I look back at my organic chemistry class held in a 1920's building with vent hoods that were most likely undersized. I remember looking up during one of our night classes to see a haze in the room from the use of various chemicals for our experiments. Yes, a wonder some of us are still alive!
I do love Sunset books-they always had the coolest things to make. I have ones on mosaics, preserving your own food, garden work centers, furniture upholstery and repair, weaving, and ceramics. During the 70's they published a Christmas ideas and answers full of ideas for parties, decorations, and gifts one could make.
They still publish a magazine that focuses on the western US but i am sure that it is a ghost of the old issues.
Yeah, no kidding! The stuff we've already survived!
But I looked it up, and as you both know, life expectancy has risen a lot even in our lifetimes. In 1961, when I was born, it was about 70 years, now it's about 80.
And worldwide: "No country in the world today has a lower life expectancy than the countries with the highest life expectancy in 1800."
P.S. I know I'm being pedantic--sorry--but there are interesting charts & info about world life expectancy over time here, if you're interested: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
I was interested that life expectancy once you're old hasn't changed much--if you make it to 70, you're likely to make it into the 80s--but probably not a whole lot longer than that, statistically speaking.
Fun! But yeah...asbestos...I remember playing with that stuff as kids. It's a wonder our whole generation is still alive.
ReplyDeleteI look back at my organic chemistry class held in a 1920's building with vent hoods that were most likely undersized. I remember looking up during one of our night classes to see a haze in the room from the use of various chemicals for our experiments. Yes, a wonder some of us are still alive!
ReplyDeleteI do love Sunset books-they always had the coolest things to make. I have ones on mosaics, preserving your own food, garden work centers, furniture upholstery and repair, weaving, and ceramics. During the 70's they published a Christmas ideas and answers full of ideas for parties, decorations, and gifts one could make.
They still publish a magazine that focuses on the western US but i am sure that it is a ghost of the old issues.
Kirsten
Yeah, no kidding! The stuff we've already survived!
ReplyDeleteBut I looked it up, and as you both know, life expectancy has risen a lot even in our lifetimes.
In 1961, when I was born, it was about 70 years, now it's about 80.
And worldwide:
"No country in the world today has a lower life expectancy than the countries with the highest life expectancy in 1800."
P.S. I know I'm being pedantic--sorry--but there are
ReplyDeleteinteresting charts & info about world life expectancy over time here, if you're interested:
https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
I was interested that life expectancy once you're old hasn't changed much--if you make it to 70, you're likely to make it into the 80s--but probably not a whole lot longer than that, statistically speaking.
Very moderne. I’ve been in houses along these lines, where it looks (in a wonderful way) as if people are still living in the 1960s and ’70s.
ReplyDeleteUses for boulders and pebbles: arrange in groups of three?