1908

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Lost in Last Century

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 6 Oct 15

I'm just taking a break while thinking about lunch. For the last hour or so I've been lost in last century, 1908 in fact. I'm trying to make sense of all the politics involved in the Council raising a loan for the local municipal...

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Model T Cars Were Introduced Today

Bd200789 @Bd200789 (2994) • United States 1 Oct 08

Today in 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market. Each car only cost $825. Don't you wish you could get a new car that cheap today?

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What a difference a Century makes!

barehugs @barehugs (8973) • Canada 13 Apr 08

The year is 1908~ Life expectancy is 47~ 8% of homes had a telephone~ There were 8000 cars and 144 miles of paved road in the US~ Average yearly wage was $300~ average hourly wage .22 cents~ 98% of babies were born at Home~...

100 years later

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Technology And The Time Factor

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 29 Feb 08

Do you think the world would be a much better or a much worse place to be in if all the technology we have at our finger tips were invented 100 years earlier? For example, imagine if you would please living in the year 1908 and...

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