Reminder to be thankful for living in modern times;
Subject: You Modern Spoiled Brats!
Ancient Times almost come right up to us!
To cross America before the Transcontinental Railroad took 3 dangerous months. With the railroad it took just 6 days! Now, 5 - 6 hours.
Farming without a John Deere plow? Miserable. No toilet paper? Use corn cobs - you had to be a tough muutha back then!
Imagine cutting a cord of wood WITHOUT a chainsaw! How about without a hand saw!
Jesus! Send you to an early grave!
Single shot rifles from 1350 to 1865. 500 years!
Automobiles - just the last 100 years. For 6000+ Years before that we only had horses.
35 MPH - you were really flying! Crank the engine by hand. Batteries and starters came later!
Life was so crappy. Look at watermelons 400+ years ago; And strawberries were tiny.
How about women? They didn`t even have decent hair shampoo until 100 years ago. And just compare what was considered beautiful in Medieval times with today; Lillian Gish`s hair looked unkept, it probably was!
1915;
No screen wire at the time of the civil war. Flies were a constant problem.
In cities, worse.
How about outhouses"? Hard to believe people could be so religious in the old days with outhouses. That was LESS than 100 Years ago!
No TV until 1950`s. People read books. Shallow hand dug wells and "cesspools"s were unsafe early 1950`s. Telephones; 1890`s. Electric power, later.
Lawnmowers were PUSH type until 1950! Well, atleast you got some exercise!
Antibiotics. adhesives, insulation, energy, communications, information, etc.... and then we look at the human condition and it is almost as if we are devolving in the "smarts" department.
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