what a difference 100 years makes

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just_zoe1958	8/11/2015 7:55:49 PM Wow, that was really interesting! Most my aunts and uncles were born at home. One aunt died as a child from diarrhea. The once a month hair washing with egg yolks or borax...yikes!
pawkey	8/11/2015 8:05:54 PM Sorp...Rumproast 6 cents a pound!
001snatch	8/11/2015 8:17:51 PM
sorpstar	8/11/2015 8:26:43 PM you sure pawkey..i say buy one pound get one pound free on DH..
pawkey	8/11/2015 9:11:51 PM And that Canadian thing... Then how the hell did Tat get into Canada?
carina11	8/11/2015 9:12:04 PM It was flagged, can you repost please?
pawkey	8/11/2015 9:17:54 PM let me guess who flagged it... 6 cents a pound?
jimnastics	8/11/2015 9:23:35 PM The average US home price was $3,200 in 1915. Now it's $ 177,000
sorpstar	8/11/2015 9:40:28 PM THE YEAR IS 1915* This will boggle your mind! * The year is 1915 – One hundred years ago.* What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1915: The average life expectancy for men was 47 years. Fuel for cars was sold in drug stores only. Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year ... A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year. A dentist $2,500 per year. A veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year. And, a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births took place at home … Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."
sorpstar	8/11/2015 9:40:56 PM * Rump roast buy 1 pound 6 cents a pound get one pound free on DH...lol Sugar cost four cents a pound. * Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.* Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. * Most women only washed their hair once a month,* And, used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason. The Five leading causes of death were: <Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars ... * The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30.* Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet. There was neither a Mother's Day nor a Father's Day. Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write And, only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach, bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health!" (Shocking?) Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help... There were about 230 ‘reported’ murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. ! I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself. From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD all in a matter of seconds! It is impossible to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. Have i missed anything...Fuhgeddabouit. .lol
ezzgoingru	8/11/2015 10:14:04 PM Nice blog, I love a "blast" of the past!!
carina11	8/11/2015 10:14:33 PM Thanks sorp
purplesky56	8/12/2015 12:00:03 AM back in 1915..i wouldn't have to worry about this site knocking me off this blogg..and getting back here just to make this post.....lol
ontheloose69 online now!	8/12/2015 12:02:21 AM f**k canada
oldfoxy	8/12/2015 10:19:25 PM i was born in 1944 and no bathroom a galva bath that came in on friday night and pots of water on the big old black iron fire grate and a big copper water bioller, and the lav was up the yard lol, my dad a plumber and his mates got him a big cast iron white enamled bath from some where, the kitchen was big so he fitted it in and mom made a curtain, all finished the big capper bioller on blocks so could fill the bath, they never got to use it, the bsa moter bike factoery was close and they made guns, there was an air raid and a i ton bomb went through the roof of the kitchen but never exploded but it smashed every thing to ruble, my mom said its the only time she sor him cry,
terry50sclassic	8/13/2015 11:57:40 AM sorp. thanks for the article. I came across an old newspaper ad from l974 that i have in my radio room . At the time you could get a new ford with factory ac and a free 23 channel cb radio for under 4 grand !new ltd. and pickup trucks for under 5 grand .
just_zoe1958	8/18/2015 9:12:59 PM I love the 50's, Sorp. You'll have to come up with a list of all the fun things we did and played with. Life was simple, fun and safer back then. Remember those metal cars that you climbed into, with bicycle type pedals that made it go? No battery chargers but equally as fun.