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Post by MsAli on Jun 12, 2018 20:28:59 GMT -5
Native man without metal tools, vises, etc. How did he do it ?  Scientists 50 years ago knew exactly how they did it. ~ "Heat up the rock and drip cold water on it and the flakes fly off. it is easy." Impossible and stupid, but it was "a fact" back in the day. When you need it for survival you figure it out rather quickly |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 12, 2018 20:29:19 GMT -5
To imagine what some of them where used for
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 3:19:43 GMT -5
Rock on rock balancing the rock on a rock while sitting on a rock.  I would like to think that fellow had a bear skin couch. Two squaws massaging, fanning and feeding him as he worked away on his little arrowheads... lol and ha ha. William Bartram was sent over by England to observe and document the natural East US late 1700's/early 1800's. Observed a young Native shooting his tiny bow with bird point arrows and hitting the eye of a rabbit at 10 paces. If I remember correct he documented the ladies were rather subservient. Hmmm, in my next life... |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 3:22:42 GMT -5
Native man without metal tools, vises, etc. How did he do it ? Scientists 50 years ago knew exactly how they did it. ~ "Heat up the rock and drip cold water on it and the flakes fly off. it is easy." Impossible and stupid, but it was "a fact" back in the day. Interesting Dave. Sure would have been nice to have a pair of reading glasses to make those tiny's. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 3:32:58 GMT -5
Scientists 50 years ago knew exactly how they did it. ~ "Heat up the rock and drip cold water on it and the flakes fly off. it is easy." Impossible and stupid, but it was "a fact" back in the day. When you need it for survival you figure it out rather quickly Have the ladies gather the food, firewood and rock(amongst other duties) so the guys could make arrowheads and chew the fat around the campfire ?   |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 3:47:06 GMT -5
Awaiting aggressive retaliation
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 3:59:43 GMT -5
(Changing subjects rapidly)
Actually, bass-bug fishing is the oldest method of catching fish on hook and line in North America. In 1741, when William Bartram described how Florida’s Seminole Indians fooled largemouth bass (which he called “trout”) with a “bob”, it’s likely he was reporting on an angling method that had been practiced for generations before the Europeans invaded the continent.
“Two people are in a little canoe,” wrote Bartram, “one sitting in the stern to steer, and the other near the bow, having a rod ten or twelve feet in length, to one end of which is tied a string line, about twenty inches in length, to which is fastened three large hooks, back to back. These are fixed very securely, and tied with the white hair of a deer’s tail, shreds of a red garter, and some parti-colored feathers, all which form a tuft or tassel nearly as large as one’s fist, and entirely cover and conceal the hooks; that are called a “bob.” The steersman paddles softly, and proceeds slowly along shore; he now ingeniously swings the bob backwards and forwards, just above the surface and sometimes tips the water with it, when the unfortunate cheated trout [sic] instantly springs from under the reeds and seizes the exposed prey.”
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 4:14:20 GMT -5
And then comes reality:
"Concerning people of the same general region, explorer, William Bartram, said that among the Cherokee and the Creek Indians, scarcely a third as many women as men were seen at work in their fields. Spanish explorer and conquistador, Hernando de Soto found in 1540, a woman whom he styled a queen ruling in royal state a tribe on the Savannah River, indicating that woman at that early period was held in high esteem among these people."
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Post by fernwood on Jun 13, 2018 5:24:14 GMT -5
People have always been creative when it comes to survival. Invent what is needed. Still being done today.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 7:08:21 GMT -5
People have always been creative when it comes to survival. Invent what is needed. Still being done today. Yep, even the boss might expect you to invent for him if you want a job. And some do things to shorten their survival in this day and age. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 13, 2018 9:14:41 GMT -5
Rock on rock balancing the rock on a rock while sitting on a rock.  I would like to think that fellow had a bear skin couch. Two squaws massaging, fanning and feeding him as he worked away on his little arrowheads... lol and ha ha. William Bartram was sent over by England to observe and document the natural East US late 1700's/early 1800's. Observed a young Native shooting his tiny bow with bird point arrows and hitting the eye of a rabbit at 10 paces. If I remember correct he documented the ladies were rather subservient. Hmmm, in my next life... Oh boy, you're cruising for a bruising this morning.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 9:52:22 GMT -5
I would like to think that fellow had a bear skin couch. Two squaws massaging, fanning and feeding him as he worked away on his little arrowheads... lol and ha ha. William Bartram was sent over by England to observe and document the natural East US late 1700's/early 1800's. Observed a young Native shooting his tiny bow with bird point arrows and hitting the eye of a rabbit at 10 paces. If I remember correct he documented the ladies were rather subservient. Hmmm, in my next life... Oh boy, you're cruising for a bruising this morning. Nothing like a cigarette, coffee and a bit of gender aggravation to start the day. If it makes all better the oral surgeon dug wisdom teeth out with what seemed to be a jack hammer yesterday. Looking like a chipmunk this wonderful morning with Dracula'a saliva. Enough pain killers to weather any gender retaliations. |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 13, 2018 10:04:24 GMT -5
Oh boy, you're cruising for a bruising this morning. Nothing like a cigarette, coffee and a bit of gender aggravation to start the day. If it makes all better the oral surgeon dug wisdom teeth out with what seemed to be a jack hammer yesterday. Looking like a chipmunk this wonderful morning with Dracula'a saliva. Enough pain killers to weather any gender retaliations. Ah no aggravation here Whole different lifestyle and way of survival. It worked for them and probably wasn't all peaches and cream for the women.
"If I remember correct he documented the ladies were rather subservient. Hmmm, in my next life...
"Sure you would like a doormat? Dont think so, youd get bored. No one to challenge you. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 13, 2018 10:13:33 GMT -5
No aggravation on this end. I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone.
Wisdom teeth extractions suck. Had mine done way back in my 20's - all 4 of them at the same time. They were impacted. Luckily, my oral surgeon knocked my ass out, so didn't know anything until I woke up with a mouth full of gauze.
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Post by 1dave on Jun 13, 2018 10:53:17 GMT -5
No aggravation on this end. I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone. Wisdom teeth extractions suck. Had mine done way back in my 20's - all 4 of them at the same time. They were impacted. Luckily, my oral surgeon knocked my ass out, so didn't know anything until I woke up with a mouth full of gauze. I was also in m,y 20's, had all four done at once. The surgeon was a little bitty guy, stood about five foot two. I thought "Good, he's small. He can't hurt me much." First blow almost broke my neck. Blood splattered over the ceiling! It went downhill from there. If I wasn't zonked from the medication I would have crawled away! |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 11:22:08 GMT -5
No aggravation on this end. I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone. Wisdom teeth extractions suck. Had mine done way back in my 20's - all 4 of them at the same time. They were impacted. Luckily, my oral surgeon knocked my ass out, so didn't know anything until I woke up with a mouth full of gauze. Nothing like a cigarette, coffee and a bit of gender aggravation to start the day. If it makes all better the oral surgeon dug wisdom teeth out with what seemed to be a jack hammer yesterday. Looking like a chipmunk this wonderful morning with Dracula'a saliva. Enough pain killers to weather any gender retaliations. Ah no aggravation here Whole different lifestyle and way of survival. It worked for them and probably wasn't all peaches and cream for the women.
"If I remember correct he documented the ladies were rather subservient. Hmmm, in my next life...
"Sure you would like a doormat? Dont think so, youd get bored. No one to challenge you. There is a mysterious age when "I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone." become apparent. Not that I want to intimidate as that is bullying in my eyes, but any form of subservience is a rare event. Yep, feisty and indépendant suits fine but too much feist can be a challenge to deal with at times. Or better put, when she gets to know your character deep down to the bone your bag of tricks are perceived long before opened. I can't pull nothing over that woman any more and have always been quite creative. Plenty of MOJO, just dealing with a creature smarter that knows me all too well. I think those people were lucky to make it to 40 years old. Scratching for a living day in and day out had to be a difficult life. Sure would like to revisit them and engage with them. Heard lots of war stories about wisdom teeth. He had a device that first split the tooth down the middle to create 2 half teeth. It was obnoxious but used a tiny high speed impact to split the tooth. Then he had a device that he slid in between the bone and the half-tooth and quietly opened up hydraulically and forced the half tooth out of the socket. So he did not have to grab your head and pull with an extractor. He is a young man with what looked like Mid East persuasion. He was amused at my nickname "Abdul the Extractor". (I was nervous naming him before the extractions) |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 11:44:41 GMT -5
No aggravation on this end. I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone. Wisdom teeth extractions suck. Had mine done way back in my 20's - all 4 of them at the same time. They were impacted. Luckily, my oral surgeon knocked my ass out, so didn't know anything until I woke up with a mouth full of gauze. I was also in m,y 20's, had all four done at once. The surgeon was a little bitty guy, stood about five foot two. I thought "Good, he's small. He can't hurt me much." First blow almost broke my neck. Blood splattered over the ceiling! It went downhill from there. If I wasn't zonked from the medication I would have crawled away! Never ever underestimate little guys. Learned that one the hard way. |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 13, 2018 11:48:22 GMT -5
No aggravation on this end. I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone. Wisdom teeth extractions suck. Had mine done way back in my 20's - all 4 of them at the same time. They were impacted. Luckily, my oral surgeon knocked my ass out, so didn't know anything until I woke up with a mouth full of gauze. Ah no aggravation here Whole different lifestyle and way of survival. It worked for them and probably wasn't all peaches and cream for the women.
"If I remember correct he documented the ladies were rather subservient. Hmmm, in my next life...
"Sure you would like a doormat? Dont think so, youd get bored. No one to challenge you. There is a mysterious age when "I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone." become apparent. Not that I want to intimidate as that is bullying in my eyes, but any form of subservience is a rare event. Yep, feisty and indépendant suits fine but too much feist can be a challenge to deal with at times. Or better put, when she gets to know your character deep down to the bone your bag of tricks are perceived long before opened. I can't pull nothing over that woman any more and have always been quite creative. Plenty of MOJO, just dealing with a creature smarter that knows me all too well. I think those people were lucky to make it to 40 years old. Scratching for a living day in and day out had to be a difficult life. Sure would like to revisit them and engage with them. Heard lots of war stories about wisdom teeth. He had a device that first split the tooth down the middle to create 2 half teeth. It was obnoxious but used a tiny high speed impact to split the tooth. Then he had a device that he slid in between the bone and the half-tooth and quietly opened up hydraulically and forced the half tooth out of the socket. So he did not have to grab your head and pull with an extractor. He is a young man with what looked like Mid East persuasion. He was amused at my nickname "Abdul the Extractor". (I was nervous naming him before the extractions) I'd probably like your wife  Shoot, I haven't even known you that long and ive got you all figured out . Woman catch on quick, well some do. Others well, I wont go there I love going to the dentist. Healthy teeth feel so good |
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Post by fernwood on Jun 13, 2018 13:49:30 GMT -5
Meds do strange things to people. I know.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2018 14:50:57 GMT -5
There is a mysterious age when "I'm way past the age where I'm intimidated by anyone." become apparent. Not that I want to intimidate as that is bullying in my eyes, but any form of subservience is a rare event. Yep, feisty and indépendant suits fine but too much feist can be a challenge to deal with at times. Or better put, when she gets to know your character deep down to the bone your bag of tricks are perceived long before opened. I can't pull nothing over that woman any more and have always been quite creative. Plenty of MOJO, just dealing with a creature smarter that knows me all too well. I think those people were lucky to make it to 40 years old. Scratching for a living day in and day out had to be a difficult life. Sure would like to revisit them and engage with them. Heard lots of war stories about wisdom teeth. He had a device that first split the tooth down the middle to create 2 half teeth. It was obnoxious but used a tiny high speed impact to split the tooth. Then he had a device that he slid in between the bone and the half-tooth and quietly opened up hydraulically and forced the half tooth out of the socket. So he did not have to grab your head and pull with an extractor. He is a young man with what looked like Mid East persuasion. He was amused at my nickname "Abdul the Extractor". (I was nervous naming him before the extractions) I'd probably like your wife Shoot, I haven't even known you that long and ive got you all figured out . Woman catch on quick, well some do. Others well, I wont go there I love going to the dentist. Healthy teeth feel so good My friends come over to see my wife if that tells you anything. Yep. You got James figured out but have not met Ted and George. They seem to show up in person or at a bar. Then there are a couple of others we should not discuss. Love going to the dentist ? You might get along best with one of the secret personalities. Opposite gender each a master of fooling each other. Must have been designed that way. |
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