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To: SeekAndFind

I cannot imagine living in 1916 with any amount of money. I think of the heavy wool clothing, the lack of air conditioning, the prevalence flies due to the ubiquity of horse manure, the absence of window screens, the home refrigerator, rubber-soled shoes, peanut butter, the list goes on.


16 posted on 04/24/2017 7:19:28 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: Oratam
I cannot imagine living in 1916 with any amount of money. I think of the heavy wool clothing, the lack of air conditioning, the prevalence flies due to the ubiquity of horse manure, the absence of window screens, the home refrigerator, rubber-soled shoes, peanut butter, the list goes on.

Peanut butter has been around since the late 19th Century:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter

Regards,

53 posted on 04/24/2017 9:55:20 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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