Body Repression

[jbeegoode]

Re Jbee’s chamber pots reference, apparently the Palace of Versailles was so short on facilities and long on people, the pladter behind the beautiful wall hanging tapestries was stained yellow.

I once read that the Palace of Versailles was originally built without any toilet facilities at all.  Residents apparently used chamber pots.  Guests weren't accommodated.

I wouldn't be surprised. Apparently, those people didn't think that their Sh..  stank, period.
Jbee

[jbeegoode]

Peeing in the garden is supposed to deter urban foxes, apparently. Don’t know where that one started but I think it is just another internet myth.

My cousin told me he had enough of the foxes living under his garden shed. He peed all around the base of the shed and the foxes took the hint and left. I'm fairly sure he wasn't winding me up.

Urban foxes are wild in their thinking/behavior. Why not? Dogs react to pee. It is a bad idea to pee along animal trails, as it marks territory and freaks other animals out as nature intended. Somebody might starve out there, or get into unsafe territory and die, because I took a casual wiz.

I urinated where feral cats were trafficking and they didn't come around and spray after that, until I stopped peeing there. I used to pee on the trails that the neighbor dogs and cats used and they went around and stayed off of my territory. I had to get out there at night everytime it rained (not often). Foxes, would likely adhere.
Jbee

[jbeegoode]

Nuduke...."micturitions"!!! Where do you ever come up with these vacabulraly stump the band, "who whah?" mystifying gems? I'm amazed. I never saw that word, we both had trouble pronouncing it, as we had never heard it!!! Had to look it all up!
Jbee

[jbeegoode]

Marking corners of property and each family member peeing there, I read, was an ancient practice to keep out bad spirits and general stuff and to create a safe spot, in your British Isles.

When we moved to Tortolita, my son (very young) and I did such a ritual at each corner of the property from one of those pagan books. It gave him, and me I suppose, a better sense of home. We bonded as family and to our home zone. This was OUR safe place and of belonging.
Jbee

[Fellsnude]

To micturate is to pee. Hence the more polite version of "taking the piss" becomes "taking the mickey". Most people don't know it's not really that polite!

[Greenbare Woods]

Urban foxes are wild in their thinking/behavior. Why not? Dogs react to pee. It is a bad idea to pee along animal trails, as it marks territory and freaks other animals out as nature intended. Somebody might starve out there, or get into unsafe territory and die, because I took a casual wiz.
Jbee

My neighbor's dog used to come out and aggressively bark whenever I was out walking near our property line.  One day while it was barking at me I claimed my territory by peeing on the property line while the dog watched.  It shut up and went home.  It had learned where his master's property ended and mine began.  Dogs live in a world of scents.  Since then I now occasionally pee near that property line to maintain my claim. 

Today we are having an all day blizzard.  We expect about 16 inches of snow.(about 1/2 meter).  Not a fan of winter. 

[jbeegoode]

Greenbare:"My neighbor's dog used to come out and aggressively bark whenever I was out walking near our property line.  One day while it was barking at me I claimed my territory by peeing on the property line while the dog watched.  It shut up and went home.  It had learned where his master's property ended and mine began.  Dogs live in a world of scents.  Since then I now occasionally pee near that property line to maintain my claim." 

"Today we are having an all day blizzard.  We expect about 16 inches of snow.(about 1/2 meter).  Not a fan of winter.

Yellow snow on the property line, I assume....
How many BEERS to mark the whole line?
Jbee

[Greenbare Woods]

Yellow snow on the property line, I assume....
How many BEERS to mark the whole line?
Jbee

The dog incident was during summer, not this week. 

My property line is fairly long, almost a mile long.  I really only needed to mark my space near where the dog lived.  . 

[jbeegoode]

You would probably keep the wildlife away, even if you could drink that much.

Say, how is the wildlife where you live? What have you seen there and do you think that there was a drop in numbers since the d fire?
Jbee

[Greenbare Woods]

Say, how is the wildlife where you live? What have you seen there and do you think that there was a drop in numbers since the d fire?
Jbee

Many of the big older trees survived the fire.  The roots of many small plants also survived.  Since it began raining again this fall we can see bits of green appearing among the ashes.  Many pine trees are only green at the upper half.Green and brown mixed together. +  Lower branches covered in dead needles that have been dropping.  In some places it killed all the trees.  In other places only the small trees.  That's actually how ancient forests survived.  Fires also kill a lot of insects that can kill trees. 

Right now the land is covered with more than a foot of clean white snow. 

[nuduke]

Peeing in the garden is supposed to deter urban foxes, apparently. Don’t know where that one started but I think it is just another internet myth.

No, it's quite true, I was so advised by a local gardener in Surrey.  We had a lot of urban foxes and cats where we lived and their droppings were a blooming nuisance, so I took to marking my territory and it almost eliminated them.  Very eco-friendly repellent by regular weeing around the perimeter of your property.  Regular being quite a bit to start with then refreshing it every few weeks.
John

[nuduke]

Many of the big older trees survived the fire.  The roots of many small plants also survived.  Since it began raining again this fall we can see bits of green appearing among the ashes.  .... In other places only the small trees.  That's actually how ancient forests survived.  Fires also kill a lot of insects that can kill trees. 
Right now the land is covered with more than a foot of clean white snow.

That's good news, Bob.  The first signs of post-fire recovery.  Let us pray that the summer's wildfires were a once in decades event, at least in your locale, and that you will continue to be able to enjoy your realm unmolested by such exceptional weather in the forseeable future.
John

[jbeegoode]

Say, how is the wildlife where you live? What have you seen there and do you think that there was a drop in numbers since the d fire?
Jbee

Many of the big older trees survived the fire.  The roots of many small plants also survived.  Since it began raining again this fall we can see bits of green appearing among the ashes.  Many pine trees are only green at the upper half.Green and brown mixed together. +  Lower branches covered in dead needles that have been dropping.  In some places it killed all the trees.  In other places only the small trees.  That's actually how ancient forests survived.  Fires also kill a lot of insects that can kill trees. 

Right now the land is covered with more than a foot of clean white snow.

Sorry, I was curious about the animal's numbers.
Jbee

[Greenbare Woods]

Sorry, I was curious about the animal's numbers.
Jbee

We haven't seen many wild animals since the fire.  Not much for them to eat in the burned area.  They will repopulate after the plants return.