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100 years ago
Ellie:
Life expectancy....47 yrs.
Only 14% of homes had a bathtub.
Only 8% of homes had a telephone.
There where only 8 thousand cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
Maximum speed inmost cities was 10mph.
Tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
Average wage was 22 cents an hour.
Average worker made between $2O and $400 a year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,ooo per year,dentist $2,500 per year between, vet between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,ooo per year.
More than 95% of all births took place at home.
Ninety percent of all Drs. had no college education. Instead they attended so called Medical School,many of which were condemned in the press and the government as substandard.
Sugar cost 4 cents a pound.
Coffee 15 cents a pound.
Most women washed their hair only once a month and used borax or egg white for shampoo.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason
Five leading causes of death were...
1. Pneumonia and influenza...2.Tuberculosis......3.Diarrhea....4.Heart Disease....5.Stroke...
The American Flag had 45 stars.
daywalker:
...and then came the privately-owned "federal" reserve, which led to "inflation" of the American dollar, which led to... Wait a minute... people actually died from "diarrhea"? ??? Geez, I cannot think of a more painful and humiliating way to die... :o
- Daywalker 8)
deftarchangel:
--- Quote from: daywalker on July 30, 2009, 10:22:26 AM ---
Wait a minute... people actually died from "diarrhea"? ??? Geez, I cannot think of a more painful and humiliating way to die... :o
- Daywalker 8)
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On a large scale, I would have to agree. But have you ever read about some of the winners of the Darwin Awards that have died in the most bizarre and humiliating ways, thanks to their own stupidity? Some of those stories makes dying by diarrhea seem almost welcome. ;)
I had to laugh at the Canada bit. How far we've come in 100 years. Nowadays, we'll not only let poor people in for any reason.....we'll let anybody in for any reason! ;D
Fester:
Ellie,
What is the source of this dribble?
Not passing judgment yet but on the surface it rings of B.S.
Fester
musicman:
--- Quote from: Fester on July 30, 2009, 07:32:36 PM ---Ellie,
What is the source of this dribble?
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Good question!! Back then they didn't yet have fast food grease joints. How would people get diarreha (or dribble)? I guess sanitation was rather bad, and the dribble came from bacteria in the out door crappers. Believe me, the dribble is a big deal. It burns.
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