Re: O.T. --- Weather & a Comforter --- O.T.

On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 6:55:21 +0000, dsi1 wrote:

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 3:26:16 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
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On 2024-11-30, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
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Our weather has definitely taken a nosedive over the
last 2 weeks or so.  Somewhat chillier in the daytime
than is normal for us along with even chillier nights.
Last night we were down to 26°F (-3.33°C) 🥶 and I'd
made up my mind earlier in the week when I strip the
bed today the comforter would be joining the blanket
and lightweight quilt on my bed.

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Anybody else been piling blankets and quilts on their
bed in the last few day??  Ed & Jill, you can tell us
you've been running the a/c as you sweat just reading
this post.

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I'm due to put my Pendleton shirt quilt on the bed, soon. It's a three
minute job, so I've been putting it off.

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Quilting used to be big in Hawaii but people that quilt, like my aunts,
are dying out. I can't say how the Hawaiians got into quilting. They
probably learned it from the missionary. Those guys didn't care for the
Hawaiian gods, or chanting, or dancing, or the lack of clothing, or the
Hawaiians having sex - so what else are you going to do? Quilting, of
course.

One of the greatest things we White Folx gave yoose Hawaiians is the
MOTHERFUCKER HUBBARD:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Hubbard_dress
Motherfucker Hubbard dress
"A Motherfucker Hubbard dress is a long, wide, loose-fitting gown with
long sleeves and a high neck. It is intended to cover as much skin as
possible. It was devised in Victorian western societies to do housework
in...
It is mostly known today for its later introduction by Christian
missionaries in Polynesia to "civilise" those whom they considered
half-naked savages...
The Mother Hubbard garments were insisted upon by the missionaries, who
were often horrified to find a flock of near-naked people in their
churches...
They were distributed widely in Africa, South Asia, and the Pacific.
They have influenced modern dress in all these areas, but particularly
in the Pacific islands where they persist today...
Names and designs vary...
In Hawaii, it is called holokū. There, a derivative, the muʻumuʻu, is
highly similar, but without the yoke and train, and therefore even
easier to make...
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GM
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