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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 4, 2020 9:12:54 GMT -5
1906- 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 yrs. There were only 8,000 cars in the United States, and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph! Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, & Tennessee, each by themselves, had higher populations than California! On a list of the 50 States in order by largest population, California was #21 with only a mere 1.4 million people! The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! The average hourly wage in the United States was 22 cents!!! The average U.S. worker made between $200 & $400 per year! With the following professions making: Accountant: $2,000/yr. Dentist: $2,500/yr. Veterinarian: $1,500 - $4,000/yr. Mechanical Engineer: $5,000/yr. More than 95% of all births in the U.S. took place at home. 90% of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! They attended so called, "medical schools". Many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as being sub-standard! Sugar was 4 cents/lb. Eggs were 14 cents/dz. Coffee was 15 cents/lb. Most women washed their hair ONCE a month! And used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering their country for any reason! The 5 leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia & Influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart Disease 5. Stroke The American flag had only 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, & Alaska had not yet been admitted to the Union! The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30!!! Crossword Puzzles, Canned Beer, & Iced Tea had not been invented yet! There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. 2 out of every 10 American adults could not read or write! Only 6% of ALL Americans had graduated from high school! Marijuana, Heroin, & Morphine were all available over the counter at local drugstores! Pharmacists extolled the virtues of Heroin saying, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach & bowels, and is in fact, a perfect guardian of health." 18% of U.S. households had at least 1 full-time servant or domestic help. There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE UNITED STATES! Having read this, just imagine what it will be like in 2106!
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 4, 2020 9:28:24 GMT -5
To Those of You Born between 1930 - 1979 TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight. WHY? Because we were always outside, playing…that's why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If YOU are one of them? CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 30, 2020 8:40:50 GMT -5
dustyoldthing.com/16-crafts-from-the-70s"The ’70s were filled with so many colorful crafts of all varieties. It seems every week you’d be doing some new DIY craft project at school or with your family. And, some of them were pretty far out there. Here are 16 crafts that only those who grew up in the ’70s will truly understand." My notes: Anybody remember these? lol I did a lot of them!
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 5, 2020 8:17:25 GMT -5
12tomatoes.com/1940s-homemaking-gadgets "8 Things 1940s Housewives Wouldn’t Have Been Without The 1940s was a decade of changes. We went from the Great Depression at the start to World War II and then closed the decade with an uptick in prosperity that few had seen since the 1920s. Women went from scraping by to make ends meet to then doing war work in factories and branches of the military and ended the era as homemakers with access to unprecedented tools to help in her homemaking. Long before the TV dinner and instant everything made kitchen work much lighter, 1940s housewives had a lot of kitchen tools on hand, many of which people today are completely clueless about. Housewives of the era relied on these particular gadgets." My notes: & some things the younger generation may not even know what they are!
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 7, 2020 20:03:47 GMT -5
dustyoldthing.com/surprised-poverty-food "9 Foods We Grew Up With That Were Actually Poverty Meals When I was a kid, my mom used to have a few slogans when we sat down to a humble meal. “We’re living in the lap of luxury,” or “I wonder what the poor people are doing,” she’d say. It wasn’t until years later that I understood that she was saying we should be grateful for what we have, however meager it might have been. Looking back on those meals, some of which were incredibly inexpensive, they were the opposite of luxury. However, as kids we ate what we were given. As it turns out there are a number of foods that probably a lot of kids didn’t realize until they grew up were actually poverty foods. 9) Cinnamon Sugar Toast It’s amazing how many things you can make if you have a few basic ingredients on hand. Of course sugar in Early American times would have been like gold, but during the Great Depression sugar became a staple of every household. It had become cheap by then and made things taste good. Cinnamon sugar toast is so good they made it into a cereal, so it stands to reason that generations of kids didn’t think of this as poor food. 8) Box Macaroni and Cheese Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinner was another food of the Great Depression. For a staggeringly low price a family could have a one pot meal. Add in whatever you have on hand, say peas and canned tuna, and you have a casserole in the making. Today it’s often regarded as comfort food, but that doesn’t change how it started out. 7) Chicken Livers It wasn’t until many years had passed that Mom revealed that chicken livers were cheap at the store. Perhaps she was trying to prepare me for adulthood! In any case, breaded chicken livers is one of those foods that if you grew up with it, you probably still crave from time to time. 6) Fried Egg Sandwich Considering how many incarnations of this humble sandwich are served in restaurants everyday, we’re betting that most people haven’t really thought of this as poor people’s food. But, years ago an egg sandwich was considered a cheap substitute for a sandwich made with cold cuts, the latter of which travels infinitely better in a lunch bag. 5) Beans and Rice This is another inexpensive staple dish that can be made into whatever you want. You can add canned tomatoes or salsa or sausage or onions and make this into a dish based on what’s in the cupboard. Do you call it “beans and rice” or “rice and beans”? 4) Beef Stew This hearty meal needs to be thick and tasty and is most definitely not a soup. Served with a piece of bread on a cold day- there’s nothing better! But, it’s made with cheaper cuts of beef like chuck or round that need to be cooked a long time in liquid to become tender. The fact that this is a classic doesn’t make less of a poverty food. However, in truly tough times beef might not have been available at all. 3) Breakfast for Dinner Since breakfast foods are often cheaper than dinner foods, it saves a lot of money to make brinner. Eggs for dinner was a recommended food during the rationing of World War II and egg prices remain low today when compared with meats. An omelette with some veggies and a little cheese on top and toast, potatoes, or pancakes is a filling meal that most people would never turn their noses up at. 2) Split Pea Soup Peas have long been the food of peasants in Europe because they aren’t hard to grow and contain lots of protein for a plant. “Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot nine days old” goes the old nursery rhyme which highlights the frequency of the dish for poor families. It also shows a preference for the (old) thickened soup, which many lovers of split pea soup also enjoy. This soup is a classic, one that requires only a small amount of ham. But, sometime in the 1980s split pea soup became more upmarket than it had been for centuries, giving it an air of the high class despite the fact that it’s basically one of the most traditional poverty foods out there. 1) Fruit with Condensed Milk Whatever fruit you have on hand, be it fresh or canned, can become a simple and cheap dessert just with the addition of condensed milk. Beginning in the 1940s-50s condensed milk became another inexpensive must-have food for families, especially those with young children. For large families, a dessert like this would have been much easier on the finances than using something like ice cream or whipped cream. And, boy does it taste good!" My notes: Interesting facts.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 22, 2020 8:40:28 GMT -5
dustyoldthing.com/dangerous-toys-from-the-past "8 Dangerous Toys From The Past Nowadays, we’re all about the childproofing and being ultra aware of things like choking hazards or dangerous chemicals in toys. But back in the day, there were far fewer precautions for toys… and pretty much everything else. Check out the list below for a glimpse into some of the most dangerous toys to ever hit the market! Did you own any of these?" My notes: Includes the pics & info.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 23, 2020 8:47:47 GMT -5
dustyoldthing.com/slang-word-year-you-born "The Most Popular Slang from the Year You Were Born Slang changes all the time, as we are now seeing with text culture and the many acronyms that go along with it. But, back in the old days, slang was also a fast-moving creature. New inventions, new subcultures, and changes in formality have all transformed the way we use language. Every year brings new words into our lexicon. Find out which slang word was popular the year you were born below." My notes: It's a long article so can't copy it here. But it is quite interesting!
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Post by ZandraJoi on Aug 4, 2020 10:58:25 GMT -5
dustyoldthing.com/21-grocery-store-photos-old-days "21 Strangely Enchanting Grocery Store Photos from the Old Days From when we tagged along with Mom at the grocery store to the turn-of-the-century grocer’s which looked like something straight out of an old Western, grocery stores sure have changed. Some of the check stands, displays, and products of the modern era seem entirely foreign when compared with these old time grocery stores. Some of them are downright quaint!" My notes: I love seeing how it was before! Includes some great pics.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Aug 16, 2020 20:38:15 GMT -5
ronproject.com/20-70s-nostalgia-photos "20 photos that show how idyllic yet death-defying childhood in the 70s could be" My notes: & thing is, we just did it. If we got hurt, hey, we were more careful next time.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Aug 21, 2020 9:42:58 GMT -5
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Post by ZandraJoi on Aug 31, 2020 9:16:11 GMT -5
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Post by Bob on Sept 1, 2020 19:04:22 GMT -5
ronproject.com/20-70s-nostalgia-photos "20 photos that show how idyllic yet death-defying childhood in the 70s could be" My notes: & thing is, we just did it. If we got hurt, hey, we were more careful next time. I know, right!
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Post by Bob on Sept 1, 2020 19:07:50 GMT -5
I can definitely relate to some of that. The world has changed so much.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Sept 5, 2020 20:59:56 GMT -5
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Post by Bob on Sept 13, 2020 21:09:32 GMT -5
Very cool. Although I was a kid of the late 60's - early 70's.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Dec 11, 2020 14:37:53 GMT -5
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Post by Bob on Dec 13, 2020 20:48:23 GMT -5
The sewing one, I don't know about that. But how about, I say please and thank you. I treat people nicely. I respect my elders, etc., etc., etc.
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