Present:
Sandman
Thadron
Ramses
Lita
snowrose
Lita, Physician 20:24:40 pm CST
Sorry I have no topic for tonight, but figured somebody would be here that had a question or topic.
snowrose{JTr}'s pleasure~GS~fg 20:25:25 pm CST
and the rest of us count on You to have a topic Mistress ~laughs~
Ramses 20:25:36 pm CST
*chuckles*
we have become dependent on you Lita
Lita, Physician 20:26:45 pm CST
O.K. Here is a question. Do they have keys on Gor?
Thadron - Captain/Slave Master 20:29:33 pm CST
I would say yes, there were keys, especially related to dungeons....
but.. since you asked, I suppose there's a different answer...
snowrose{JTr}'s pleasure~GS~fg 20:29:49 pm CST
she is pretty sure keys have been mentioned in the books...
snowrose{JTr}'s pleasure~GS~fg 20:30:12 pm CST
Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 78. One of them held an unshuttered dark lantern and the other opened a leather wrapper containing keys and tools on the ground.
Lita, Physician 20:32:45 pm CST
Actually no you are correct.-Free women of Torvaldsland commonly carry a knife; at her belt too, hung her scissors, and a ring of many keys, indicating that her hall contained many chests or doors; her hair was worn high, wrapped about a comb, matching the broaches, of the horn of kailiauk; the fact that her hair was worn dressed indicated that she stood in companionship; the number of her keys, together with the scissors, indicated that she was mistress of a great house. She had gray eyes; her hair was dark; her face was cold and harsh."
Marauders of Gor, page 156
Lita, Physician 20:33:28 pm CST
And there are numerous other quotes regarding keys for various sorts of locks.
snowrose{JTr}'s pleasure~GS~fg 20:35:16 pm CST
she had not noted that part about a FW's hair being dressed meaning she was a Free Companion...So otherwise Her hair would hang long and free, like a slave's?
Lita, Physician 20:35:59 pm CST
Apparently there was even a Caste of Locksmiths: One of them held an unshuttered dark lantern and the other opened a leather wrapper containing keys and tools on the ground. He, then, with a variety of keys and picks, and small tools, swiftly, expertly, trying one thing and then another, addressed himself to the upper lock. He was skillful, and apparently a smith in such matters, perhaps a skilled specialist within his caste. In fifteen Ehn both locks had yielded. The cage door was opened and I was pulled out. I was put on my back and the man, swiftly, with numerous small keys, and some of the other tools, addressed himself to my collar lock. I felt the collar pulled away. Then, in a few Ehn, I had been freed, too, of the manacles, and then the shackles.
Kajira of Gor Book 19 Page 191
Thadron - Captain/Slave Master 20:36:12 pm CST
and that would be why your hair flows freely about your shoulders, snowrose
Lita, Physician 20:39:19 pm CST
That may have only appplied to Free Women of Torvaldsland, snow. Free women of Torvaldsland commonly carry a knife; at her belt too, hung her scissors, and a ring of many keys, indicating that her hall contained many chests or doors; her hair was worn high, wrapped about a comb, matching the broaches, of the horn of kailiauk; the fact that her hair was worn dressed indicated that she stood in companionship; the number of her keys, together with the scissors, indicated that she was mistress of a great house. She had gray eyes; her hair was dark; her face was cold and harsh." Marauders of Gor, page 156
Lita, Physician 20:40:42 pm CST
Sorry. Posted the quote again to show the part about it being for Free Women of Torvaldsland.
snowrose{JTr}'s pleasure~GS~fg 20:40:58 pm CST
Thank You Mistress
Thadron - Captain/Slave Master 20:41:47 pm CST
that was a quote worth repeating
Lita, Physician 20:42:41 pm CST
It could have applied to Free Women elsewhere too, snow. But the various cultures on Gor varied in some of their rules.
OriginalSandman_Builder/ Sr. Captain of GS 20:46:35 pm CST
smiling as always I smile when I listen to your knowledge base Lita
Lita, Physician 20:47:33 pm CST
*blushes* Sometimes I have entirely too much time on my hands! *LOL*
Thadron - Captain/Slave Master 20:49:07 pm CST
sometimes I wish I had more time on my hands, Lita....
Lita, Physician 20:52:34 pm CST
Well, not the way I got it, Sandman. For some months I was down with a broken leg, and couldn't do much of anything. So had a lot of time to read and study.
OriginalSandman_Builder/ Sr. Captain of GS 20:55:28 pm CST
I wish you well Brother
sadly my time is at an end also
I wish all here well
thanks to all for your faithfulness to our home
snowrose{JTr}'s pleasure~GS~fg 21:01:59 pm CST
~rolls up the scroll~