What a difference a century makes...

[IWantMyMTV]

I thought this was interesting.
I received this as an E-mail.


Turn the Clock back to

The Year 1906:

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
One hundred years ago!

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 $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 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 government 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, a nd Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced 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. (Not sure we have improved on this one.)

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

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.

And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It staggers the mind.

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[i_like_lectric_motors]

[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

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Was there any mention of whether or not their piss stank?

[IWantMyMTV]

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.[/quote]Was there any mention of whether or not their piss stank?[/quote]LOL! Whatever happened to her anyway?

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[My Aural Stimulator]

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

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Was there any mention of whether or not their piss stank?



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You made me spit out my coffee, dang you! You're a little shit-pot stirrer!

[Frau_Blucher]

[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV
[br]Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It staggers the mind.
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No need, here's my peak at the year 2106:

The average life expectancy will be 30...that's when the red dots in our palms start flashing and we go off to get "renewed", unless you try to escape to Sanctuary (if you ignorant sheep believe in that sorta thing).

A reanimated Ted Williams leads the National League in batting and is up to 2nd on the home run list with 725 - Barry Bonds' head exploded in an HGH overdose in the summer of '06, and the American League doesn't allow reanimated players yet ironically clings to the DH rule.

With universal sexual promiscuity and its resultant sexual selection, the average penis size has grown to over 18 inches. The downside is that you need to tie a plank across your ass to avoid falling in.

Scientologists were rounded up and nearly extinguished by president Jorge Jiminez Bush XIV...until the French invaded the US, liberated the Scientologists, and set up an independent state for them in Utah, much to the displeasure of radical MLO terrorists.

Dolphins have left the planet, uttering their final farewell of "So long...and thanks for all the fish."

Sporks have finally replaced forks and spoons, and they've invented salad tongs that don't come apart.

99% of the US population is made up of illegal immigrants.

Jimbo, Waukena, Spaz, Schwenko, Kimiiii, Skinnytie, Deargod and Mare have all returned to the NWO...but everyone else has left besides Hutter (who is up to 100 billion posts, mostly about ass acne) and the Philippinos (who only rant incessantly about The Colourfield).

[eight6]

[quote][i]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.[/quote]Was there any mention of whether or not their piss stank?[/quote]LOL! Whatever happened to her anyway?

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Apparently, she is working on the first "piss odor free" electric reindeer farm. She looks happy: they look like they're following her dietary advice.



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[eight6]

[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.


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What the hell ever happened to this law??? Seriously, I want to know.

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[KYYX4ever]

[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV
[br]The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
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One of my favorite novels is Upton Sinclair's [i]The Jungle[/i], published in 1906. The protagonist, a Lithuanian immigrant slaving away in Chicago's stockyards, made 14 & 1/2 cents an hour! Everytime I read how he and his family struggled to save up their money to buy a little house, it breaks my heart. It is amazing to think how folks made ends meet back then on 14 & 1/2 cents/ hr.

[coop41]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV
[br]Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It staggers the mind.
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No need, here's my peak at the year 2106:


and the American League doesn't allow reanimated players yet ironically clings to the DH rule.


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[:0] How true[:D]

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[UniversalRadio]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote]Originally posted by IWantMyMTV
[br]Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It staggers the mind.
[/quote]
No need, here's my peak at the year 2106:

everyone else has left besides Hutter (who is up to 100 billion posts, mostly about ass acne)
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Once I read the once a month hair washing thing I knew this thread was one of doom. But now, come on. Do remember, guys, that in hell there is no new wave. Only folk music and country.[:D]


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[hutter]

[quote][i]Originally posted by UniversalRadio[/i]
Once I read the once a month hair washing thing I knew this thread was one of doom. But now, come on. Do remember, guys, that in hell there is no new wave. Only folk music and country.[:D]
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And the Carpenters. Don't forget the Carpenters.

[UniversalRadio]

And also---------

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[hutter]

What was the F-N mentality of 70's musicians to have pictures taken of them, as a group, shirtless? At least the Village People had the decency to wear clothes.

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Too much time on their hands, not enough clothes on their back.

[stella]

PLEASE cover those guys up.

Blir...With universal sexual promiscuity and its resultant sexual selection, the average penis size has grown to over 18 inches. The downside is that you need to tie a plank across your ass to avoid falling in.

Hahahahahah.

I've never seen it myself but I'm told there really are 18" penises out there.

[eight6]

[quote][i]Originally posted by stella[/i]


I've never seen it myself but I'm told there really are 18" penises out there.



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You're getting confused (again) with that old joke about the 12" pianist.

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