To: sodpoodle
“He didn’t have a Pot to piss or a window to throw it out of. “
That’s the only quote I used. And the Indians used brains and or oak leaves to tan hides. I believe the Europeans did the same.
4 posted on
01/30/2019 4:40:52 AM PST by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
History is not boring.
The insidious way they teach it in school is boring.
Probably to keep people ignorant
5 posted on
01/30/2019 4:52:12 AM PST by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: Vaquero
I read somewhere that they really did use urine to tan hides, so that an intrepid young man in a leather coat, going to his girlfriend's house, took a serious risk when it rained that the smell would be released. :-)
I also read that they used urine in the time of Napoleon to "corn" black powder, since the individual ingredients, mixed together, would settle out over a long march, and wouldn't burn properly. I believe this was partly because urine contains nitrates. YMMV
9 posted on
01/30/2019 5:11:55 AM PST by
Hardastarboard
(Break it off in 'em, Brett. They've earned it, and you've earned it.)
To: Vaquero
My Mom used a large wooden spoon or a sandel to tan my hide.
14 posted on
01/30/2019 5:32:57 AM PST by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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