I just celebrated my 56th birthday in October and I know most people think that's old. How often do you think of the days-gone-by?? Here's what I remember: eating pie that were made with REAL crust, hot summer's day eating watermelon outside to cool off, riding my bike to everything, having a faithful dog at my side (I miss King, my German-Shepherd), sleeping in a house w/o air conditioning, Christmas with the family (Great!), hunting with my dad or playing ball with him, gas wars....17 cents a gallon!! going to movies for a dollar, 10 cents for a soft drink or an ice cream bar, Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon (I voted for him!!), Vietnam, Neil Armstrong, Mercury missions to space and watching them on TV at breakfast or at school, the Tate-LiBianca murders, Marilyn Monroe, watching the first Super Bowl-Go Packers! Blizzards (not the kind you eat either), watching TV with no cable or satellite and TV and there being no TV on after midnight!! I remember going to high school football/basketball games when almost the entire student body cheered.....home or away!! I remember when Ford Mustangs came out and the fact that most new cars only cost $3-6,ooo. Wow, I'll probably think of more later, but if you view this blog, I'd appreciate it if you'd add to the list.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
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How about this one: When the World Series came on, everything stopped! We even listened to it at school (no TVs in the rooms then!)!
These aren't exactly things I personally remember (and NO, I'm not that old!), but I read this and thought of this post. I found it interesting and hope it's not too long. This is from www.crazywebsite.com and are statistics from 100 years ago.
* The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years old.
* Only 14% of the homes in the U.S had a bathtub.
* Only 8% of the homes had a telephone.
* A three-minute call from Denver to New York City Cost $11.
* 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 $2000 per year. A dentist made $2,500 per year. A veterinarian earned $1,500 per year and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
* More than 95% 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 the government as "substandard."
* 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 the 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 population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
* Crossword puzzles and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
* Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
* Only 6% of all Americans had graduated from high school.
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