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re: What do ya'll think it was like living in the old days? Say 1880s
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:32 pm to Teslarocks
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:32 pm to Teslarocks
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What do ya'll think it was like living in the old days?
Women didn't have penis' I bet
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:34 pm to rantfan
quote:I lived the summer of 2008 and 2009 without air conditioning. You get used to it
No air conditioning, no thank you
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:36 pm to Teslarocks
Hot, skinny, hungry and poor.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:37 pm to Loup
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lived the summer of 2008 and 2009 without air conditioning. You get used to it
You get used to boiling water before you drink it too, but it doesn’t make it a nice way to live.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:40 pm to Purplehaze
I love those national archive interviews. From one of the articles you linked. About home remedies for health care. Guy being interviewed said turpentine was used for all kinds of illnesses. He said his brother had some disease and the doctor killed him by giving too much turpentine
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:47 pm to Teslarocks
I realize it was hot, I've gone a month at a time in middle of summer twice, actually one of the times all summer when a kid with no A/C. Not as bad but I've also gone an entire winter with no heat, still miserable, thanks to a thief and slow insurance company.
You can get use to it. I guess I just wondered if most of the families lived like on Little House on the Prairie It seems most everyone was dirt poor irl and miserable. I read a book from a lady back in Civil War days, her husband was fighting in Vicksburg, it was a diary. She told funny stories about pig getting loose, having to chase the pig around, her neighbor who was an elderly man but apparently goofy. Her kids played with the local black kids so not sure how that worked out since during the War. She ended up getting sick and dying, husband got captured in Vicksburg and lost an arm. One of her children ended up finishing her diary. Just interesting to get in to the everyday life of random people back then, to me at least.
You can get use to it. I guess I just wondered if most of the families lived like on Little House on the Prairie It seems most everyone was dirt poor irl and miserable. I read a book from a lady back in Civil War days, her husband was fighting in Vicksburg, it was a diary. She told funny stories about pig getting loose, having to chase the pig around, her neighbor who was an elderly man but apparently goofy. Her kids played with the local black kids so not sure how that worked out since during the War. She ended up getting sick and dying, husband got captured in Vicksburg and lost an arm. One of her children ended up finishing her diary. Just interesting to get in to the everyday life of random people back then, to me at least.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:50 pm to Teslarocks
This post was edited on 7/1/21 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 6/13/21 at 1:52 pm to LetTheTigerOut
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If you read the books you'll see people had a greater connection to each other and a strong sense of community. They acted as a safety net to the difficulties and sometimes harsh conditions.
People were more resilient back then to hardships. It made them "hardy stock." Today's emotionally out-of-control and mentally unbalanced society is a disgrace with incessant griping and complaining and being perpetually offended by any and everything.
Contrary to popular belief, the average person had good hygiene and were well-groomed. They would buy the ingredients from the local apothecary or traveling salesmen and along with their own medicinal garden, would make their own wash balls, hair pomades, deodorants, perfumes, tinctures, etc. It's rather shocking to us now to see the caustic chemicals that were routinely used in housekeeping, but it was the norm, and even children knew how to use them.
No air conditioning was not really a problem as they were acclimated to it. Plus, they knew how to build houses to maximize air flow, ie "cross draft."
I would say despite the rugged challenges, they had a much higher quality of life.
This is how I assumed it was. Hard life but I agree, high quality of life. I know there are some historians here from reading in the past so I know some have a good understanding of those days.
Yeah, I figured the dog trot houses in the south helped a lot back then with the heat maybe?
Posted on 6/13/21 at 2:04 pm to Teslarocks
Cancer, TB, Cholera, most infections were a death sentence, not to mention lack of amenities- easily potable water, a/c, transportation, and horses everywhere.
We have it easy compared to those guys.
We have it easy compared to those guys.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 2:14 pm to Teslarocks
People then, and even as recently as about 40 years ago didn't "play" with their kids. But they spent a lot of time working together, doing chores, etc. The concept of quality time came about after women started entering the workforce in numbers during the 70s. Now, much like we need to schedule time for exercise we also need to schedule time with our own kids. And the things we do during those "quality times" rarely result in kids learning necessary life skills.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 2:18 pm to LetTheTigerOut
quote:i feel very confident in saying the average person in 2021 has a much higher quality of life than someone who lived in rural america in the 1880s
I would say despite the rugged challenges, they had a much higher quality of life.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 2:32 pm to BluegrassBelle
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The average life expectancy in the 1880s was mid 40s.
Not exactly easy living.
This is a bit misleading due to the high child mortality rates at that time.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 2:46 pm to WestCoastAg
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This post was edited on 7/1/21 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 6/13/21 at 2:49 pm to real turf fan
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Wonder if, if you're a young girl, life would be better in a nunnery. Especially if you've heard a woman die after or during child birth.
40% of women died in childbirth back then, plenty of infants too
My great grandpa was born in 1888, his mom died in childbirth when he was 8 - his sisters died - he had 4 brothers that lived past infancy - he went to work on the River at 12 - he thought my grandpa was ‘soft’ bc he finished high school and had an office job (I guess fighting in WW2 didn’t count)
Posted on 6/13/21 at 3:04 pm to Athos
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Shitting in a 100+ degree outhouse sounds pretty miserable.
True, but at least the corncob wasn’t cold when you wiped your arse.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 3:10 pm to mattz1122
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Dad was working 16 hours a day and praying he didn’t break his leg and lose his family’s sole source of income.
I don't think there was much income in rural areas. You pretty only had what you could grow, hunt, and make.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 3:14 pm to Teslarocks
It was likely miserable day to day, but the travel ball was off the chain
Posted on 6/13/21 at 3:16 pm to Teslarocks
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What do ya'll think it was like living in the old days? Say 1880s
Horrible, but they didn't know any better. It's the same people will say about the year 2020 over a hundred years from now.
This post was edited on 6/13/21 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 6/13/21 at 3:20 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
quote:im sure most of us make more in a week than someone who lived in rural 1880s America made in two years
I don't think there was much income in rural areas
Posted on 6/13/21 at 3:54 pm to Teslarocks
quote:If I may ask, what was the name of this book?
I read a book from a lady back in Civil War days, her husband was fighting in Vicksburg, it was a diary.
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