm
Youtube
The Lyre bird is pretty cool at 9:15
One with spy monkeys was good also 22:17
Biggest nope Iguana/snake at 23:37
My favorite was last one with Lion
The Lyre bird is pretty cool at 9:15
One with spy monkeys was good also 22:17
Biggest nope Iguana/snake at 23:37
My favorite was last one with Lion
Ever see many catalpa trees in the wild, around Louisiana?
Posted by Teslarocks on 6/12/21 at 12:58 pm
I live in Alexandria but grandparents always had catalpa trees. I've known about them from people planting them but didn't know if it was a tree that you see in the wild very often. Anyone ever seen them in a refuge or national forest?
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