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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2417517, member: 13874"]Where I got that servants brought their own closets: I watched an old movie where the story went from late Victorian times until the 1930s. It showed how a young woman, a governess actually, moved from home to home of employment and always brought her own little <i>armoire</i>. First on top of a horsedrawn carriage, later on top of a Model T Ford. I don't recall the name of the movie. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the subject of being forcefed fish, lumberjacks in the American Northwest had their employment contracts stipulate that they not be fed salmon more than 4 times a week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Re The Netherlands and salmon: The population of the Netherlands is known to be taller than people in most other European countries with the possible exception of Scandinavia, Norway in particular. One reason given for why the Dutch people tend to be tall is the high fish content in their diet. Any truth to that, AJ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2417517, member: 13874"]Where I got that servants brought their own closets: I watched an old movie where the story went from late Victorian times until the 1930s. It showed how a young woman, a governess actually, moved from home to home of employment and always brought her own little [I]armoire[/I]. First on top of a horsedrawn carriage, later on top of a Model T Ford. I don't recall the name of the movie. On the subject of being forcefed fish, lumberjacks in the American Northwest had their employment contracts stipulate that they not be fed salmon more than 4 times a week. Re The Netherlands and salmon: The population of the Netherlands is known to be taller than people in most other European countries with the possible exception of Scandinavia, Norway in particular. One reason given for why the Dutch people tend to be tall is the high fish content in their diet. Any truth to that, AJ?[/QUOTE]
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