tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post4886776811935194714..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: 100 years of little progressSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-22387255184466365852016-07-07T12:43:36.474-04:002016-07-07T12:43:36.474-04:00Not from 100 years ago it isn't.
The death ra...Not from 100 years ago it isn't.<br /><br />The death rate for poor women in childbirth was astronomical 100 years ago.<br /><br />And as bad as inequality is now, this is a veritable Utopia compared to 1916. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-48084598371678604012016-07-07T09:22:02.629-04:002016-07-07T09:22:02.629-04:00It will be a shock, that's for sure.It will be a shock, that's for sure.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-31027604894905349212016-07-07T09:21:45.183-04:002016-07-07T09:21:45.183-04:00Medicine is the biggest step forward -for those wh...Medicine is the biggest step forward -for those who can afford it. The death rate for poor white women is going up. <br /><br />The old steam fire pumpers put out as much water per minute as the average modern diesel pumper. Of course it took a team of horses to get it to the fire. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-71042599184432531662016-07-07T09:19:42.556-04:002016-07-07T09:19:42.556-04:00We are at a strange point in time where knowledge ...We are at a strange point in time where knowledge is so available yet so many people refuse to learn. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-47802545178740574842016-07-07T09:18:43.170-04:002016-07-07T09:18:43.170-04:00Good saying. I think I'll steal it. :)Good saying. I think I'll steal it. :)Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-33119728780096205912016-07-07T09:18:10.956-04:002016-07-07T09:18:10.956-04:00I'm within 50 miles of a working steam railroa...I'm within 50 miles of a working steam railroad -the cog railway that goes up Mt. Washington. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-50182562163946490532016-07-07T09:17:25.811-04:002016-07-07T09:17:25.811-04:00Of course, we now need electronics to stay in touc...Of course, we now need electronics to stay in touch because so many family members move away. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-48821091117948124062016-07-07T09:16:02.517-04:002016-07-07T09:16:02.517-04:00WWI was truly horrific. Frankly, that's why I...WWI was truly horrific. Frankly, that's why I'm disturbed by some of the political and social trends of the present. Reminds me of the early 20th century. The interlocking alliances combined with a lack of memory of what all out war looks like.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-33207324654674572602016-07-07T09:13:58.358-04:002016-07-07T09:13:58.358-04:00I'm not saying there's no progress, just t...I'm not saying there's no progress, just that the world from 100 years ago wasn't as different as we'd like to think.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-36296039281598290592016-07-06T07:32:45.276-04:002016-07-06T07:32:45.276-04:00Sigh...so what will people do if the grid goes dow...Sigh...so what will people do if the grid goes down? You'll survive and so will I but what about the younger generations who grew up with all those electronics?Momladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511742074910407321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-41577837764657239542016-07-05T17:17:09.178-04:002016-07-05T17:17:09.178-04:00i don't want to live in any time prior to peni...i don't want to live in any time prior to penicillin, water treatment plants, sewerage treatment, fire departments, and trauma units in hospital.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-24067211519084398472016-07-05T15:49:29.280-04:002016-07-05T15:49:29.280-04:00Ah, but those things were only for the well-to-do ...Ah, but those things were only for the well-to-do then. My grandmother was born in 1908, she said that she didn't see indoor plumbing until 1925. Her first house with electricity wasn't until after WWII. Phone calls were expensive, and she had a party line well into the '50's.<br /><br />Knowledge is easier to come by via the computer. I prefer to read paper books, but the ease and cost is driving me to read more from my phone. I'll take today, warts and all. tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-78948349385175289712016-07-04T23:46:54.151-04:002016-07-04T23:46:54.151-04:00I've always said that progress requires change...I've always said that progress requires change, but change by itself isn't necessarily progress.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-26256443456813202482016-07-04T22:45:53.518-04:002016-07-04T22:45:53.518-04:00I am old enough that I remember steam locomotives ...I am old enough that I remember steam locomotives on the railroads. My maternal grandpa was an engineer on the Pennsy and my fraternal grandpa was a conductor on the B&O during the steam era. Yep, I am that old!!!Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-8237916542735808032016-07-04T19:35:19.285-04:002016-07-04T19:35:19.285-04:00The best thing about living now, as compared to 19...The best thing about living now, as compared to 1953 when I was born, is that communications let me stay up with my kids in real time.<br /><br />Other than that, if I could go back and 63 in 1953 I would. I'd be dead now but I wouldn't have to live in the 'Time Machine" world we live in now.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-45975553839359604422016-07-04T18:22:13.259-04:002016-07-04T18:22:13.259-04:00And I think you underestimate just how awful WWI w...And I think you underestimate just how awful WWI was. Something like 10 million men died in one of the worst campaigns in history.<br /><br />And nuclear weapons are the only time in human history we have let a weapon sit on the shelf for 70 years. By their very existence, they probably prevented a shooting war with the USSR. Total deaths from both bombs used in WWII is estimated at up to 246,000, which is a whole lot, but to put it in perspective, that's about ten bombings of Dresden. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com