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WEATHER IN FLORIDA
It's getting warm now here. Not too warm yet but close. It's
usually near 90 every day. That's not too bad but when it gets over 97 or so, then I just want to hibernate inside in the
air-conditioned home. Can't always tho because there are things to do outside like hanging the laundry, mowing the lawn and
going out shopping. Oh well, that's life!
Some days that we had fog in the early morning a
few months ago reminded me of a poem I like - it goes something like this - The fog comes in on little cat feet.
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If
you happen to see any text anywhere on my sites that is surrounded by two stars ** on both sides of the word, click on it.
You'll find a surprise!
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How many days until another upcoming holiday?
For those who are wondering, here's a link
to find out:
laugh often
love much
live well
Guess what it is - found on the photo page.
"Just a little bit of this and a tiny bit of that!" Have any ideas of anything you would like to see here, just email
me please.
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(sent to me in an email!)
What happened 100 years ago
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THE YEAR 1904
Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
--The year
is 1904, one hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904:
-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.
-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 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 drugstores.
-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 U.S had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
-There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
-And
I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine
what it may be like in another 100 years ....
it staggers the mind.
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