100 years ago

[Weedguru Higher]

What a difference a century makes!

Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1905:

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 residents, 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 an hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.

Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended 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 prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.

The 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, 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 was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drug stores.

According to one pharmacist, "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 in the US had at least one full-time servant or domestic.

There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US.

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ....it staggers the mind.

[jackmullen47]

did you say marijauna over the counter?

brb time machine

[theHit]

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.

The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.



Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ....it staggers the mind.

you know what REALLY staggers the mind? that most of the world TODAY is not much different from those statistics

[jackmullen47]

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.

The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.



Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ....it staggers the mind.

you know what REALLY staggers the mind? that most of the world TODAY is not much different from those statistics

and the stuff that you quoted backed you up in.. what way?

[mac dre]

wait wait wait.. how the Fuck do you Die from Diarrhea!?!

[WeedGuru_Flow]

wait wait wait.. how the Fuck do you Die from Diarrhea!?!

Well, there weren't any means to stop the shit from being liquid... In other words they just shat themselves to death, sitting in the smallest room 24/24,7/7 can be terribly exhausting

[canadianbud]

wait wait wait.. how the Fuck do you Die from Diarrhea!?!

Well, there weren't any means to stop the shit from being liquid... In other words they just shat themselves to death, sitting in the smallest room 24/24,7/7 can be terribly exhausting

pfft thats not it, they would die from dehydration. When you get like a really really bad case of diarhea your always supposed to drink lots of fluids. Lots of people today still die from diarrhea, but mainly in third world countries, because there's not enough drinkable water to go around.

[WeedGuru_Flow]

Yah I know, just felt like making a crappy reply? Can't a guy have a laugh =(

[canadianbud]

oops! sorry bro, just had to give the real info. On a stoner forum, sarcastic responses can quite easily be mistaken as the real deal.

[WeedGuru_Flow]

oops! sorry bro, just had to give the real info. On a stoner forum, sarcastic responses can quite easily be mistaken as the real deal.

it's aaaaaaaaallll good

[theHit]

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.

The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.



Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ....it staggers the mind.

you know what REALLY staggers the mind? that most of the world TODAY is not much different from those statistics

and the stuff that you quoted backed you up in.. what way?

are you really that unaware of how much worse off a lot of places in the world are?

[FIRE!!!]

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.

The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.



Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ....it staggers the mind.

you know what REALLY staggers the mind? that most of the world TODAY is not much different from those statistics

and the stuff that you quoted backed you up in.. what way?

are you really that unaware of how much worse off a lot of places in the world are?

This thread is discussing the US of A

[theHit]

lol i know.....i was just making a point, thats all

people think its crazy that things were like that 100 years ago in north america.....well its still like that today is some places

[pirate]

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ....it staggers the mind.

i think this is still pretty much the case still

[Funk Doctor]

You stole my reply! Give it back!