The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

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Believe me ten bucks an hour is a deal.... YOu dont have to maintain it or worry about upgrading it..... and you dont have to find space for it. Awesome...

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Many years ago, I filled in for the weaver at one of the local historical sites for a few months (and basically took a crash course in weaving so I could at least sound like I knew what I was talking about). It's kind of funny - we know that pioneering folks pretty much had to make their own clothes, but weaving was one of those things that got farmed out in most cases. A loom takes up about as much room as a long-arm machine does, and most folks didn't have a room (or maybe even a house!) that big. Anyone that had a loom had a room that was dedicated to it; there were itinerant weavers that traveled from one community to the next and did the work, frequently setting up in someone's barn. A beast that big needs a lot of work to make it worthwhile.

did you know the first punch cards for programming was for the weaving industry.... 1801

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom

deb

 

[Cynthia12]

@Wisher1000 Here ya go....my son posted this on fb. He went on a mission there in GA. Loves, loves, the people there! When he saw this, had to post it for me, because he knows how I am about manners. Going back to the question I had for you being in the South. Love how this guy explains it! Nice lookin guy too. Yep.
Love his accent.

http://sureawesomeness.com/this-sou...accent-was-offensive-his-response-is-perfect/

 

[drumstick diva]

He's got a beautiful smile a he's cute too!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Many years ago, I filled in for the weaver at one of the local historical sites for a few months (and basically took a crash course in weaving so I could at least sound like I knew what I was talking about). It's kind of funny - we know that pioneering folks pretty much had to make their own clothes, but weaving was one of those things that got farmed out in most cases. A loom takes up about as much room as a long-arm machine does, and most folks didn't have a room (or maybe even a house!) that big. Anyone that had a loom had a room that was dedicated to it; there were itinerant weavers that traveled from one community to the next and did the work, frequently setting up in someone's barn. A beast that big needs a lot of work to make it worthwhile.

That sounds like a couple of interesting months.

Wisher, the first time I let a "y'all" fly at my first job in Maine the entire store (within hearing distance) stopped. And stared at me. Cue the crickets. It was mortifying. I got a "wow, I didn't realize people actually use that word, I thought it was a joke."

I still get made fun of by BF for a couple of words... you should hear me get a good drawl on Tobramycin. BF does an excellent "Toe-braw-maaaah-ay-cyn" rendition.

 

[Alaskan]

Someone did the "i didn't realize actual people still said that"

When my son said "war between the states"

I say y''all all the time and no one looks at me funny... But I remember moving from Texas to Maryland as a kid, and learning that I TOTALLY had to change hiw I walked down the street.

In Texas I HAD to (or the people I passed would correct me), say "Howdy" or "good mornin'" or "good afternoon" to every single person that I oassed when walking down the street. You also were expected to look up at the person, make eye contact and smile.. It was very important.

In Maryland you could NOT do any of those things.... Making eye contact was super bad, eyes were to stay on the sidewalk in front of your feet, or at least very far away from any approaching people. And NO greetings were to be exchanged.

 

[chickadoodles]

Love the video Wisher.

Bunnylady I tried to learn to weave as a kid it is fun.

Scg I have looked at the price of used ones and they are still to high. We don't have a quilt shop around here to rent one it would be nice if we did.

 

[Peep_Show]

Great video. And -- despite what Northerners think -- more women's hearts melt to a drawl than a stall. (e.g. "I went to pahhhk my cahhh in the gahhhhrage" isn't seductive.... Sorry!)

I don't know why folks make fun of Southerners. My nephew -- bless his heart -- would riff on the folks in Texas where he was attending school at UNT.... That is until I pointed out to him that despite his CA roots, his great-grandmother was BORN in Texas (and was darn proud of it). Kind of rocked him back on his heels. Smartypants.

 

[drumstick diva]

Alaskan how do people act walking down the streets in Alaska? I know this is a trick question, no streets in Alaska - right?

Don't hate me 'cause I'm silly.

 

[Bunnylady]

Diva, I believe Alaskan's town has been described as "a little drinking town with a fishing problem." Maybe it's not the streets that come into question, it's the "walking."