We wouldn't survive.

i think i'd be okay barring surgery with alcohol *shudder*

well growing up accustomed to 2009, would make it a difficult transition for sure. id just have to teach the how to build air conditioners and harness energy. itd be a hot couple days, but we'd be fine by next wednesday.

I would be fine

Actually, it was always cooler inside than out, just obviously not as cool as we have it.

Being a true Mountain man by nature, I think winters in the Mountains would be much tougher than hot summers actually. Would include some pretty savage shoulders from cutting and splitting so much firewood :up:

I'd make it and be fine.. so would most folks. Do you think we wouldn't adapt? What do you think happens down here when we lose power for weeks after a hurricane?

Ga boy wrote:

We wouldn't last a week in that time during the summer!

I heard that about you goober eaters but us Florida boys wouldn't quit.. :shifty:

"cnc66 wrote:

I'd make it and be fine.. so would most folks. Do you think we wouldn't adapt? What do you think happens down here when we lose power for weeks after a hurricane?

I heard that about you goober eaters but us Florida boys wouldn't quit.. :shifty:

Goober eaters *snort*
I haven't heard that phrase in a coons age

Back then cities didn't sprawl over the place, roads were narrower, and there were no such things as parking lots. The ambient temperature was lower.

I think that the thing to worry about in Florida at that time is if the Calusa were still there, although their numbers were ravaged by then. They left just before 1776 so is it the general era or after that date?

I know I can't live in that time for one reason: People take bath once a month..... I cannot imagine what cities smell like in the summer....

Interesting fact : Queen Elizabeth (1500's) takes bath once a year.

When they put together the Declaration of Independence our forefathers were so nervous about British spies they closed all the windows in the room on one of the hottest days of the year, they had to be just brutal wearing those wigs and the clothing they wore of that day, the stuff was heavy and thick.

"DOLBET wrote:

Interesting fact : Queen Elizabeth (1500's) takes bath once a year.

No wonder folks back then only had sex for reproduction purposes :shifty:

Anywho, I'd be fine. Of course there would be some adjustments, but survival isn't that hard if you know what you're doing. I'm fairly confident that I, along with my family, could build a suitable shelter and live off the land using the knowledge and talents that we've acquired through years of hunting, fishing, gardening, etc. I actually enjoy getting away for a few days to go camping (real camping, not that camping ground, park your car 2 feet away from your tent nonsense) and doing things the simple way. So yeah, I'd be fine.

I'd also have fun watching FinD fight with squirrels over acorns, although the only punches being thrown would be from the squirrel. :pointlol:

"DOLBET wrote:

I know I can't live in that time for one reason: People take bath once a month..... I cannot imagine what cities smell like in the summer....

Well considering people use to dump human waste from the windows onto the streets, probably a lot worse than you could ever imagine.

All I'd need is my trusty battle axe, ale by the gallons, and plenty of fine young wenches at my disposal...and I'd be set for life! :yes:

"In_Flames wrote:

All I'd need is my trusty battle axe, ale by the gallons, and plenty of fine young wenches at my disposal...and I'd be set for life! :yes:

don't forget the hemp on the porch...:shifty:

"cnc66 wrote:

I'd make it and be fine.. so would most folks. Do you think we wouldn't adapt? What do you think happens down here when we lose power for weeks after a hurricane?

I heard that about you goober eaters but us Florida boys wouldn't quit.. :shifty:

Don't knock the GOOBERS Marty! You are right though, ain't no quit in us Florida boys.

I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn

We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too

Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do

We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

I actually have a peanut plant growin'... :hi5:

"Ronnie Bass wrote:

When they put together the Declaration of Independence our forefathers were so nervous about British spies they closed all the windows in the room on one of the hottest days of the year, they had to be just brutal wearing those wigs and the clothing they wore of that day, the stuff was heavy and thick.

I can fix hot with the help of Guy Harvey, flip flops and Jorts. I cannot cope with any temp below 65 degrees though. I HATE these brutal winters down here in Fl.

"cnc66 wrote:

I actually have a peanut plant growin'... :hi5:

TheWeasel, and I usually boil up 30 lbs, store them in 1 lb zip lock bags in the freezer for football season.

Love me some goobers!

for Ronnie, Guy Harvey;

I'ma roasted guy, I tire quickly of boiled

"cnc66 wrote:

for Ronnie, Guy Harvey;

Damn those are pretty nice shirts, might have to go online and grab a few.

"cnc66 wrote:

for Ronnie, Guy Harvey;

For the uninitiated. 100% pure Cotton Tees, clothes gotta breathe down here.

the biggest problem would be disease, as we are not adapt to the same diseases nor as we get more sanitary, can we adapt to the diseases. At least thats the word around the hood.......

"In_Flames wrote:

All I'd need is my trusty battle axe, ale by the gallons, and plenty of fine young wenches at my disposal...and I'd be set for life! :yes:

please the way you are they would have driven a stake through your heart....

"unluckyluciano wrote:

the biggest problem would be disease, as we are not adapt to the same diseases nor as we get more sanitary, can we adapt to the diseases. At least thats the word around the hood.......

If I had lived back then, staph would have got me at age 12..

but aside from that, I would love to have tried. Remember, I spend a lot of time "in period" 1883 and "think" like that regularly.