AndNich123
Pulsar
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2014
Well it's Saturday, and you know what that means. It means that for this week I actually don't have to go to work today. I have a Saturday off. Yes! While at work the other day, I heard a customer say something about haint blue. I thought he was saying something wrong on purpose, that maybe he was making fun of a sport team by saying the name of their color wrong, something other than what he was truly talking about. I have lived in my hometown my whole life, and I had never heard of this. Apparently in Charleston SC most of the underside of the roofs on the covered porches are painted blue, haint blue to be exact. Haint refers to an angry, lost spirit that is roaming this world. A haint can not cross water. So they paint the underside of the roofs this color to make them think it's water, and since they can't cross water, it will keep them out of their house. *clears throat* I kid you not. I looked at my co-workers and said, "You're pulling my leg." Now if that statement is only a southern thing, I apologize. It means basically you're kidding me. I have never heard of this. Well after looking online it turns out this is very true. It's a tradition that started with the Gulla Geechee. They were a group of people, African slaves, that came to America. I've read they were stolen from their homes and brought to America into the low country of South Carolina and Georgia. There is myth that the blue paint repels bugs, but in truth, when the practice of painting porches this color began, they used paint that contained lye. Lye actually is the ingredient that repelled the bugs. It wasn't the color. Still that is a myth that most people believe today. They say that the color confuses the bugs, makes them think they are looking at the sky, and they won't build nests there. I've heard that bugs see colors differently than we do. So if that is the case, then they make not be confused and just see a different color than we do. He also talked about how people put colanders on their front porches as well. There is some kind of hag that will wander down the streets, and if she sees the colander, she will become distracted by counting the holes in it and will not come inside your home. *clears throat* Okay. Again, I have never heard of this. They talked about how some people decorate graves with broken glass on special days. I was just in awe by these stories. So there you have it. A little lesson about the south.
Coronavirus. *screams* There are times I am so sick of hearing about this. The panic buying is going nuts around here. There is no toilet paper. What is up with that? People are buying it up like they are never going to be able to buy toilet paper again. Do they think we will be quarantined for five months? Come on people. I just want enough toilet paper to last me one month. One month. 30 days. That's it. I grabbed a roll of shop towels at work last night. Shop towels come on a roll like paper towels, are blue, and are softer than paper towels. I said, "Cut it in half, two rolls for a dollar ninety seven." My co-worker said, "you can't flush that." I told her, "Desperate times." Now I didn't buy the shop towels. It was a joke aimed at the measures some people might have to take because someone else have five big packs of toilet paper in their house. One of my co-workers said he didn't want to buy it up and then we not get quarantined. I said, "why? You gonna stop shitting?" Now granted it is something you will always need. So why not buy it all up? The problem is going crazy with how much you buy. Save some for the rest of us. You do not need enough toilet paper in your house to last you until Christmas. It's like they think will not ever be able to buy it again. People are crazy. Crazy I tell you. They are even selling it on ebay. Trust me. I looked. This virus is showing the best and worst in people. If I find it, I would like to buy extra just to give to the people I know who can't find it. Next Saturday I will travel to Columbia SC. My brother and his wife live there. We are going to celebrate birthdays, his and my dad. We are also going to Sam's Club Warehouse. There I want to buy some things in bulk in case we are put into quarantine. Do I think it will happen? I don't know, but I want to be prepared in case it does happen. I'd rather have supplies and not need them, than to need them and not have them. Besides, the things I plan on buying will be used either way. All this panic buying here, and do you know how many cases they have found in my county? 10? 20? 40? 80? 100? 1000? Nope. 2. That's right. 2, I've heard the 1 was sent to another hospital, and then she was sent home. Now neither of the 2 hospitals she went to are in my town. The other case is someone who was in contact with her. That's it folks. Do I think it's going to get worse? Yes. I think we will have more cases in my town. Certainly. There was a rumor yesterday that someone at our local bank tested positive for it. I don't know if it's been on the news yet or not. I don't watch the news much. I never watch tv when I'm at home. Just Netflix and Disney Plus.
Which brings me to my next topic. What I'm about to do. lol. I'm about to go back to watching a tv series based from a Steven King book. Under The Dome. Everybody stay safe. Have a good day BMR.
Coronavirus. *screams* There are times I am so sick of hearing about this. The panic buying is going nuts around here. There is no toilet paper. What is up with that? People are buying it up like they are never going to be able to buy toilet paper again. Do they think we will be quarantined for five months? Come on people. I just want enough toilet paper to last me one month. One month. 30 days. That's it. I grabbed a roll of shop towels at work last night. Shop towels come on a roll like paper towels, are blue, and are softer than paper towels. I said, "Cut it in half, two rolls for a dollar ninety seven." My co-worker said, "you can't flush that." I told her, "Desperate times." Now I didn't buy the shop towels. It was a joke aimed at the measures some people might have to take because someone else have five big packs of toilet paper in their house. One of my co-workers said he didn't want to buy it up and then we not get quarantined. I said, "why? You gonna stop shitting?" Now granted it is something you will always need. So why not buy it all up? The problem is going crazy with how much you buy. Save some for the rest of us. You do not need enough toilet paper in your house to last you until Christmas. It's like they think will not ever be able to buy it again. People are crazy. Crazy I tell you. They are even selling it on ebay. Trust me. I looked. This virus is showing the best and worst in people. If I find it, I would like to buy extra just to give to the people I know who can't find it. Next Saturday I will travel to Columbia SC. My brother and his wife live there. We are going to celebrate birthdays, his and my dad. We are also going to Sam's Club Warehouse. There I want to buy some things in bulk in case we are put into quarantine. Do I think it will happen? I don't know, but I want to be prepared in case it does happen. I'd rather have supplies and not need them, than to need them and not have them. Besides, the things I plan on buying will be used either way. All this panic buying here, and do you know how many cases they have found in my county? 10? 20? 40? 80? 100? 1000? Nope. 2. That's right. 2, I've heard the 1 was sent to another hospital, and then she was sent home. Now neither of the 2 hospitals she went to are in my town. The other case is someone who was in contact with her. That's it folks. Do I think it's going to get worse? Yes. I think we will have more cases in my town. Certainly. There was a rumor yesterday that someone at our local bank tested positive for it. I don't know if it's been on the news yet or not. I don't watch the news much. I never watch tv when I'm at home. Just Netflix and Disney Plus.
Which brings me to my next topic. What I'm about to do. lol. I'm about to go back to watching a tv series based from a Steven King book. Under The Dome. Everybody stay safe. Have a good day BMR.