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What did we call things or do before the everyday items we take for granted today, existed??
What was a bed? . . was it a rock or the floor? . . who decided night time was for sleeping anyway!
Toothbrushes, watches . . . was everyones hair a total mess before combs were invented?
Who thought of the shower, knives & forkes, was every desk a mess before paper clips and staplers??:confused:
before staples, you rolled your parchment round a short piece of broomhandle with knobs on :hihi:
DaBouncer 02-02-2005, 10:34 What I want to know is how the world survived without the internet :o
People spoke to each other, read books from libraries, watched telly.... erm.....
Originally posted by DaBouncer
What I want to know is how the world survived without the internet :o
What????? It's always been there surely! I thought God invented t'internet, realised that there was no one to appreciate it so invented people the very next day.
Maybe before internet, we all went out more.
Nobody knits anymore :( :hihi:
Grannies are too busy doing their family trees or 'chatting' to mates in Oz :D
DaBouncer 02-02-2005, 10:45 Spoke??? - Is that like communicating without my keyboard :wow:
Books??? - Are they like webpages that you can't change?
What sort of world would allow this - noooooooooooooooooooooo stop it please, before I freak out :hihi:
Originally posted by DaBouncer
What I want to know is how the world survived without the internet :o
People had lives :hihi:
I want to know how women survived before shampoo and conditioner was invented.
Originally posted by nick2
I want to know how women survived before shampoo and conditioner was invented.
Beer.
I've washed mine in Newky Brown on a regular basis. Great 2in1 effect.
spiffymonkey 02-02-2005, 11:50 Originally posted by DaBouncer
Books??? - Are they like webpages that you can't change?
If you've seen any of my text books, you'll know that they're like a manual version of wiki; mostly permanent with random amendments and additions :)
ladyovmanor 02-02-2005, 12:18 How did people manage with out thongs?
I so can not where big knickers how would i have managed!!!!.
Ned Ludd 02-02-2005, 12:37 Originally posted by ladyovmanor
How did people manage with out thongs?
I so can not where big knickers how would i have managed!!!!.
Hmm, wearing a clothing version of cheese wire is something you couldn't live without?
Originally posted by Ned Ludd
Hmm, wearing a clothing version of cheese wire is something you couldn't live without?
Some people have bottoms that don't keep granny knickers in place :mad:
Ned Ludd 02-02-2005, 12:55 Originally posted by Lestat
What did we call things or do before the everyday items we take for granted today, existed??
What was a bed? . . was it a rock or the floor? . who decided night time was for sleeping anyway!
Toothbrushes, watches . . . was everyones hair a total mess before combs were invented?
Who thought of the shower, knives & forkes, was every desk a mess before paper clips and staplers??:confused:
Beds? There are stone beds in the Orkneys going back to Neolithic times. I suspect our ancestors made primitive beds millions of years ago, something beyond the capability of drunks in shop doorways these days:D
Night time for sleeping? Try hunting by starlight or looking for nuts or berries when its pitch dark!You could fall off a cliff, be swallowed by quicksand, wolves or bears!
Watches? what for? It was either day or night and it was Summer, Autumn, Winter or Spring. That's all you needed to know.
Toothbrush? Folks died young and didn't outlast their teeth and didn't eat sugar
True, hair was a mess before the invention of combs but as everyone was in the same boat it was still possible to pull (in fact the pre-comb era benefitted the less pretty individuals as their physogs were thankfully covered by a haystack of matted hair):D
Fitted boxer shorts keep themselves in place very well.
Originally posted by Andy78
Fitted boxer shorts keep themselves in place very well. :shocked: I hope that isn't a suggestion to me Andy!
Originally posted by Strix
before staples, you rolled your parchment round a short piece of broomhandle with knobs on :hihi:
Surely, before staples there was Office World.....:(
LOL, I just find them very comfortable. then again, I'm a boy so I would.
muddycoffee 02-02-2005, 13:16 Originally posted by sccsux
Surely, before staples there was Office World.....:(
Before staples people used to use a pin to keep papers together.
muddycoffee 02-02-2005, 13:19 Originally posted by Andy78
LOL, I just find them very comfortable. then again, I'm a boy so I would.
When you're a man and you get a bit older and things get a bit bigger, then you might change your mind about this, boxer shorts are lethal. I nearly had to go to A&E once as I thought I'd ruptured myself
jonsastar 02-02-2005, 13:26 Lestat,
Have you watched the program on BBC 2 called tribe with the explorer Bruce Parry, he visits tribes around the world and spends a month living with a family, these tribes are like the land that time forgot and the people have no ne of the inventions that we in England take for granted.
In answer to your question, watch this programme and you will see what life was like before it was made easy with inventions.
From what I have seen so far it is much different than Sheffield life, for one example every one knows there nieghbors they are friendly and they eat some terrible food, such as rats and monkeys, very very interesting programme.
Originally posted by Lestat
What did we call things or do before the everyday items we take for granted today, existed??
Plazzy bags. The world is full of the blasted things! And you try refusing one in a shop :( Fate worse than death :mad:
People used to have 'spud bags' and 'shopping bags' :)
Originally posted by muddycoffee
When you're a man and you get a bit older and things get a bit bigger, then you might change your mind about this, boxer shorts are lethal. I nearly had to go to A&E once as I thought I'd ruptured myself
Ok I used the term 'boy' loosely. I'm 27. Still, as long as they're a good fit and nice material then they're very comfy
Originally posted by muddycoffee
Before staples people used to use a pin to keep papers together.
no they didn't, they used an antler or a moose jaw bone.
muddycoffee 02-02-2005, 14:29 Originally posted by nick2
no they didn't, they used an antler or a moose jaw bone.
I give way to an older and wiser man.
muddycoffee 02-02-2005, 14:40 Originally posted by Andy78
Ok I used the term 'boy' loosely. I'm 27. Still, as long as they're a good fit and nice material then they're very comfy
I'm sorry Andy, I thought you were a wee laddie.
In my experience anything too loose is a recipe for a crippling injury when sitting in a typical drivers seat, as they are generally very low down, and there is no way of jumping back up at the last minute. Most blokes I have spoken to about it agree and don't understand how anyone could wear boxer shorts either.
Originally posted by muddycoffee
I'm sorry Andy, I thought you were a wee laddie.
In my experience anything too loose is a recipe for a crippling injury when sitting in a typical drivers seat, as they are generally very low down, and there is no way of jumping back up at the last minute. Most blokes I have spoken to about it agree and don't understand how anyone could wear boxer shorts either.
I prefer boxers, they are cooler, but you do have to be carefull not to sit on yourself (if you know what I mean).
Originally posted by muddycoffee
I'm sorry Andy, I thought you were a wee laddie.
In my experience anything too loose is a recipe for a crippling injury when sitting in a typical drivers seat, as they are generally very low down, and there is no way of jumping back up at the last minute. Most blokes I have spoken to about it agree and don't understand how anyone could wear boxer shorts either.
HaHa, ok I suppose I should stop referring to myself as a boy. That'd probably stop the confusion.
That's why I only wear fitted boxer shorts. They're not loose and generally fit quite snug. I couldn't wear loose shorts either, there's not really much point to them as they just don't hold things together very well.
PMSL! at some of the idea's on here!!:thumbsup: :P excellent! The thing is though, it does make you wonder - before mobile phones, internet, digital cameras and satellite dishes, DVD's, Video recorders, CD players etc . . before all that . . . . life must have been so boring!
What I was originally asking though was what were things called before they were patented?... was a bed called a 'sleeping mat?' or a pen called a 'ink stick'?
When the basic things we use now were on their way to being made properly . . what were they?:P
matsalleh 02-02-2005, 21:55 before mobile phones, internet, digital cameras and satellite dishes, DVD's, Video recorders, CD players etc . . before all that . . . . life must have been so boring!
You sound like the stereotype of the typical kid of today.When I wor a lad in tfifties we cycled,played football,cricket,tag.Went down the river for clay and made hand warmers,visited cousins in far flung places like Worral and Shiregreen.Played conkers,sledged down Warner Rd with ashes at the bottom to stop flying across Dixon Rd and the few car drivers did not seem to mind.
So basically we made our own entertainment,and most of those things were free very often out of necessity.
I didn't mean to sound too stereotypical Matt but it's a fact of life now that children can't stray too far from home nowadays as there are too many pervs and weirdo's walking around.
I myself used to walk around Sheffield with my mates, cycling to Ladybower, trekking across Wincobank & Parkwood Springs, being chased by gluesniffers etc . . it's just not the done thing today though!:rolleyes:
Without these things in homes, people really would be stuck.
matsalleh 03-02-2005, 20:36 Then along came a guy called Elvis Presley,Bill Haley,Blackboard Jungle etc.So all my pocket,newspaper round money went on records and a Dansette.Various youth clubs with wannabes and strange creatures called girls suddenly appeared from nowhere (it seems).The good old days ? Probably. I'm sure the pervs were around then but hushed up,but obviously not as many as now.
Congratulations and Good Luck to you in the future.
Cheers.
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