>> YEAR OF 1904 >> >>This is hard to believe, but true! 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 >>cost fifteen cents a pound. >> >>Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg >>yolks for sham poo. Eeww! >> >>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. >> >>One in 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 the >>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 stole this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it >>to a dozen people in a matter of seconds! Just think what it will be like >>in another 100 years. ...

Очень интересно. Где-то я читал, что в 1900 году в Лондоне был проведен опрос общественного мнения на тему: "Что, по вашему мнению, будет самой серьезной проблемой городской жизни Лондона в 2000 году?" Большинство опрашиваемых ответило: "Самой серьезной проблемой Лондона в 2000 году будет уборка конского навоза с улиц."

2fretboard (Кишинев) Как у вас там погодка?

2 Олдос Хаксли Сейчас потеплело, солнце светит. А неколько дней назад была холодрыга порядка +5 градусов.

fretboard (Кишинев): Ничо себе холодрыга ! Да у нас тут в 5 градусов все чуть не загорают... А в этом году у вас рок-фестиваль намечается, как в 2001?

По городу развешены какие-то черно-желтые афиши с названиями неизвестных мне местных рок-групп, возможно, это к рок-фестивалю, но я точно не знаю.

А что-нибудь типа Impathological Necroticism там есть? Я раньше с их барабанщиком играл. Ничего о Косте не слышал (у него кличка еще странная - "Крушка")?

В обед выйду прогуляться - посмотрю на афиши внимательнее. О Косте не слышал.

А ты не был на Рок-Фестивале в Кишиневе в 2001 году? Там, мне рассказывали, в номинации Лучший Гитарист какой-то местный Мальмстин извращался. Кажись, Иванов его фамилия...