The New,New Hotel Thread-Yes, We're STILL Waiting

[KATIESMOMMY]

well good luck getting your poly, havent heard many getting it. Like others, I would take anything at this point!

 

[eeyorefan67]

I did hear that people have gotten GF.

 

[Cmbar]

Something to pass the time while we losers wait up all night for the clock that won't tick!

And you think we have it hard?? THE 1500'S ---- The next time you are washing
your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like
it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because
they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June.
However, they were starting to smell,
so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to
hide the body odor . Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting
married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had
the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the
women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so

dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the
baby out with the Bath water.

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It
was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small
animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and
sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying . It's

raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real
problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice
clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded
some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the
saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the
winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their
footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened
the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the
entrance way. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?) In those old days, they cooked in the
kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the
fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get
much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to
get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in
it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot,
peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When
visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of
wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to
share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money
had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid
content caused some of the lead
to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often
with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered
poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom
of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, o r the upper
crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would
sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking
along the
road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on
the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and
eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of
holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to
bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the
bones to a
bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25
coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they
had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the
corpse, lead it through the coffin a nd up through the ground and tie it to a
bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard
shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was

considered a dead ringer. And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was
boring ! ! !”

 

[Tykatmadismomma]

I am looking for a stay in Atlanta since Disney is gonna be to hard to get. Plus I guess it could be a Birthday present for my DH

 

[Tykatmadismomma]

is anyone using Chatango?

 

[num1tigerfan]

I had it but all of the popping was driving me insane with all of the false alarms on the LLLLOOOONNNGG night without anything........

 

[my3squeals]

Something to pass the time while we losers wait up all night for the clock that won't tick!

And you think we have it hard?? THE 1500'S ---- The next time you are washing
your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like
it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because
they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June.
However, they were starting to smell,
so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to
hide the body odor . Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting
married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had
the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the
women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so

dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the
baby out with the Bath water.

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It
was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small
animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and
sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying . It's

raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real
problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice
clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded
some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the
saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the
winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their
footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened
the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the
entrance way. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?) In those old days, they cooked in the
kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the
fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get
much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to
get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in
it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot,
peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When
visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of
wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to
share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money
had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid
content caused some of the lead
to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often
with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered
poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom
of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, o r the upper
crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would
sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking
along the
road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on
the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and
eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of
holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to
bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the
bones to a
bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25
coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they
had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the
corpse, lead it through the coffin a nd up through the ground and tie it to a
bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard
shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was

considered a dead ringer. And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was
boring ! ! !”

Awesome!!!!!


Hence 2009 :
A lady with so much to do sits aimlessly at her house in front of tiny box while she hits at it rapidly waiting for the tick of clock......she was later found to have a mental disorder simply known today as LMT....

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

is anyone using Chatango?

nope, since it is random Chatango is pretty useless

 

[eeyorefan67]

is anyone using Chatango?

I've had it on all day. When I start to hear a whole bunch of pops I take a look to see what is going on. Well at least are odds might be better than the other night when 1800 people were on there, only 30 people on there right now.

 

[num1tigerfan]

wow I do not know if this is a coincidence or not, but when looking for a cheap night in Chicago for spring break, I tried to check on both hotwire and priceline and neither website (page) would come up. I just got an error, so I decided to clear my cookies. After doing so, I could easily log onto both sites. What is up with that???? Is it something in the cookies from LMT that after visiting their site, you can not visit another competitor site?

 

[DVC California]

This may be old news but I just noticed this message on my Facebook page. It was sent yesterday morning from LastMinute Travel:

Message from LastMInuteTravel.com
From Last Minute Travel
Yesterday at 11:01am
We can confirm the promotion is absolutely still running – with week two starting on Monday and continuing through Friday. During the first 6 days of The World for $1 sale, 955 reservations were made sending 2,261 people to 230 different destinations for free.

We have massively reduced the use of robotic or other non-manual activity on LastMinuteTravel.com as it is against the terms and conditions. However, for individuals who explore www.lastminutetravel.com, The World for $1 sale is still available for a total of 15 minutes per day - no more than 3 sessions of no less than 5 minutes - covering the entire hotel inventory.

The purpose of this sale is to introduce people to our website – and the stand-out rates, availability, service and technology. We suggest instead of simply refreshing, get to know the site a little better.

Note that if you are signed up to receive email hints, the last one went out on Friday as we start a fresh new week to The World for $1 sale.

 

[Tykatmadismomma]

Cmbar Your fact's were vere interesting. I have always loved history, so much my DH and I bought a Farmhouse in Ohio Circa 1860

 

[c88fly]

Hey everyone!! Well, I have not been on LMT since about 3:00 today. I HAD to get my mom's, my daughter's and our taxes done so I made myself stay away.

Any good news? I really hope some others on here have been lucky enough to get rooms. Is there any new secrets to share on the best possible way? I'm gonna stay up for a few hours and hope I get in.

Good luck to everyone else who's still waiting with me!!!

 

[eeyorefan67]

No new secrets here, just hanging around to see if they put the clock up again tonight. Very, very quite over on chatango only 35 people.

 

[eeyorefan67]

I'm hoping they give you more than 2 minutes tonight to book a room.
I'm gonna go poke round the LMT site and see what happens, crossing fingers and sprinkling some

 

[VikingInMouseEars]

Its 12:20 AM MST, I just got the video, but I had about 3 minutes on the clock and of course I couldn't get everything typed in. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
Goodluck everyone else.

 

[eeyorefan67]

somebody got the vid about five minutes ago in NY

 

[c88fly]

Its 12:20 AM MST, I just got the video, but I had about 3 minutes on the clock and of course I couldn't get everything typed in. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
Goodluck everyone else.

Were you just looking around on the site and clicking on different links? I've been on for a while and still no video yet. This can be soooo frustrating.

 

[eeyorefan67]

No I was on chatango and someone said they finally won after two days of trying

 

[eeyorefan67]

Once again nothing for me, never saw that stupid video.