What Is Love?

 

Vintage Photos of Babies Learning to Walk Using Wicker Walkers, 1900s-1920s

As early as the fifteenth century, baby walkers helped toddlers learn to walk and encouraged erect posture (which carried moral overtones of upright character).

European book illustrations and paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries show similar baby walkers and attest to their popularity. Like today’s counterparts, they gave toddlers circumscribed mobility.

They also, importantly, prevented dangerous tumbles into hot stoves and fireplaces. With regular usage, wooden and wicker baby walkers had considerable wear and tear.

Over time baby walkers have gone by many names, including go-cart, standing stool, baby runners, walking stools, and trainers. By the 18th century, the favored design was a wooden frame with four slanting posts and some cross pieces.

The baby stood inside the frame and could hold the cross pieces to stand. Some other stools were made with a square base on wheels. The child could push the frame easily because of the wheels.

By the 19th century, there were improvements. A small shelf on the front held toys. Springs were added to allow the child to jump up and down. In the 20th century, walkers were made of colorful plastic with all sorts of added shelves and toys.

Hungarian girl in a walker. This model was called Kati.

It is believed that the name was due to the fact that by leaving the babies 

in this device they were more reachable by the parents 

and it would work as if it were a nanny, hence the feminine name. 

It was used by farmers when they had to work and could not have anyone

to take care of the little ones. It also served as a rudimentary walker.

The total number of baby walker-related injuries is likely an underestimation because there are more than 40 different terms used in academic or news reports for these devices, thus complicating a tally of the number of device-related injuries.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, American Academy of Pediatrics, Kids In Danger, and other organizations have issued warnings to discourage parents from using baby walkers. Direct education of parents in a medical setting reduces parents’ willingness to use these devices.

In Canada, the sale of baby walkers was banned on April 7, 2004. Canada is the first country in the world to ban the sale, importation, and advertisement of baby walkers. This ban extends to modified and second-hand baby walkers, including those sold at yard sales or flea markets.

In the United States, annual baby-walker-related injuries dropped from around 21,000 in 1990 to around 3,200 in 2003, attributed to publicity about the danger of such devices and voluntary safety improvements by manufacturers.

Annual injuries dropped a further 23% after mandatory U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission standards (adopted in 2010) went into effect, including testing requirements and brakes to prevent stair falls.

 Original article HERE

Before-And-After Pics - 10 Famous Cities that Changed Over Time

LONDON, ENGLAND 1920 AND NOW

NEW YORK, NEW YORK USA 1962 AND NOW

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 1937 AND NOW

DUBAI 2005 AND NOW

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA USA 1947 AND NOW

BERLIN, GERMANY 1945 AND NOW

ATHENS, GREECE 1962 AND NOW

DUBAI 2000 AND NOW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 1932 AND NOW

TOKYO JAPAN 1945 AND NOW

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God Bless The U S A - Special Recording to Hear and Watch

My heart is full of gratitude for the sacrifices

my ancestors made to ensure the continued 

freedom of this great country!

 

PONDER THESE . . . . Just For A Smile!!

 

TRUTHS TO DISCERN . . . I Am A Cat . . . Do You Believe That I Am A Cat?

Probably the best explanation ever given to people about reality

........ 

listen to this very bright lady lay it out about how it really is!

 

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟏𝟖-𝟓𝟓, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬…

1. Life doesn't wait for you to be okay. Get up everyday and keep pushing through.

2. Never force anyone to choose you. You'll learn the art to spend time alone.

3. Master your emotions. A calm mind can handle any situation.

4. To avoid disappointment, you need to take people for who they're not for what you want them to be.

5. Everyone will show you who they are, just give them time.

6. You're at peace with yourself when you mind your own business.

7. Ensure you take good care of yourself, if anything happens to you, the world will move on.

8. Nobody cares, work hard to get better everyday.

9. If you don't work to build your own dream, someone will hire you and give you a purpose.

10. Free yourself from the society's advice, most of them have no idea of what they're doing.

11. 30 years is too long to sit in an office being told what to do.

12. You shouldn't frequently take advice from people who're not where you want to be in life.

13. Life's is 100% better when no one know anything about you.

14. You become 10x smarter when you quit the news and put politics out of your topics, unless it is your official occupation or it benefits you positively.

 
15. You need to be smart enough to create your opportunities, don't wait for them to come to you.

Rare Historical Photos - Moving Entire Houses By Horses, 1890-1910

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Settlers move a house with the help of horses during the late 1800s.

These vintage photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States show teams of horses being used to move entire houses to new locations.

With the rapid railway and urban development boom, a lot of people found themselves looking to relocate their log cabins, houses, Victorian mansions, and other abodes, and it looks like all they needed were some powerful horses.

Although many people find it hard to believe, a two-horse team was normally used to accomplish house moves. These incredible photos show how even fairly large structures could be moved from one place to another using plain old horsepower.

First of all, the house was jacked up off its foundation and was placed on heavy wooden beams. The ends of these beams were pointed and tended to act as runners similar to those on a sleigh.

An entire family gets involved with a house move, 

with children watching on as the horses cart their heavy load.

A temporary wooden track was put down in the street and the greased runners slid along it. The track consisted of flat planks, supported by cross ties, similar to those used on railroad tracks.

As the house inched along the street, the planks and ties left behind it were picked up and manually carried to the front of the house and laid down ahead of it. Numerous cross ties and planks, ready for reuse, are visible in the photos.

Obviously, you couldn’t hitch a team directly to the front of a house, crack the whip, yell giddeeyapp and expect anything to happen. Horses just weren’t that strong. Instead, it was necessary to mount a capstan in the middle of the street.

This capstan was anchored to some very strong objects well ahead of the house. It would appear that the capstan shown in some of the pictures was anchored to trees by means of heavy chains.

A team of horses started trotting over a bridge,

but the house was too wide. 1915.

A pulley was fastened securely to the front of the house, probably to a cross beam between the wooden runners. One end of a very strong rope, or steel cable ran from this pulley to a tree trunk or other highly immovable object. It then went through the pulley and was wrapped around the capstan.

The capstan was then turned by the horses which walked in a circle and tugged on a pole connected to the capstan. As they walked, the cable would slowly wind up on the capstan and pull the house forward. And yes, the horses had to step over the cable each time they encountered it.

If the structure was small, then it was just pulled by the horses without the need of using a capstan. One photograph shows six horses straining as they pull a two-storey abode forwards, with a group of men steering them as they go.

Another image shows an entire family getting involved with the house move, with children watching on as the horses cart their heavy load. Even when gas-powered trucks were available, horses were still used because they were able to step over the large cables as they circled, something that would halt a truck at the time.

The moving of houses and even churches and schools was briefly a big industry in the United States. There were a lot of companies offering their services to move your home to a new address.

As the country’s infrastructure became more established and building materials became cheaper, traffic, telephones lines and other services put an end to the era of moving buildings.

Moving a house during the winter. 

Twenty four horses all harnessed together to provide the 

‘horsepower’ to get the job done. 1915.

Horses rotating the capstan.

An engraving dating from 1877 shows a horse 

being used to move a three-story house in New York.

Moving a house using horses. San Francisco, 1908.

A house marching along the river. 1900s.

A group of men move a house down a street with a horse and capstan.

(Photo credit: Library of Congress / Museums Victoria).

Hardy and Funny Riddles For Adults - How Good Are You??!!

1. What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?

2. What gets wet while drying?

3. What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?

4. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?

5. What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?

6. What can you catch, but not throw?

7. What kind of band never plays music?

8. What has many teeth, but cannot bite?

9. What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?

10. What has one eye, but can’t see?

11. What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?

12. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

13. What kind of room has no doors or windows?

14. What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

15. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

16. What is the end of everything?

17. What part of the chicken has the most feathers?

18. What has a bottom at the top?

19. How far can you walk into the woods?

20. What is red and smells like blue paint?

21. When is a door no longer a door?

22. Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?

23. A plane crashed between the border of France and Belgium. Where were the survivors buried?

24. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?

25. What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?

26. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

27. Spelled forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backward I’m something you hate. What am I?

28. The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

29. You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?

From Reader's Digest - sorry I don't have the web site reference.

ANSWERS

1. What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?
Answer: Time to fix the fence.

2. What gets wet while drying?
Answer: A towel

3. What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?
Answer: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells.

4. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
Answer: An umbrella

5. What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Answer: Your left hand

6. What can you catch, but not throw?
Answer: A cold

7. What kind of band never plays music?
Answer: A rubber band

8. What has many teeth, but cannot bite?
Answer: A comb

9. What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
Answer: A potato

10. What has one eye, but can’t see?
Answer: A needle

11. What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
Answer: A stamp

12. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
A: Lunch and dinner

13. What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom

14. What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?
Answer: Their middle names.

15. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mt. Everest, it just wasn’t discovered yet.

16. What is the end of everything?
Answer: The letter “G”

17. What part of the chicken has the most feathers?
Answer: The outside

18. What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs

19. How far can you walk into the woods?
Answer: Halfway — after that, you’re walking out.

20. What is red and smells like blue paint?
Answer: Red paint

21. When is a door no longer a door?
Answer: When it’s ajar.

22. Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
Answer: The letter “R.”

23. A plane crashed between the border of France and Belgium. Where were the survivors buried?
Answer: They weren’t. Survivors don’t need to be buried.

24. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Answer: Nothing

25. What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
Answer: A river

26. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map

27. Spelled forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backward I’m something you hate. What am I?
Answer: Live

28. The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
Answer: A coffin

29. You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
Answer: The match