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AHHH 1922 I remember it well. I could still get a speeding ticket for running to fast back then.

Skynet will become self-aware long before 4044.

My great grandmother use to tell me stories about how they waded across the Ohio river in the summers.

That helps explain the short life expectancy.

182 years ago.

I miss my Grandma.

I always thought in amazing that in 66 years we went from first powered flight (Kitty Hawk 1903) to flying to and landing man on the moon 1969.

Think of all the airplanes that flew in the 1940's from 1903, I think that is remarkable.

And to think, they landed a man on the moon in 1969 and haven't been back since.
And if you think about it, there is no reason for a man to ever go back to the moon, with robotics so advanced, it's surely easier to build a whole world of ant sized robots, which weigh less, and send them to explore space instead.
You could send a half a million ant sized robots into outer space, each with an individual mission, and still be less than the weight of 1 human probably, who can only do one individual mission and requires food and sleep.

182 years ago. 161.5 miles was the worlds longest railroad, and the worlds' first postage stamp was produced. 1840.
I wonder if they had cigarettes in 1840.
(Some Brittish Queen, Queen Victoria, married her cousin?, that means they had the same grandfather, or same grandmother. ) Year 1840.
When did they build the railroads.

Before Dams, you could walk across the entire span of the Ohio River in periods of dry weather. (Boat travel would have been impossible)
Congress Authorized the Canalization of the Ohio in 1878.
1878, that's pretty late

Think how quickly we have lost those skills. Think how quickly people are going to die when the stuff hits the fan and we are going to need those skills. How quickly people are going to riot and loot to find necessary items.

Think how quickly we could lose the knowledge we have gained over the last few hundred years. Without their smart phone, most people are lost.

80 years between the civil war and ww2. Went from fighting with muskets to nuclear weapons.

Death by Diarrhea, Tough times.

100 years from now the Browns will still be searching for a QB and Super Bowl

But I love things like this. It is crazy how drastically the world has changed in just 100 years

Yep. Keep drinking tainted water, keep expelling most of the water you ingest, you die of dehydration.

I've given some thought about having been born at the turn of the twentieth century, 1900. At age 17 WW1 would have started. Early in that war you would have likely been drafted. At the age of 29 the nation entered the great depression. Economic times like this country has never seen before or since. At the end of 1941 the U.S. entered WW2. America rationed automobiles, tires, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, firewood, nylon, silk, and shoes. You were actually given ration card for things like household staples including meat, dairy, coffee, dried fruits, jams, jellies, lard, shortening, and oils. If you had children in your early 20's they would have been drafted to serve in WW2.

People had to sacrifice for the country they loved. Maybe that's why they appreciated America so much more then.

But if you would have been born in 1900 you would have lived through two world wars and the great depression all by the age of 45. People born in future generations have no idea what that must have been like.

Well said. I often hear my grandparents (who were born circa 1930) say how their parents had the toughest of lives … WW1, pandemic, depression, WW2, cultural revolution, etc

Chlorination of public water supplies and antibiotics contributed greatly to the increase in age.

Dude, how can you even do anything about notable things from the year 1922 without mentioning the birth of Betty White... BOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

In fact, it was yesterday, 1/17/1922...

Usually, it's the little things that make the most difference... and each of those differences add to the timeline that leads us to here.
Back in that day, drainage ditches that ran alongside roads were just short of open sewers.

Yep...little things for sure. Even over the last 20 years one can look at the changes in their recent life, let alone the changes in their life, I am assuming someone might be around 45.

I agree... it's a bit crazy.... I live on my cell phone... mainly because I do a lot of my work on it. I text a ton, email, and have several apps that I use for both of my jobs.... it's crazy to think how far some technology has come. Will be interesting to see where we're at in the next 20 years

" I work at the palace ballroom, but gee that palace is cheap
When I get back to my chilly hall room I'm much too tired to sleep.
I'm one of those lady teachers, A beautiful hostess you know.
The kind the Palace features, For only a dime a throw.
Ten cents a dance That's what they pay me, Gosh how they weigh me down
Ten cents a dance Pansies and rough guys, Tough guys who tear my gown!
Seven to midnight I hear drums.
Loudly the saxophone blows,
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums. Customers crush my toes.
Someimtes I think, I've found my hero But it's no clear romance.
All that you need is a ticket, Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance.
Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors Can pay for their ticket and rent me
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me.
Though I've a chorous of elderly beaux, Stockings are porous with holes in the toes.
I'm here till closing time, Dance and be merry, it's only a dime.

Ten cents a dance That's what they pay me, Gosh how they weigh me down
Ten cents a dance Pansies and rough guys, Tough guys who tear my gown
Sometimes I think I've found my hero, but it's no clear romance.
All that you need is a ticket,
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance."

The system; was broken, is still broken. "Everybody knows that the dice are loaded, everybody rolls with their fingers crossed"
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