Sepiatone Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Funny(odd, not ha-ha) thing I read about the bubonic(black) plague was that it was caused by the bite of a particular flea that was primarily found on rats, but people back then, who stupidly always associated cats with evil, blamed the CATS for spreading the disease and killed as many cats as often as possible to the point there weren't enough cats to kill enough of the rats to slow the spread of the plague, so......... Sepiatone 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 The water pump associated with the 1854 cholera outbreak in London is still there on Broadwick Street in Soho. It isn't used now! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
speedracer5 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 In London (I think it was), didn't people throw their garbage out the window, which then ended up being one of the root causes of the Bubonic Plague? Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Sepiatone said: Funny(odd, not ha-ha) thing I read about the bubonic(black) plague was that it was caused by the bite of a particular flea that was primarily found on rats, but people back then, who stupidly always associated cats with evil, blamed the CATS for spreading the disease and killed as many cats as often as possible to the point there weren't enough cats to kill enough of the rats to slow the spread of the plague, so......... Sepiatone The latest research indicates that the black death was not bubonic plague. The spread was not consistent with Yersinia pestis and the recorded symptoms are not an exact match. The black death was likely transmitted from person to person as it remained active even during times when there was minimal flea activity and it spread through areas which had no rats. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17223184-000-did-bubonic-plague-really-cause-the-black-death/ is an interesting read on the subject. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EricJ Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, speedracer5 said: In London (I think it was), didn't people throw their garbage out the window, which then ended up being one of the root causes of the Bubonic Plague? That, and horses grazing by the water's edge... 💩 When the automobile arrived, not everyone was saying "Get a horse!"--Some activists praised that the lack of horses (and street sweepers) on our city streets would be a significant improvement in public health. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, EricJ said: That, and horses grazing by the water's edge... 💩 When the automobile arrived, not everyone was saying "Get a horse!"--Some activists praised that the lack of horses (and street sweepers) on our city streets would be a significant improvement in public health. I read an article written in the late 19th Century which had dire predictions of the manure problem which London would face at its 'present' rate of growth. A large percentage of the population would have to be employed to clean the streets and there would be long trains of wagons constantly snaking through the city to carry it away. They proposed special taxes on every horse entering the city and forcing local owners to 'street-break' their horses so that they only went in their home stable. It was interesting to see that alarmists have been among us far longer than one might normally realize. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fedya Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 20 minutes ago, SansFin said: I read an article written in the late 19th Century which had dire predictions of the manure problem which London would face at its 'present' rate of growth. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data ... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 It's day 41 of LA's Stay at Home order, so I'm starting to feel like THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE 2 Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 The Decameron (1971), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Or, raunchiness in the time of pestilence. Link to post Share on other sites
Fedya Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 12 hours ago, LonesomePolecat said: It's day 41 of LA's Stay at Home order, so I'm starting to feel like THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE I'm sorry, the card says "Moops". Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 AVENGERS: ENDGAME (spoiler alert!) At the beginning we see New York at a standstill after a huge percentage of people have been wiped out by Thanos. These images now just look like news but they are from a movie, such as this shot of an empty stadium: Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 When I go out for a walk and see other people walking around I think of Bambi afraid of man being out in the meadow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 So Long at the Fair (1950), with Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. The Great Exhibition of 1889. Paris and pestilence. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I can see the film aspect but why on the other area are sooo many infatuated with covid 19 I mean it chit chat & by any means don't mean to downplay people already suffering with it, but what about all THE REST?It's like CNN or something anymore Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 And again I by no means direct that at folks that have it & ion this terrific topic, but MAN> Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Even people who don't have the disease, or know someone who does, still suffer a psychic toll. If a thread like this works to reduce that, it's worthwhile. No one forces you to read this thread, or contribute to it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EricJ Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 6 hours ago, slaytonf said: Even people who don't have the disease, or know someone who does, still suffer a psychic toll. If a thread like this works to reduce that, it's worthwhile. No one forces you to read this thread, or contribute to it. That could, in fact, apply to ANY thread on this board. And often does. 🙄 I remember being on an Anime-related board right around 9/11/01, and for three solid days, nobody on the entire board could talk about anything but How Many Would Die in the New WWIII, and When Terrorists Were Going to Get Us, Maybe With Cool Biological Weapons This Time. The mind finally rebelled (ie. mine, since I considered terrorists as immature trolling idiots and wasn't that traumatized about it to begin with), and after stories about Red Cross blood-donation drives started becoming the new "good" charity--sort of the equivalent of our "Free meals for frontline workers" charities--I remembered one well-known anime-series joke about blood donations, and made an anime-related joke about "How Anime characters are reacting to 9/11". That opened the floodgates: A whole thread of in-jokes about how favorite characters were reacting to the tragedy--in tasteful, optimistic, supportive ways, of course--got us back on our favorite board subject and posting like normal Internet human beings again. For us, it's a lockdown and movies, but it still works. Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 10 hours ago, spence said: I can see the film aspect but why on the other area are sooo many infatuated with covid 19 I mean it chit chat & by any means don't mean to downplay people already suffering with it, but what about all THE REST?It's like CNN or something anymore It's like when 9/11 happened and I couldn't think of anything else, and was glued to the TV. This for me is like 9/11 lasting for 2 months. COVID is coloring everything I watch, hence this thread. It probably affects me differently since I live in L.A., the Ground Zero of the West where we have 50-80 deaths every day, just as it affects those of you in the New York area and other big urban centers. I'm sure those of you in small towns, the midwest, and other countries who aren't having dozens of new deaths every single day are wondering what the big deal is (the way I feel about every single hurricane). The rest of the time I purposefully ignore the news, but in a historic event like 9/11 or this, I have to know what's going on, and I just don't care about non-COVID news. I hope your states/countries never get to this level where it affects every aspect of your life, and I hope you guys all stay safe wherever you are. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 The next film in our Film Festival is SWORD IN THE STONE in which Merlin defeats Madam Mim by turning himself into a germ and infecting her! (Hey, I just traced COVID-19 to its true origin!) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 since i derailed the I JUST WATCHED thread with my talk of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, I have to site the original (unhappy) ending of the film, which is set to the big musical finale in the stage show- DON'T FEED THE PLANTS!- which is just a GREAT SONG THAT GETS IN YOUR HEAD- The final lyric: Hold your hat and hang on to your soulSomething's coming to eat the world whole If we fight it we've still got a chance But whatever they offer you Though they're slopping the trough for you Please whatever they offer youDon't feed the plants 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 Another character who lived in quarantine: Quasimodo in HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. Here's a song from the Disney version that sums up that old quarantine feeling: Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 A lot of murder mysteries seem oddly applicable, especially the ones when you're trapped inside like THE OLD DARK HOUSE, THE CAT AND THE CANARY, and.... AND THEN THERE WERE NONE -- people trapped on an island start dying like flies, and no one knows when the killer will strike next...... Link to post Share on other sites
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