Dear Yahoo!:
Who invented the shower?
Grateful
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Dear Grateful:
Showers (especially hot ones) are one of humankind's greatest inventions. Imagine having to face the day without one. Actually, don't. The idea is too horrible to contemplate.
Tracking down the inventor of the shower proved to be a challenge. Thankfully, inventions.org gave us the scoop. The site explains that the first "rudimentary showers" were found in India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. In these showers, people washed by either pouring buckets of water over themselves or having servants do it for them. Effective, but lacking a certain je ne sais quoi.
The first real shower (complete with plumbing) was invented by the Greeks. Inventions.org writes that "after exerting themselves in the stadium, ancient Greek athletes would freshen up in the kind of shower depicted on an Athenian vase of the fourth century B.C." The vase in question features four women showering under piped-in water. As the site notes, "the whole scene is amazingly contemporary."
So, there you have it. The Greeks not only invented democracy, philosophy, and the Olympics, they gave us showers, too. God bless 'em
I shouldn't try to play sims while AVG runs scans. it doesn't work well lol
Anyway, the twins grew into adults. I saved after that. But it crashed mid save after I'd gotten them jobs, started to move them out. I aged up Hannah's boyfriend and was trying to get them married so I could send them out all ready to make grandbabies. After that was the bad save. Ah well, here are the grown up twins
Hannah
Victoria
And a full update (and as I was typing this AVG scans finished! woot)
Here's Julian as a teen after a repeat trip to the dresser (since it crashed the first time). This time I just gave him one outfit for each lol
Julian invited the new teenaged Tracey over. She was wearing a dress (albeit a kind of ugly one lol) which made Julian see her as less tomboyish and well, there was kissing...
And then Julian spoke madness, kind of freaking her out. But she took it in good stride.
Random shot of Hannah after a workout
I think he's plotting something
Will painted this, I've had it painted in other games before but I always find it interesting
He looks less evil and more...*whispers* sweet...here.
For some bizarre reason on the way home from school one day he got off the bus somewhere (even though his sisters were already home at this point). Then I told him to do his homework thinking he was home too. He then got in a cab and still had "Do homework" queued up. So I thought he was coming home. I went to check on him and he got out of the cab in front of the Broke place?! And then sat on the sidewalk to do his homework...
nows whos the cutest!?
I think personality wise, my favorite is piper. looks wise, my favorite is paisley since she looks like both parents equally.
here are the traits so far:
Preston:
loves the outdoors
frugal
clumsy
Piper:
Good
Genius
Penelope:
Friendly
Party Animal
Paisley:
Insane
Exciteable
:]
Penelope's kind of the oddball, isn't she? :P She doesn't look like either parent, as far as hair and eyes go. And lol! Piper's first two traits were Alice's first two traits!!
Comments
I'd like to be able to see my Sims doing stuff...giving birth, working, casing a joint.
Stuff like that.
*Serious Face*
i would rather not see the miracle-o-birth. my mom thrusted those pix in my face a long time ago. i'll pass.
lol ok, maybe just the spinning around have a baby moment, like in Sims 2? :P
lol ok that'll do i guess, i do miss those little vids for the first kiss and watnot
Now I am sitting in my room with all the lights out except my bedrooms, listining to the rain and thunder.
That's why I was asking who created them. Lol.
*Slaps Chop's hand*
Oh.
I googled it. But I didn't find out who.
Not until you're married guys. :P
Who invented the shower?
Grateful
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Dear Grateful:
Showers (especially hot ones) are one of humankind's greatest inventions. Imagine having to face the day without one. Actually, don't. The idea is too horrible to contemplate.
Tracking down the inventor of the shower proved to be a challenge. Thankfully, inventions.org gave us the scoop. The site explains that the first "rudimentary showers" were found in India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. In these showers, people washed by either pouring buckets of water over themselves or having servants do it for them. Effective, but lacking a certain je ne sais quoi.
The first real shower (complete with plumbing) was invented by the Greeks. Inventions.org writes that "after exerting themselves in the stadium, ancient Greek athletes would freshen up in the kind of shower depicted on an Athenian vase of the fourth century B.C." The vase in question features four women showering under piped-in water. As the site notes, "the whole scene is amazingly contemporary."
So, there you have it. The Greeks not only invented democracy, philosophy, and the Olympics, they gave us showers, too. God bless 'em
thats torture! for gods sakes let them atleast woohoo :shock:
eh, is the natural order of things. Mother Nature's rain showers begets "goes back to the time of the Greeks in 300 B.C" -wiki
Then at some point heated water was found to be more comfortable.
Anyway, the twins grew into adults. I saved after that. But it crashed mid save after I'd gotten them jobs, started to move them out. I aged up Hannah's boyfriend and was trying to get them married so I could send them out all ready to make grandbabies. After that was the bad save. Ah well, here are the grown up twins
Hannah
Victoria
And a full update (and as I was typing this AVG scans finished! woot)
Here's Julian as a teen after a repeat trip to the dresser (since it crashed the first time). This time I just gave him one outfit for each lol
Julian invited the new teenaged Tracey over. She was wearing a dress (albeit a kind of ugly one lol) which made Julian see her as less tomboyish and well, there was kissing...
And then Julian spoke madness, kind of freaking her out. But she took it in good stride.
Random shot of Hannah after a workout
I think he's plotting something
Will painted this, I've had it painted in other games before but I always find it interesting
He looks less evil and more...*whispers* sweet...here.
For some bizarre reason on the way home from school one day he got off the bus somewhere (even though his sisters were already home at this point). Then I told him to do his homework thinking he was home too. He then got in a cab and still had "Do homework" queued up. So I thought he was coming home. I went to check on him and he got out of the cab in front of the Broke place?! And then sat on the sidewalk to do his homework...
Random teen Victoria shot
Victoria's birthday transition
Hannah's birthday transition
Poor sims, being deprived of woohoo 8)
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*sigh* utter madness i say!
I'm off now! I'll be back in a week or so!
The power just went out then came back on.
Penelope's kind of the oddball, isn't she? :P She doesn't look like either parent, as far as hair and eyes go. And lol! Piper's first two traits were Alice's first two traits!!
Just say no, just say no.
I think my couple for the time being is content with the wish to get engaged. 8)
Imagine all the fun you'll have trying to catch up... 8)