Monthly Archives: March 2020
HISTORY SHARE: HAND WASHING
Though the importance of washing of hands was something most of us were taught in childhood – and are, these days, really conscious of – it wasn’t always considered a good thing. Even by doctors. https://tinyurl.com/vdug6zc
HISTORY SHARE: THE FIRST TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE SCARE
History repeating itself. http://baypaper.com/toiletpaper.html And even if your local supplier is out, you don’t have to despair. There are historic alternatives. http://www.toiletpaperhistory.net/toilet-paper-history/used-before-toilet-paper/
TRIVIA TRAIL: TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF DEDICATION TO DUTY
Question: What was Japanese adventurer, Norio Suzuki, looking for when he went to the island of Lubang in the Philippines in February, 1974? Answer: Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who was supposedly still fighting WW II there. No suppose about it, however. He was, and when found, still refused to surrender until his superior officer, […]
