tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post8212028418087729073..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: "What is the Medieval equivalent to your modern job?"Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-61454352539519556162015-09-21T16:18:24.660-04:002015-09-21T16:18:24.660-04:00Copyist or scribe, but would I be doing it? Hell ...Copyist or scribe, but would I be doing it? Hell no, if I wasn't dead of some childhood disease or influenza, I'd be shoveling shit like the vast majority of my peasant ancestors.Mitch H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01630047498946143646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-6280534729994585092015-09-21T15:01:53.372-04:002015-09-21T15:01:53.372-04:00I started out as a Viking raider, but, in retrospe...I started out as a Viking raider, but, in retrospect, I can see that I was a galley slave. Those long boats were an elaborate con job.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-47637629833665089692015-09-21T13:21:49.963-04:002015-09-21T13:21:49.963-04:00Counting up the King's geld. Scrivener.
"...Counting up the King's geld. Scrivener.<br /><br />"Being a mum/housewife? No real change there, except then I'd have no human rights."<br /><br />Nobody had them back then.<br /><br />edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-36187994470796195492015-09-21T13:00:14.552-04:002015-09-21T13:00:14.552-04:00Paperhanger
"Mr Bones? This is the queen. Th...Paperhanger<br />"Mr Bones? This is the queen. That stuff you put on the castle bedroom wall made out of old scrolls with pictures on it is coming loose. I don't want you to lose your head over this so you better get right over and fix it."Dad Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172007701510004771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-37375226128035228362015-09-21T12:59:51.479-04:002015-09-21T12:59:51.479-04:00Rat Catcher.Rat Catcher.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-6518059892399562702015-09-21T12:52:56.777-04:002015-09-21T12:52:56.777-04:00Lawyer. (Cockroaches are eternal.)Lawyer. (Cockroaches are eternal.)Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-20652575571366873812015-09-21T11:36:54.008-04:002015-09-21T11:36:54.008-04:00Depending on the day, either a blacksmith or Charl...Depending on the day, either a blacksmith or Charlemagne. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-33928990569104990242015-09-21T10:26:59.680-04:002015-09-21T10:26:59.680-04:00Not quite as old as other professions, but enginee...Not quite as old as other professions, but engineering of various sorts existed in medieval times. It was fascinating to see some of the design concepts in the Tower of London.Lelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531159384688653131noreply@blogger.com