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What would you bring with you if you could go through the stones?
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Mar 22, 2011 07:41AM
Oh I forgot, if I survive I'll probably end up as a slave...not thanks
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Well I wouldn't have to worry about pregnancy (or periods for that matter). I'd really have to think what I would take. It would be "needs vs. wants" don't you think? Obviously the battery type things are out, as well as anything electrical or too modern (don't want to get burned as a witch!).I guess I'd really read up on anything important that happened during the 18th century as well as what went on during everyday life there (especially in the highlands). I'd definitely take a good pair of shoes or boots, clothing that could be layered. Not even sure about the underwear. Might be interesting to try without. Although I don't think I could do the whole "stays" thing, I mean bras are bad enough without using whale bones to hold the girls up.
This whole concept is very interesting.
Just the thought of not being able to wash my hair regularly makes me shudder! Claire appeared to adapt rather quickly though, probably b/c of her war experience, I don't know if I'd be quite so hardy. Unless I could find myself a Jamie...then who cares about greasy hair!I would definitely read up on "home brews" for shampoo, soaps, etc. Strong boots, warm clothes that fit the period, anything that could be used as currency, and medicines.
Fawn wrote: "Done Keri...Thanks for posting. : )"Thanks for voting, Fawn! There is still 1 day left to vote until the polls are closed (closes March 23). Diana Gabaldon's in the lead (and what a big lead it is!) so far as is her Outlander series! Yeaaaaaa!!!!! :)
Author of the month: current status
* Diana Gabaldon 15 votes, 48.4%
Diana Rowland 8 votes, 25.8%
Simon R. Green 5 votes, 16.1%
Gena Showalter 3 votes, 9.7%
31 total votes so far
Book of the month: current status
* Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 12 votes, 38.7%
Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione 7 votes, 22.6%
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
6 votes, 19.4%
Storm Front by Jim Butcher 2 votes, 6.5%
Amazon Ink by Lori Devoti 2 votes, 6.5%
Sins and Shadows by Lyn Benedict 1 vote, 3.2%
Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready 1 vote, 3.2%
31 total votes so far
Your very welcome Keri, Are we allowed to vote more than once?
ATTENTION ALL DIANA GABALDON FANS!!!I just want to let everyone know the news that Diana Gabaldon won Author of the Month for April and her Outlander book/series won the April's Book of the Month! For those who voted, thank you thank you thank you. I'd seriously been nominating her and the series every month for several months now and she & her book/series never won until now! Wouldn't have happened had it not been for the help and support of fellow fans! I've posted the links to the sites for the AOM (author of the month)and BOM (book of the month) polls in case anyone wants to see what the final tally was on the books & authors nominated.
Thanks again everyone!
Keri
AOM poll: Final tally
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/45...
BOM poll: Final tally
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/45...
I'd bring, a Swiss army knife, Matches, about five boxes of batteries, a small flashlight, as many alcohol swabs and matches that I could get, and tons of feminine hygiene products to last at least a year. Oh, and of course, as much money as my pockets would hold.
I would bring a bag ( can in be a large-ish baggage ) with lots and lots of penicillin, needles, vaccinations, alcohol wipes ( handy when traveling and Jamie gets one of those weekly knife wounds ), ibuprofen, aspirin and the lot, lighters and torches, feminine hygiene products, pretty much everything mentioned before. I just hope it would have been able to take a portable hot water shower with me.
First off, I would go through the stones in period garb and 18th century style spectacles with my prescription (thankfully it hasn't changed much in the last 8 years). My clothes would be made with secret pockets and a few modern comforts like good inserts for the period shoes (No need to be stand out unnecessarily or be completely hobbled by fallen arches). My socks would definitely be hand-knit Merino wool/nylon blend (so comfy). I would also bring a couple of pairs of hand-knit cotton socks.In my secret pockets, I would have:
Gold and silver (for buying necessities in 18th century), allergy meds, Extra Strength Tylenol, my multi-tool with nail file and clippers (don't go anywhere without it), and flint & steel.
Like any other trip, as I bet as soon as I crossed through the stones, I would think of something I should have brought that I wouldn't be able to get in the 18th century.
Thankfully, I was a Girl Scout and did a lot of camping, so I know how to rough it. Yes, I would miss the modern conveniences (especially my iPhone), but I would be fine.
I definitely have skills that would help me get by in the early to mid 1700s. I've always said being able to knit was a survival skill.
My husband, children and knowledge of how to make penicillin.
That's the great thing about fiction, you can write it the way you NEED it to be for your characters. I have always thought I would just be a GONER in the 18th century because I wear glasses! I mean, I am almost blind without them - think of how impossible it would be if you couldn't see!? In truth, that time and place in history was REALLY tough - just the fact that one of the most distinctive things about Claire is that she has all her teeth should tell you something... No, I don't think the real thing would be all that romantic: hunger, early death, disease, THE STENCH, women being no better treated (and probably worse) than the family cow...No, thanks. I will stick to the fabulously romanticized fiction!!
I would take formulas for cures of diseases and penicillin.Garments bras to copy and make money.I would bring the answers to the leading questions of the time.
A spare pair of glasses, because I'm almost blind without! And some feminine hygine things, starting from monthly pain stuff. Oh and my asthma medicine!
Water proof clothing and loo roll
I'd take my husband. He is a lot like Jamie except the prison and accident prone part.
My leather corset- that thing is so comfortable and made well. Medicine, pictures, gems, money, history books
Renee wrote: "I wouldn't go. 18th century? With the smelliness and disease? And I'd probably end up appearing before a guy who had no teeth and wanted me to work the farm. Forget that! I'll stick with A/C and cl..."I'm with you Renee. I would rather stay in this century where I know how to survive and live.
If I had to go back I would take a how to book to create indoor plumbing with a septic tank (or before I went I would take classes in how to do indoor plumbing) That would take care of the bathing and the toilet. I HATE outhouses! I might also learn how to make a generator and indoor electricity. I would definitely take penicillin and tetanus shots along with a lot of gold and jewels. Oh yeah and since I am obsessive with my teeth, and I would be the only house on the block with electricity I would bring my sonic toothbrush LOL (well at least I would bring a toothbrush and lots of dental floss.)
Amen to that! Everyone stunk and had fetid breath! I love my showers!!
Too many things probably but definitely medicine, toilet paper, women's undergarments, a knowledge book of how to make things, a good gun or other weapon, seeds for growing food, Jewels to get back to the future, and Gold to sell, a lifetime or solar battery and my mp3 player (lol).
Instruction books -How to use Accupuncture for surgical pain relief and other how to med books especially the anibiotics and most of what the other ladies have already posted-oh and how to make THE PILL from horse urine for sure.
So many things... Will have to think about my list. But one thing Claire takes back has me wondering. Her needle. And when she looses it, Bree 'MacGyvers' up the snake needle. Now I am forever wondering if it would actually work... so much so, that I entered it as a suggestion to Mythbuster! Now if anyone else is as curious as I am, maybe you could enter it too... If enough of us hassle them, then maybe they'll try it out.
I don't think it would work, and if it did, I just keep thinking AIR BUBBLES!
Well first you have to have a plunger that slides up into it.Then push all the air out with the plunger then put the needle into the med and draw it up by drawing the plunger back then after pushing in the needle into the person you push the meds into them with the plunger part.I never read anything about a plunger to push the air out or draw up the meds so I do not see how it can work.Did you read anything like this-did I just miss it?This is the way syringes work now.And the first thing you do is push out the air or you cannot draw up the medication.IV may have been the best way because once you get the tubing then you put the fluid in then hang it upside down while holding it and let a small amt of the fluid run out on the floor getting rid of the air then you just have a plain needle-n0 plunger.
Kathy Anne wrote: "Well first you have to have a plunger that slides up into it.Then push all the air out with the plunger then put the needle into the med and draw it up by drawing the plunger back then after pushin..."No, it was strictly MacGyver. No plunger required!
MJ What is MacGyver is that a name I missed for Bre?.BTW remember later on I think it was in MOBY she goes to the Drs house and finds some kind of Penis treatment outfit on a table and I think traded something for it.I have to see if I can find that again.I am wondering why no one ever thought to raise the opium poppies, they were already in use in the Orient so they must have known they stopped pain even when they were loaded and ladadunum should have been easier to come by .
A lot if "how to" books so I could improve the quality of living. Penicillin. Gold.
MacGyverw as a show on TV in the 80's/90's - give the guy a toothbrush, box of matched and a galleon of milk and he could make a bomb...haha
Thanks Dee and MJ.There are a couple of old gold mines in Ca.and some other useful metals but no one could get to it back then.I do not know the East Coast,are there any older gold mines there or even in Europe? And also areas to find Gems.I would get maps of these money makers and then hope to find a MacGiver in the Highlands .
Kathy Anne wrote: "Thanks Dee and MJ.There are a couple of old gold mines in Ca.and some other useful metals but no one could get to it back then.I do not know the East Coast,are there any older gold mines there or ..."Oh, I think I've missed some conversation... But that idea rocks Kathy Anne! Figure out where the precious metal and gem mines were... and then stake your claim when you get back there! No need to worry about losing your bags on the trip there either.
Lol, after a read through the posts I have determined two things...1) we would all have been burned as witches 2) I think I want to go forward not back...Tere, maybe a cure is out in the future. :)
I would take my reading glasses, sunglasses, bottle of Advil or ibuprofen, alcazar or something for stomach aches,womens intimates and undergarments, gum, breath freshener, women's razor, tweezers, some makeup, my iPod (i have to have my music) oh yeah I forgot there were no outlets to charge it. Oh well. Remedy books.
My camera, I'm a photographer and Is miss taking photos. Mind you I would get to see the images without a computer but it's fantasy right...
I forgot what may be the most important thing-have someone write exact instructions on how to make a battery.Then all I would need to do(yeah right) is find a Mcgyver to put it together and Electricity !!!
Kathy Anne wrote: "I forgot what may be the most important thing-have someone write exact instructions on how to make a battery.Then all I would need to do(yeah right) is find a Mcgyver to put it together and Electri..."Lol... I just figure I'll take an AWESOME solar charger and all the toys I couldn't live without!
Before going I would take care to get vaccinated for any possible disease there is. Problem: since there are no more smallpox there is no vaccination either...
I am ancient enough to have had a smallpox vaccination...maybe we could procure one for the younger gen...
Dawn wrote: "Lol, after a read through the posts I have determined two things...1) we would all have been burned as witches 2) I think I want to go forward not back...Tere, maybe a cure is out in the future. :)"I was just thinking the same thing (LOL!) imagine what they would think of a solar powered MP3 player..
