tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6647307438820913824..comments2024-03-28T12:13:06.135-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: How they saw the future, 100 years agoPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81473937748516507862011-03-15T09:12:57.232-05:002011-03-15T09:12:57.232-05:001900. My father was 26 in 1900; and one of the lea...1900. My father was 26 in 1900; and one of the leading lights in the local gymnastics club. Whose members did things that seem incredible now. <br /><br />Like hanging from their knees and in sync and to a metronome "reverse press" their body weight in kettlebells to their waists. With alternating hands and in strict German style. <br /><br />Gold was $16 an ounce, a working mans pay was a dollar a day, and candy was a half cent an ounce. A penny? About equal to a dollar in purchasing power now. <br /><br />Adjusted for fads and inflation, the authors did fairly well. It just looks odd to us because the telescope has become a microscope.<br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13333207672936909932011-03-14T18:53:03.430-05:002011-03-14T18:53:03.430-05:00perlhaqr, until the rise of vaccines and sanitary ...perlhaqr, until the rise of vaccines and sanitary water, TB, yellow fever, cholera and other infectious diseases, plus childhood mortality from measles, mumps, diptheria, scarlet fever and other causes, plus childbed mortality among women, kept the life expectancy down. If you made it past age 15 and you were male, you had a good chance of living longer than 35 years, provided you didn't get trampled by a horse, injured during work, or contract the aforementioned TB, cholera, or smallpox.<br /><br /> Part of my research work involves looking at death records from the early 1900s, and those are among the most common causes of death I've found and read about.<br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32245234699787541812011-03-14T13:01:00.343-05:002011-03-14T13:01:00.343-05:00Was the average life expectancy in 1900 still only...Was the average life expectancy in 1900 <b>still</b> only 35? Seriously?<br /><br />I thought that was like, Medieval era stuff. Not Victorian.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-23268894588999000062011-03-14T10:01:59.766-05:002011-03-14T10:01:59.766-05:00Looking at the pictures, I forget that 100 years a...Looking at the pictures, I forget that 100 years ago, the Wright brother's first public flights were only a few years before.<br /><br />MechAg94Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39821457646828868492011-03-14T08:07:11.441-05:002011-03-14T08:07:11.441-05:00Steampunk!
Ok, now that that is out of my system...Steampunk!<br /><br /> Ok, now that that is out of my system, the Ladies Home Journal was not that far off, except for the physical fitness portion. As an aside, LHJ also had articles in 1917-1918 discussing what we would now call PTSD and very frankly (for the time) explaining what women needed to do when their husbands/brothers/sons had war injuries and disfigurement. It could be a very forward-looking and practical journal at times. <br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22116376787468645412011-03-14T00:25:15.010-05:002011-03-14T00:25:15.010-05:00Thank you for the cue, Peter. I think I'll en...Thank you for the cue, Peter. I think I'll enjoy this one particularly.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com