tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post99889939907328946..comments2023-06-01T09:22:18.917+01:00Comments on Liturgiae Causa: Two points...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-26656030770685147522015-06-24T06:41:15.398+01:002015-06-24T06:41:15.398+01:00"like getting one's hair cut..." - Y..."like getting one's hair cut..." - You know my position on that one.Fr Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521671841072661886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-1885708180299473402015-06-24T05:26:05.070+01:002015-06-24T05:26:05.070+01:00You don't even have to imagine what plumbing w...You don't even have to imagine what plumbing was in those days. If you will remember your Samuel Pepys, he spoke of a time when, in order to change the alleged plumbing of his house, they removed thousands of 'turds' from the outhouse which was built into the basement of his house.<br /><br />Patrick, you silly speccy git, if you lived in those days, you would long have been dead of cholera, of dysentery, or of measles. Even vaccination only became available in 1801, let alone proper sanitation, which was available after Pasteur in the late 19th century, or antibiotics, which last was a 20th century phenomenon. Please do get real.<br /><br />Again, Patrick, I am sorry that your life currently sucks, to use the Yank vernacular. Mine does too. The difference between us is that you still have your mother's and your father's love, and a place to stay. My first wife died, horribly, in my arms, twenty two years ago. I'm still recovering emotionally from that. My second wife is dying now. When she dies, I will be homeless, as her income from disability ends at that point.<br /><br />Sorry to be so crass. I just put my wife to bed now. I don't know how many days she will be there so that I can do that. It breaks my heart to know that.Bernard Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159541603126407072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-37963602702646742015-06-23T16:10:55.975+01:002015-06-23T16:10:55.975+01:00That wasn't just an 18th century thing. James ...That wasn't just an 18th century thing. James VI and I stank to high heaven and used to "spray" people with his saliva when he talked.<br /><br />We don't have a proper shower here. We have a shower nozzle but it's attached to the bath taps and there is no curtain. In any case I don't bathe everyday. I do it every other day because I'm lazy and find that bathing, like getting one's hair cut, is such a chore. Having said that, I do have a rather rigorous facial routine.<br /><br />It's interesting, this shift in personal hygiene. Years ago, when people shared bath water, people were more honest and upheld Christian morals. We all knew the LORD's Prayer. I used to work with a woman who brushed her teeth at every break after drinking tea or coffee, or eating something. This same woman is not the sort you'd want to take home to your mother, to put it mildly. So it's interesting that people have become more personally hygienic but at the same time morally lapsed. Rather like what Christ said about the Pharisees about washing the outside of the cup, yet within...Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-43897519723350466742015-06-23T15:47:54.814+01:002015-06-23T15:47:54.814+01:00Just another thought. You can always crap behind a...Just another thought. You can always crap behind a tree. I would be more concerned about medicine and surgery in those days.Fr Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521671841072661886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-9202570066732630412015-06-23T15:46:16.395+01:002015-06-23T15:46:16.395+01:00It would all depend on your social class. In the 1...It would all depend on your social class. In the 18th century no one washed. Baths were only ever for medicinal purposes. Apparently Louis XIV stank even by the standards of his time. <br /><br />This is interesting: http://www.historyundressed.com/2008/07/history-of-hygiene-bathing-teeth.html<br /><br />I would agree that perhaps we have gone to the opposite extreme these days, myself included with daily showering, hair once a week. It's a good idea now and again to go camping or boating / sleeping aboard to get some perspective. It's amazing to see the uses to which a plastic bucket is put to other than bailing water out of the boat!Fr Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521671841072661886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-76072174907658408512015-06-22T19:57:34.199+01:002015-06-22T19:57:34.199+01:00Imagine what plumbing and, more particularly, bath...Imagine what plumbing and, more particularly, bathrooms and lavatories were like in 1731. No thank you, I will stick with the present.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com