Posted on 01/29/2021 9:07:49 AM PST by null and void
Stumbling upon a handwritten note in between crumpled pages of an old notebook or tucked away into a secret corner of a building can be quite an exciting find. One workman discovered a hidden note in the roof of a church from 79 years ago, and it surprisingly contains some words of wisdom for future generations.
While working on the restoration of St. James Church in Antwerp, Belgium, to protect the structure, a worker found a matchbox that was tucked inside an ornament hanging from the ceiling of the roof of the church.
On opening the matchbox, the worker discovered a handwritten note that was dated back to July 21, 1941. The message that was written on the back of a work coupon provided an insight into life back then and also has some useful wisdom for future generations.
City of Antwerp’s official Instagram account shared the note, which was signed by four men who worked in the past: John Janssen, Jul Gyselinck, Louis Chantraine, and Jul Van Hemeldonck.
The caption read: “This workman found a note from 1941 in St. James’s Church with a catchy message.”
Meanwhile, according to The Mirror, the translation of the message begins, “When this ceiling will have to painted again we will no longer be on this earth.” The message further goes on to explain the conditions these workers had to live in. “We have to tell the following generations that we didn’t have a happy life. We’ve lived through two wars. One in 1914 and one in 1940, that counts for something eh?” the note reads. “We’re working here nearly starving from hunger, they extort us for mere cents for almost no food at all.”
Before signing off, the workers who wrote the note left advice for future generations, writing: “I want to advise the next generations for when another war comes along. Have a sufficient amount of food in excess like rice, coffee, flour, tobacco, grains, wheat, to keep you alive.”
They finally concluded by writing: “Enjoy life to the fullest and if necessary take another wife. The ones who are married: Look after your home! Salut men!”
Unsurprisingly, this rare find when posted on Instagram on Oct. 26 went viral garnering some 4,000 reactions and amassing lots of comments from social media users.
One translated comment read: “I hope they found the family of those men. Would make a nice family keepsake.”
While another wrote, “What a story! A moving message from the past …”
All images (Courtesy of AG VESPA)
Why were Canadians working in Antwerp in 1941?
Wear sunscreen and accept homos
Read the Bible.....and believe it.
“The writer said there was goodness in every man which would stop Goering from taking such an evil step.”
Guess he didn’t get the concept of original sin.
The newspaper was probably the New York Times.
Stockpile wives. Got it.
Sheesh, they keep finding messages left by your previous incarnations.
And you said nothing back then about beer!
One was one too many...
“One was one too many...”
Confucius say, “Bachelor is man who don’t make same mistake once.”
Every one you stockpile saves another man the hassle.
(Ducking for cover)
“Invest in toilet paper and n95 masks”
I would even add sugar and yeast to that list.
How long does tobacco stay good? I have 17 cans of coffee now
“Enjoy life to the fullest and if necessary take another wife”
For the sake of my health, I’m going to pass on this little piece of advise.
Years ago, I had a big bag of tobacco in my TEOTWAWKI supplies. I didn’t even smoke. I had it for bartering. Opened it one Saturday night and rolled myself a cigarette. It was fantastic. Smoked the entire bag that summer. Haven’t smoked since.
Good barter items: single cigarettes, airplane bottles of booze, bic lighters, vegetable oil, .22 lr shells.
Fake news.
No..but “Seth Rich killed himself”...
The moral of the story is? ......
(please submit answers in writing..its for Posterity here)
;)
“Become preppers”
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