Historical tidbits you didn't know you needed to know

[billyfridge]

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are "limbs," therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the _expression, "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."


 
 

[MinLo]

  I always wondered about the arm and the leg expression........

[cissie]

Thank you Billy, as they say, you learn something new every day, and that is another lesson learnt.. thank you kind sir.

[billyfridge]

As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October)! Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs mad e from wool. They couldn't wash the wigs, so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.

 

[cissie]

Yukk... could you imagine the stench.... omg.. thank goodness i live now.

[billyfridge]

well, I have a shower every xmas,....wether I need to or not

[MinLo]

LOL.....Keep em coming, I too young to know any of these things.........

[cissie]

well, I have a shower every xmas,....wether I need to or not

oh Billy, i wondered what that smell was drifting over the water.. must be you not having a shower.. Pooooooo!!!!!!!

[billyfridge]

put a peg on yer nose Cissie

[cissie]

don't want to... you come and do it for me..

[texasboy]

  And since Billy is always talking about" the Beckhams"

POSH was a term used by the wealthy passengers on the trans atlantic ships(billy already knows this one)

PO= port out
SH= starboard home.
For you landlubbers  Port is the left side of the ship and Starboard the right.
So when you saiiled from the UK you always had the sun on your side from the south and vice versa on the way back from USA.
Cabins were more expensive this way.
cheers

[mac117]

Think this one is of historical value.

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THE SUN Wed 30th July 2025.

 Just read in the sun from 2025 that Chelsea are the only team to retain the Premiership title for 10 years in a row. Beating Manchester United by 6 years.

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Does this qualify as Historical???


 

[cissie]

No.. doesn't sound like historical, sounds to me like more wishful thinking on the part of the Chelsea supporters..

trust me.. you don't stand a chance.. hehe... but then again.. it's nice to dream 

[billyfridge]

HA HA HA..............dream on Mac.......yer in the same fantasy land as Tex

[texasboy]

HA HA HA..............dream on Mac.......yer in the same fantasy land as Tex

  Keep at him mac, I need friends like you.lol
We also have one of those sympathisers in OZ who keeps chirping away against our BLUE team, Her name begins with "c"
cheers