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Tremor Therapy
01-11-2006, 02:36 PM
The year is 1906. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone!
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 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 in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education.
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the g! o! vernm ent as "substandard."
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.
Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then the pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. :rollside:

JB in so cal
01-11-2006, 02:43 PM
Sounds like the IE :rolleyes:

Biglue
01-11-2006, 02:59 PM
The year is 1906. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
OH the horror. :D

Her454
01-11-2006, 03:11 PM
The year is 1906. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone!
***** = NO INTERNET ****** :)
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education.
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the g! o! vernm ent as "substandard."
Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
I would have never made it.......................

FMluvswater
01-11-2006, 03:13 PM
I would have never made it.......................
God in His Wisdom knew that and waited a while to send you here. :D

my21advantage
01-11-2006, 03:17 PM
Sounds like the IE :rolleyes:
Sounds like....it is the IE.

Her454
01-11-2006, 03:31 PM
God in His Wisdom knew that and waited a while to send you here. :D
And "I" know he waiting to send you as well................ :rollside:

Jbb
01-11-2006, 03:36 PM
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then the pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)
Brown said they found a 100 yr old Heroin ..."kit"....lodged in his colon.... :p

hoolign
01-11-2006, 03:38 PM
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then the pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)
Brown said they found a 100 yr old Heroin ..."kit"....lodged in his colon.... :p
Wrong kind of heroin JBB, ...that was Tom's "WonderWoman" kit!

FMluvswater
01-11-2006, 04:13 PM
And "I" know he waiting to send you as well................ :rollside:
Cuz you're a wise woman. :wink: :D

gigamurph
01-11-2006, 06:02 PM
Wrong kind of heroin JBB, ...that was Tom's "WonderWoman" kit!You talkin' about this one hoolign?
http://www.sufferingsappho.com/wrap/collectibles/tlunchbox2.jpg
:p

Ziggy
01-11-2006, 06:25 PM
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then the pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)
:
Todays paper had announced the birthday is the guy who invented LSD..83 I think.......and healthy as an ox. He still believes it has medicinal qualitys worthwhile to man.
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boy how some things change, wouldn't it be nice to go back to some of those statistics, especially the grocery prices :D

Old Texan
01-11-2006, 06:55 PM
Good old days my arse!

Jbb
01-11-2006, 07:00 PM
Good old days my arse!
Tex...why did you not answer my pm?

hoolign
01-11-2006, 07:18 PM
You talkin' about this one hoolign?
http://www.sufferingsappho.com/wrap/collectibles/tlunchbox2.jpg
:p
That would be the one! ... and shit :)