Ya'll put a smile on face for the whole week! I totally feel so informed and highly educated now!! love ya guys!! Tightie whities....nothing goes right when your underwears too tight! On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Cris Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, as usal you have me in tears laughing..tightie whitey man! Your > question about what our ancestors wore made me think of something I only > learned today at the Celtic Faire. Many people were wearing foxtails > attached to their behinds. I had no idea why until I found out they wore > them for sanitary condition.As there was no toilet paper and such at the > time (1700's-1800's) the fox tail was worn on the person rea end to keep > flies away! How totally gross! I also learned that woman had an inner > dress > and an outer dress ( the inner one being similar to a ladies slip..but made > of linen, muslin etc.) Hygiene wasn't given careful attention and the women > wore the 2 "dresses" and at night took off the top layer and slept in the > second one. When they woke in the morning they put their apron on over it > and proceeded with their chores...this inner garment was worn over and over > without washing it...another totally gross from me. > I spoke for some time with a gentleman from Clan Cian of America. He was > familiar will my family names and told me that we were related to the > Kennedy's (John F.) > I will be joining the clan..Any of my Irish friends and family on this > list, > its 80.00 for your entire family, husbands, wives, kids, grandkids, etc etc > .This 80.00 is for a lifetime. > > > Cris > Atwater CA > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Thomas E. Lassek <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hmmmmm ?? - well, I think the Saints and Angels were the smart ones, > > just floating around in "protection mode" while their charges did the > stinky > > ship thing. Also, I note that none of them volunteered to trade places > with > > the immigrants as they stomped across the New World. > > > > Tenderfoot ?? I don't think so - the word no longer applies. Its > > considered outdated in Alaska and applies only in the lower 48. For the > > last few decades the word "Chechaco" has been used, borrowed from the > Native > > Alaskan Chinook language, and is freely applied to newcomers for around 1 > > year. > > > > After a newcomer has lived in Alaska for a year and has seen the ice > go > > out on the Yukon River in spring, they are considered a "Sourdough". The > > word was coined and based on the practice of making bread for consumption > > and always carrying a small portion of the bread dough with you so as to > > make more bread when required so no one ever goes hungry on the tundra. > > > > The word 'sour' comes from the abundance of lactic and acetic acids > > that are produced when natural yeasts, present in the air, ground, and > > everywhere, to include in and on grains, is used. A cultured yeast such > as > > bakers yeast wouldn't survive the experience. > > > > I lived in Alaska for 24 years and have watched the spring ice > breakup > > on the Yukon. > > > > I dont wear boxer shorts, I wear tighty whities. I have never > > understood why men wear boxer shorts, other than to say that they are a > > trend-setter garment bringing more profit to those who sell them. They > were > > patented in 1925 as an over-garment for prize fighters who needed free > > movement. Oddly enough, they wore tighty whities under them. Today, they > > took the supporting whitie portion away and wear the outer shell as > > underwear. Go figure. > > > > Its also my understanding that immigrant women, from 1925 on, > preferred > > their men to wear tighty whities. > > > > Yup if I were in Columbus during the recent snow flurry activity > there, > > it would have been my pleasure indeed have ridden the pathfinder mule > ahead > > of the kin seeker wagon, and I would have contacted the Columbus > Telegram > > for onsite coverage. Bet it would have made the TV as well. Next year I > > would laison with the LDS for a Saints cart plus Mormon Family. 10 years > > from now, the event would surely demand national recognition and Columbus > > would be famous !! > > > > This all brings up a mystery, which to my knowledge, has never been > > addressed. I'm wondering what our men ancestors wore prior to 1925 when > they > > immigrated or if they wore any undergarment at all ?? > > > > Tom > > > > > > > Tom, > > > What about all the saints and angels protecting those great warriors, > > that > > > sailed the sea's in a stinky ship, worked their way half way across the > > US, > > > (on foot) unless they had a RR job and rode.. > > > > > > Being a tenderfoot from Alaska a little snow shouldn't get your boxers > in > > a > > > wad, son, march on........... > > > > > > Maybe you will make the local press! > > > Debi! > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Thomas E. Lassek <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Good hello to everyone !! > > >> > > >> Are you all experiencing first hand the weather conditions > prevalent > > >> during the times of our early ancestors ?? For posterity, someone > should > > >> ride a mule from Columbus to Duncan followed by a team of oxen pulling > a > > >> Murphy farm wagon filled with the "Kinseekers" and the local press !! > > >> > > >> Think of the worldwide coverage and the boost to genealogy !! No ?? > > >> > > >> About half way down Marge's link provided below, there's a note > from > > >> Ancestry saying that there is a probable match to another Michael > Kush. > > I > > >> looked at the link but can't examine anything since I don't have a > > >> subscription. > > >> > > >> Could this be the phantom Michael Kush ?? > > >> > > >> Tom > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Life may not be the party we hoped for.. > But while we're here we might as well dance ! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >