Explanation (Sep 22)

Tom Mazanec · Post by **Tom Mazanec** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:42 pm

This pretty much is devoted to telling the sory in the CD.

Dapple · Post by **Dapple** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:45 pm

Is a half elf!

Catherine_Puce · Post by **Catherine_Puce** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:58 pm

It's sad. The cure is worst that the sickness.

I can only hope that Quentyn find the time between the research of the artefacts to put a end to this cure. Afterall, he will have to travel a lot following the path the clues give. This give a lot of time for side adventures. I bet that the elven tribues will be happy. They will be old but the life as a old person is not that bad. As long you find a way to stay healthy for a long period its not dificult to enjoy the life as a old person.

Anyway, how long a halfling live? It's only part elven so the curse is probably not as heavy on them. Maybe they can live until 30. This is not bad if you considerate the life expectancy of a human in the middle age.

Les conditions sanitaire, la médecine et l'alimentation y étant pour beaucoup.

S.P.P.

Starcat5 · Post by **Starcat5** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:45 am

Actually, Catherine, I think I read somewhere that the reason for the low life expectancy was actually due to high child mortality rates. Of course, that source didn't take into account things like plagues or wars, but that still leaves a few old people here and there...

Jaydub · Post by **Jaydub** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:14 am

So they both held false beliefs about each other. Sam believed that Racconan were magical creatures and Quentyn was going to put a curse on her. Quentyn thinking they were immortal and has now found that to be untrue. Now they both can learn a truth from each other and I feel this will allow them to build a new friendship.

Tom Mazanec · Post by **Tom Mazanec** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:46 am

Halflings live to about 30, IIRC.

Calbeck · Post by **Calbeck** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:29 pm

Tom Mazanec wrote:Halflings live to about 30, IIRC.

*moves hand in a semicircle*

These are not the halflings you're thinking of. -:)

Lee M · Post by **Lee M** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:31 pm

You never see old pigeons either. Maybe pigeons are immortal?

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:01 pm

I agree it's sad.

(ps, what does IIRC or I think I've also seen IRC as well and I have no clue what they mean (still kind of a newbie))

MikeVanPelt · Post by **MikeVanPelt** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:07 pm

shyal_malkes wrote:I agree it's sad.

(ps, what does IIRC or I think I've also seen IRC as well and I have no clue what they mean (still kind of a newbie))

IIRC - If I Recall Correctly

IRC - Internet Relay Chat, an online real-time chat system. (You type a line, and everyone logged in to the channel sees it immediately.)

Lee M · Post by **Lee M** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:14 pm

I assume there's a list of these abbreviations somewhere online. At least AFAIK.

TTFN...

Jwrebholz · Post by **Jwrebholz** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:01 pm

MikeVanPelt wrote: IRC - Internet Relay Chat, an online real-time chat system. (You type a line, and everyone logged in to the channel sees it immediately.)

And makes fun of you for saying it. Or calls you a ****. Or a ****. Or worse, a ****. You really don't want to be called THAT.

StrangeWulf13 · Post by **StrangeWulf13** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:47 pm

jwrebholz wrote:
MikeVanPelt wrote: IRC - Internet Relay Chat, an online real-time chat system. (You type a line, and everyone logged in to the channel sees it immediately.)
And makes fun of you for saying it. Or calls you a ****. Or a ****. Or worse, a ****. You really don't want to be called THAT.

Good lord, watch your mouth! There are children browsing here!

And some of them are 30!!

Catherine_Puce · Post by **Catherine_Puce** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:58 pm

Starcat5 wrote:Actually, Catherine, I think I read somewhere that the reason for the low life expectancy was actually due to high child mortality rates. Of course, that source didn't take into account things like plagues or wars, but that still leaves a few old people here and there...

I heard about it too but I also read that we have a lot more of very old people. At this epoch, once your immunitary system begins to show sign of weakness your almost doomed. The lack of sanitary knowledge made the sickness travel more and also make more victims. Beside famine were relatively common. So you had to be build really strongly to reach 70 years old and people that had 100 years was extremely rare. I still rare in our day but if you had visited as much hospital and residence for third age people you certainly seen somes. They usualy filled of health problem and you could easilly know why they could have survived a millenium sooner.

La grande majorité des personnes agées ont des problèmes de santé.

S.P.P.

Wanderwolf · Post by **Wanderwolf** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:20 am

Catherine_Puce wrote:I heard about it too but I also read that we have a lot more of very old people. At this epoch, once your immunitary system begins to show sign of weakness your almost doomed. The lack of sanitary knowledge made the sickness travel more and also make more victims.

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Catherine_Puce wrote:La grande majorité des personnes agées ont des problèmes de santé.

S.P.P.

Well, as Ralph has already been generous enough to point out, sanitary knowledge was not as lacking as many have believed. Bathing, washing of hands, and other such practices were reasonably widespread. (The fork, on the other paw, took many years to become well-known.) Still, some diseases gave the lie to "What you don't know won't hurt you".

Par example: L'ague bubonique. For a long time, it was believed that the plague was spread by the rats, rather than the fleas they carried. Since fleas were incredibly common in many of the less, er, "amiable" areas of a medieval city or town, this allowed the disease to spread plus rapidement.

The point is made, yes? The ancients were not fools... but they did not know everything we know now.

Yours truly,

The historical,

Wanderer

Catherine_Puce · Post by **Catherine_Puce** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:49 pm

I know about that but when I talked of lack of sanitary knowledge. I was talking of the fact that sewer, even if the romans knew how to built and maintain them, was not used in this period. It's around the XII century that they will restart to use the antique method. Before that, you had shallow sewer in the streets usually open. Beside my point stay, while not fool they didn't know as much that us. This lack of knowledge that we have give a chance to sickness to spread more and make more victims toward the weakest part of the population; the child and the old people.

Désolé pour le manque de clarté de mon précédant envoi.

S.P.P.

Wanderwolf · Post by **Wanderwolf** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:14 pm

Catherine_Puce wrote:I know about that but when I talked of lack of sanitary knowledge. I was talking of the fact that sewer, even if the romans knew how to built and maintain them, was not used in this period. It's around the XII century that they will restart to use the antique method. Before that, you had shallow sewer in the streets usually open. Beside my point stay, while not fool they didn't know as much that us. This lack of knowledge that we have give a chance to sickness to spread more and make more victims toward the weakest part of the population; the child and the old people.

Désolé pour le manque de clarté de mon précédant envoi.

S.P.P.

There was a limited understanding of infection theory, even at the start of the Middle Ages. This is why "sickbed clothes" covered every inch of the patient's body; to keep the germs from spreading. (Just in case you ever wondered how the Wolf could successfully dress up as Grandma...)

But you're right about the sewers. Even Roman sewers had their limitations, due to the open-faced nature of the aqueducts. It only gets worse when you consider the chamberpot...

Yours truly,

The wolfish,

Wanderer

(Home sick with the flu.)