what a difference!

[dolfan06]

100 Years Ago.
>
> FYI ... The year is 1901, one hundred years ago. .
> . What a difference a century makes . . . .
>
> * The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven.
>
> * Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US 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 US 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 residents,California
> was
> only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
>
> * The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
>
> * Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
> Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.
>
> * Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or
> egg yolks for shampoo.
>
> * The average wage in the US was 22 cents an 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 in the US took place at home.
>
> * Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education.
> Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in
> the press and by the government as "substandard".
>
> * Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the
> country for any reason.
>
> * The five leading causes of death in the US 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 30.
>
> * Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been
> invented.
>
> * There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day nor "under God" in the
> Pledge of Allegiance.
>
> * One in ten US 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 corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin
> clears
> the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and
> the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
>
> * Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least one
> full-time servant or domestic.
>
> * There were about 230 reported murders in the entire US.

[WeVie]

Sometimes I like to go back and see what we were talking about ten years ago here in The Lounge. Sometimes it's pretty crazy stuff.

[Boy From School]

I wasn't even watching dolphin football when this thread was created.

[Vaark]

"Dan Henning's mother was using cloth diapers"

[Bumpus]

- Al Davis was dreaming of fast men
- Harold Camping predicted the world would end
- Dick Clark turned 32

[Dolfan984]

i miss 06!

[WeVie]

You guys ever look at those books that tell everything that happened along with the prices of everything in the year you were born. Those are kinda interesting.

[Bumpus]

i miss 06!

+1

Pretty cool guy - hasn't logged on in over a year.



... I hope he's still with us.

[Arsenal WV]

I miss the 90's, period. What a great time...

[WeVie]

+1

Pretty cool guy - hasn't logged on in over a year.


... I hope he's still with us.

+2. He was a pretty good poster.

Doesn't it make you wonder what happened to people who you used to see everyday online and then they are gone.