Empty It Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5 hours ago, welshbairn said: A bath a week whether you needed it or not was pretty standard in the 60s. Same rules still apply in Glasgow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) 5 hours ago, RuMoore said: Nah you're wrong. People have washed clothes regularly, brushed their teeth, used perfumes and bathed in Britain for thousands of years now. I'd imagine the streets would be noticeably more stinky but not much difference in the people. Just no. Toothbrushing became regular in Europe in the eighteenth century, not before. When an ambassador mentioned that Elizabeth I bathed once a year "even when she didn't need to" this is because people didn't bathe for cleanliness at all in those days, they only bathed on doctor's orders when they were ill and would mix the water with various potions he had prescribed. They would have absolutely reeked. Still, if you really want to go back to the plague-ridden past and snog some toothless wench who has never heard of Colgate, good luck to you. I'm off to the future to find Barbarella. Edited January 4 by Bully Wee Villa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) 1910, would rock up to Ibrox in my horse drawn buggy, doth my top hat to the poor chimney sweep boys, and weegie minks, and then shout 'hurrah' as we lifted the cup. Thank you. eta. Would probably warn people not to go on the Titanic as well. Edited January 4 by Bigmouth Strikes Again 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, RawB93 said: Probably 60s for music and drugs. Also pre CCTV and fingerprints so I'd grow a handlebar moustache, don a broon leather jacket with tassels and rob banks town to town in my Ford Cortina. There's a few old boys (and I mean old) in the Boars Rock who I used to sit and talk to. Great laugh but very opinionated. They ask what I do and sat and gave out a story about how i shouldnt do it for myself, i can make more foing on my own. Theyre oblivious to the fact that id never manage to get or charge the prices my company do due to id be one man in a van and theyre government contracts. The disgust on their faces when I said "and anyway. How are you boys sat here drinking on a pension? You should have robbed post offices, shops and banks in your day and been living your life in Greece or something". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 50 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: 1910, would rock up to Ibrox in my horse drawn buggy, doth my top hat to the poor chimney sweep boys, and weegie minks, and then shout 'hurrah' as we lifted the cup. Thank you. eta. Would probably warn people not to go on the Titanic as well. Quite the opposite, find the grandparents of people you don't like and buy them all tickets for the titanic after winning big on Dundees title win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Just no. Toothbrushing became regular in Europe in the eighteenth century, not before. When an ambassador mentioned that Elizabeth I bathed once a year "even when she didn't need to" this is because people didn't bathe for cleanliness at all in those days, they only bathed on doctor's orders when they were ill and would mix the water with various potions he had prescribed. They would have absolutely reeked. Still, if you really want to go back to the plague-ridden past and snog some toothless wench who has never heard of Colgate, good luck to you. I'm off to the future to find Barbarella. Just yes. If only this website had some qualified historians on this website to wade in.. https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2022/01/14/the-curious-claims-about-elizabeth-is-bathing-habits/#:~:text=My conclusion so far%2C based,evidence whatsoever that the famous Perhaps people back in the day were slightly less American Psycho in their regimes and I am certainly being pedantic but as far as I'm aware plenty of historians would dispute the broad statements about bathing. I know you've not said this but there's a widespread myth that Europeans had to be taught to bathe which is nonsense. Roman bathhouses are a good enough example to dispute the idea people only discovered personal hygiene in the 20th century. Of course the idea that the elites had more access to proper washing facilities is true but it's very naive to act like everybody back in the day was walking around without any concern to their BO and person hygiene. You see a similar thing with every depiction of "the dark ages" having people all dressed in grey rags. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I would travel to Austria in the summer of 1888 and impregnate Klara Hitler. Her son being born with the genes of a big Ayrshire galoot may have resulted in a positive impact on 20th century history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Would probably warn people not to go on the Titanic as well. The actual Titanic never sunk and it was all a massive insurance job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: 1910, would rock up to Ibrox in my horse drawn buggy, doth my top hat to the poor chimney sweep boys, and weegie minks, and then shout 'hurrah' as we lifted the cup. Thank you. eta. Would probably warn people not to go on the Titanic as well. Then fast forward to 3024 to see them do it a second time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) 43 minutes ago, RuMoore said: Just yes. If only this website had some qualified historians on this website to wade in.. https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2022/01/14/the-curious-claims-about-elizabeth-is-bathing-habits/#:~:text=My conclusion so far%2C based,evidence whatsoever that the famous Perhaps people back in the day were slightly less American Psycho in their regimes and I am certainly being pedantic but as far as I'm aware plenty of historians would dispute the broad statements about bathing. I know you've not said this but there's a widespread myth that Europeans had to be taught to bathe which is nonsense. Roman bathhouses are a good enough example to dispute the idea people only discovered personal hygiene in the 20th century. Of course the idea that the elites had more access to proper washing facilities is true but it's very naive to act like everybody back in the day was walking around without any concern to their BO and person hygiene. You see a similar thing with every depiction of "the dark ages" having people all dressed in grey rags. Roman bathhouses were disgusting, they were about socialising not cleanliness and you would be dirtier when you left. And they shared a stick with a rag on it to wipe their arses. Lovely. But, yes, people were much more disgusting in the olden days. They were regularly throwing shit out of the window for starters and didn't brush their teeth. Not sure how old you are, presumably older than your club, but most people on this forum will remember when bathing once a week was the norm, so the idea that medieval folk bathed all the time and smelled as nice as we do nowadays is beyond ridiculous. People stank in the old days. Edited January 4 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 10 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: The actual Titanic never sunk and it was all a massive insurance job. Even if this is true, the warning would still work equally well given that the people who died on it certainly thought they were on the Titanic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Then fast forward to 3024 to see them do it a second time. Edited January 4 by Bigmouth Strikes Again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Id go back to the 5th April 1997, with the winning lottery numbers. Why you ask? Because id take the £3,128,000 that id have won on the lottery jackpot and invest that money into Amazon shares which would be worth over £3bn today. Then id leave myself a note to say that creating a facebook would be a good idea and to pitch various tech ideas like google and invest money pre 9/11 in halliburton and use the profits to out bid Craig Whyte for Rangers and make the banter years look boring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I would go back in time to the 2012 cup final and demand Craig Thomson sent off Ian Black for the attempted murder on Griffiths earlier in the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 26 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Roman bathhouses were disgusting, they were about socialising not cleanliness and you would be dirtier when you left. And they shared a stick with a rag on it to wipe their arses. Lovely. But, yes, people were much more disgusting in the olden days. They were regularly throwing shit out of the window for starters and didn't brush their teeth. Not sure how old you are, presumably older than your club, but most people on this forum will remember when bathing once a week was the norm, so the idea that medieval folk bathed all the time and smelled as nice as we do nowadays is beyond ridiculous. People stank in the old days. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 32 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Even if this is true, the warning would still work equally well given that the people who died on it certainly thought they were on the Titanic. Yes, let's pick the bones out of the post in a topic about time travel. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Empty It said: Quite the opposite, find the grandparents of people you don't like and buy them all tickets for the titanic after winning big on Dundees title win. See if you can get Runrig's grandparents on as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Roman bathhouses were disgusting, they were about socialising not cleanliness and you would be dirtier when you left. And they shared a stick with a rag on it to wipe their arses. Lovely. But, yes, people were much more disgusting in the olden days. They were regularly throwing shit out of the window for starters and didn't brush their teeth. Not sure how old you are, presumably older than your club, but most people on this forum will remember when bathing once a week was the norm, so the idea that medieval folk bathed all the time and smelled as nice as we do nowadays is beyond ridiculous. People stank in the old days. They used to soak their clothes in piss then trample on them to clean them. Manky fuckers. Something to do with ammonia. Pretty sure this is correct. Official tour guide at Pompei told us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 8 hours ago, Lurkst said: I would travel to Austria in the summer of 1888 and impregnate Klara Hitler. Her son being born with the genes of a big Ayrshire galoot may have resulted in a positive impact on 20th century history. Another solution would be to work at his art school. "These paintings aren't great but I can see something there. I am going to take a chance and enrol you in the college." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I'm currently at 4:40pm on 5th January, does that count? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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