1911 Ford Model T
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Noy sure if these are facts but it's intresting!!!
1911 Ford Model T
THE YEAR IS 1911
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
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The year is 1911 --- One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1911:
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The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per 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 took place at home
Ninety percent of all 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."
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.
The Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars...
The population of Las Vegas , Nevada was only 30!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been
invented yet.
There was neither a Mother's Day nor a Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only
six percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the
counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists
said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the
mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a
perfect guardian of health!"
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time
servant or domestic help...
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE USA!
I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing
it myself..
From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD - all
in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
1911 Ford Model T
THE YEAR IS 1911
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
************ ********* ***********
The year is 1911 --- One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1911:
************ ********* ************
The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per 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 took place at home
Ninety percent of all 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."
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.
The Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars...
The population of Las Vegas , Nevada was only 30!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been
invented yet.
There was neither a Mother's Day nor a Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only
six percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the
counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists
said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the
mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a
perfect guardian of health!"
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time
servant or domestic help...
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE USA!
I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing
it myself..
From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD - all
in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
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I love 1911's
I wonder how many know what I am talking about!!!
Could not help myself when I saw 1911 -
Given the current trend, by 2111
The average life expectancy for men will be 47 years.
Fuel for cars won't be sold anywhere.
The average US wage will be 22 cents per hour.
The average US worker will be jobless.
More than 95 percent of all births will occur at home
Ninety percent of all Doctors will be from India
The population of Las Vegas , Nevada will be only 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea will be too expensive to buy.
Two out of every 10 adults can read or write and only
six percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine are all available over the
counter at the local corner drugstores."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
I love 1911's
I wonder how many know what I am talking about!!!
Could not help myself when I saw 1911
I do too, here's mine.....
If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money. -
Wow the 3rd leading cause of death was Diarrhea? put a plug in it eat some cheese sumthin
REGARDS SNOWWell, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all
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The 2 that struck me as most interesting. The Eiffel Tower thing. I'm not much of a history buff, so I really never put much thought into the fact that the Eiffel Tower was around back then. That's a pretty impressive structure for it's time then! Also, I find it odd how expensive eggs were. Roughly translating 1 dozen eggs into an hours worth of pay - that would not work out so well in todays society. Omelettes would be rich people food!65" Sony X900 (XBR-65X900E)
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Or poor farmers. Keep in mind at that time, it was still mostly agricultural
in the US. And lobsters were the food of poor fishermen.
As far as diarrhea goes, keep in mind sanitation was pretty poor.
The cause was sickness, and the symptoms were often fatal.
A few years after this, the flu killed almost 100 million across the
world."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
I do too, here's mine.....
Nice one. That's a Kimber, no?
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I love 1911's
I wonder how many know what I am talking about!!!
Could not help myself when I saw 1911
Of course! It's a true cult classic! ...or should I say "colt" classic?:biggrin:2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's
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falconcry72 wrote: »Nice one. That's a Kimber, no?
I've been eye'n a Springfield or one of the new S&W's.
You are correct Sir. Super Carry Ultra+ from the Custom Shop.If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
