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My sister's friend once called her crazy because she touched the plug on a lamp after she pulled it out of the outlet. She said there might still be electricity in it.
lamps are simple: power supply -> resistance -> dc load circuits.
many complicated computer/tv/stereo/appliances... systems contain inductors and capacitors which store energy for short periods of time (turning them on when unplugged will discharge any residual energy still left in the circuit).
lamps are simple: power supply -> resistance -> dc load circuits.
many complicated computer/tv/stereo/appliances... systems contain inductors and capacitors which store energy for short periods of time (turning them on when unplugged will discharge any residual energy still left in the circuit).
every single year when we'd give my grandparents our school pictures, my pop pop would always say "now i can put this up in the attic to scare the mice away!"
My Mom had old-fashioned radiators for heat in each room. She switched from a coal furnace to natural gas when I was a kid. During power outages, she still could get heat. She insisted she got heat because "there is still a little bit of electricity in the wall". No amount of arguing could convince her otherwise.
Hooboy, coal furnace. That brought back a lot of memories. Mainly of my brothers forgetting to shovel coal while my parents were out and the heat going out, or my brothers getting their eyebrows singed while shoveling coal, again while my parents were out. I think my father spent half his winter life shoveling and stoking that thing. Now that I think of it, it was coke and not coal. Another thread for another day, I guess.
My Pop Pop also told me that when he was younger, teachers were hardly ever married. He used to say about women "Are you married or are you a teacher?"
I don't know whether this "regulation" existed in other states, but in NJ--during the Great Depression--they would not hire teachers who were married.
As a result, some women lied on their job application, claimed that they were single, and actually lived apart from their husbands--lest anyone inform the local Board of Education about the truth of the matter. I have no idea about why this regulation was put into effect, but it did exist.
I firmly believe that most of the beliefs about women not doing certain things during their menses were started by our many-many-great-grandmothers so that they'd have a couple days a month to just sit around. Think about it....
Can't cook because it might poison the food? OK
Can't work in the field because the crop might die? OK
Can't grind corn or parch wheat because it might get contaminated? OK
Can't sleep with your husband? Okaaaayyyy!
Might as well wander over to the Womens' Hut and sit around gossiping with the other ladies. Talk about the husbands for a while. Swap recipes. Braid each other's hair. Sounds like a huge sacrifice to me....
Ha, my grandma believed that touching raw meat during your period would spoil the meat.
I remember my mum once claiming this as well. In hindsight, it probably was an excuse for her to take a break from cooking
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