I think they were from Tenn, I can't remember. I do remember they were a couple who'd been married before and this was the second (or so) marriage for both of them. The Brady Bunch they weren't. No, I didn't see the "attack" in Dayton. Did they get (or scare) any innocent victims? Kat On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:45:20 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I think the series ran twice. We watched the > entire run the first time > around (about a year ago, I think). I was > surprised that the California > "yuppies" had such a major transformation, > while the family from Tenn. (whom > I thought would do the best) really came > unravelled. Kat, are they the > folks that split? I remember the lady in that > family as being fairly petty > and mean-spirited toward her husband. > > -Kyle > > (Good to be back in the "world" after a week's > worth of simulations and > exercises. Anybody see the Marines "attack" > Dayton, OH on CNN? I heard CNN > were covering the "festivities", but we didn't > have access to regular > media.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Salkin > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:37 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: To Put Things in Perspective...A > Hundred Years Ago... > > > Saw an episode at a friend's house one evening, > it was rather interesting. > Of > course, it wasn't "really real," but it was as > close as one could get to > history in this day and age. However, I found > it doubly interesting when I > heard later that the stress of living without > modern conveniences drove one > couple to separate. Which is an option our > ancestors didn't have, or chose > not > to take because of society's censure. > > Kat > > On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:16:52 -0400 "Barber, > Kenneth L." > wrote: > > > Never heard of it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Elizabeth H. Thiers > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 7:13 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: To Put Things in Perspective...A > > Hundred Years Ago... > > > > Finally got to this. Has anyone watched the > > PBS shows Frontier House or > > 1900 House. It's where they take people and > > place them in the world of the > > turn of the last century. Frontier House is > > set in the American Frontier > > time and 1900 House is set in 1900 England. > If > > you ever hear of people > > talking about the good old days, have them > > watch those shows. > > > > beth T. the OT > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy > List > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf > > Of Kathy Salkin > > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:15 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: To Put Things in Perspective...A > > Hundred Years Ago... > > > > > > A Hundred Years Ago.. > > > > ..The average life expectancy in the United > > States was forty-seven. > > > > ..Only 14 percent of the homes in the United > > States 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 US and > only > > 144 miles of paved roads. > > The > > maximum speed limit in most cities was ten > mph. > > > > ..Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee > > were each more heavily populated > > than California. With a mere 1.4 million > > residents, California was only the > > twenty-first most populous state in the > Union. > > > > ..The tallest structure in the world was the > > Eiffel Tower. > > > > ..The average wage in the US was twenty-two > > cents an hour. The average US > > worker made between $200 and $400 per year. > > > > ..A competent accountant could expect to earn > > $2000 per year, a dentist > > $2500 > > per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and > > $4000 per year, and a mechanical > > engineer about $5000 per year. > > > > ..More than 95 percent of all births in the > > United States took place at > > home. > > > > ..Ninety percent of all US 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 shampoo. > > > > ..Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people > > from entering the country for > > any reason, either as travelers or > immigrants. > > > > ..The five leading causes of death in the US > > 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. > > > > ..Drive-by shootings -- in which teenage boys > > galloped down the street on > > horses and started randomly shooting at > houses, > > carriages, or anything else > > that caught their fancy -- were an > > ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in > > the West. > > > > ..The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was > > thirty. The remote desert > > community > > was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers > and > > their families. > > > > ..Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't > > been discovered yet. Scotch > > tape, > > crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea > > hadn't been invented. > > > > ..There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. > > > > ..One in ten US adults couldn't read or > write. > > Only 6 percent of all > > Americans > > had graduated from high school. > > > > ..Some medical authorities warned that > > professional seamstresses were apt to > > become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, > > hour after hour, of the sewing > > machine's foot pedals. They recommended > > slipping bromide-which was thought > > to > > diminish sexual desire-into the women's > > drinking water. > > > > ..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." > > > > ..Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of > > caffeine. > > > > ..Punch-card data processing had recently > been > > developed, and early > > predecessors of the modern computer were used > > for the first time by the > > government to help compile the 1900 census. > > > > ..Eighteen percent of households in the > United > > States had at least one > > full-time servant or domestic. > > > > ..There were about 230 reported murders in > the > > US > > annually. > > > > > > NOTE: Upon reflection, I'm glad I'm living > now > > and not a hundred years ago. > > >