Humday Triviola

Typo

That's "Humpday"...not "Humday"...although if you wish to hum then feel free to do so.

Tom

Re: Typo

HUMMM DIDDILY DUM

Hint

In many cases, in those days one of the most valuable things folks owned would be found in the bedroom.

T.

After some research

and waiting long enough. I think the key to answering this question is to go back to bed and think about it. Wow, the answer sure wasn't what my first thought was. I was actually thinking about window glass and could make the connection with a specific tool in my mind, so I had to hit google. One sure finds out alot of interesting things along the way.

glc

;-) There we go!! Answer

Two important "tools" utilized by early American firemen were the bed key and salvage bags. With firefighting apparatus able to supply only a small stream of water, a fire that began to gain any headway was soon out of control. Arriving firemen quite often opted for immediate salvage efforts in the fire building and surrounding exposures. The bed key was a small metal tool that allowed the men to quickly disassemble the wooden frame of a bed, quite often the most valuable item owned by a family, and remove it to safety. Other household goods of any value were snatched up, placed in salvage bags and carried to safety.

Re: Think...

I've Key-ed in on this, will go take a nap and check back later. Think the answer to your question, might take on a different meaning today, : ' >. Thanks for the question.

Re: Gary was first for sure...

when I came back to this site it was as I left it, one of the problem with caches, I believe it's call. Need to refresh the page, which I thought I did before posting.

Re: ;-) There we go!! Answer

The Colonist didn't have TV or Stereo so I guess the bed became the entertainment center to be saved at risk of life and limb