The Amazing Human Body...Some Facts...Happy St Patricks Day

The Amazing Human Body!  Do you believe ALL this?

It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.  (right..and 2 seconds to go from your stomach to your butt)


One human hair can support 3kg (6.6 lb).


The average man's private area is three times the length of his thumb.


Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.


A woman's heart beats faster than a man's...


There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet. (Think about this before you go sucking on someone's toes)


Women blink twice as often as men.  (they're saying to themselves...I don't believe what I'm hearing)


The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.


Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.


If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.


Women reading this will be finished now.


Men? They are still busy checking their thumbs.


St Patricks Day is fast approaching...don't forget to pick up a delicious corned beef to cook with some potatoes and cabbage. Always a tradition in our family.

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My Irish advice for you today is ... 'May the wind be at your back when following a donkey'....Don't drink too much green beer or the 'road will come up to meet you'.

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1909 Ford Model R...Facts from 100 Years Ago

This is a 1909 Ford Model R....fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only......

It is so close to being 2010 that I can smell it...

These facts will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!

The year is 1909.

One hundred years ago.

What a difference a century makes!

Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 :

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The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles
Of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average wage in 1909 was 22 cents per hour.

The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year ..

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME .

Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard. '

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.  This fact sent my head to tingling and itching....I'm old but never went that long!

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from
Entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars..

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school..

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, 'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health' .   WOW!

Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help..

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE ! U.S.A.!

Plus one more sad thought; 95 percent of the taxes we have now did not exist in 1909 .  And we're getting more.....

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND !

Wishes for a Healthy Prosperous 2010 to everyone...

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