Would you have survived 200 years ago?
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calcolindo
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If you were to suddenly find yourself transported back in time approximately 200 years what skill (that you currently possess) would be most useful? What skill are you lacking that could potentially cause your demise? What one item do you hope you have with you?
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No, I definitely wouldn't survive 200 years ago. All my skills are related to technology. I don't know if I can live without my computer, internet, cell phone, car, and money.0
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200 years ago, if I hadn't died in childbirth by this point, I would probably not have a tooth left in my mouth. Very thankful for modern obstetrics and dentistry.0
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I wouldn't just survive, I would thrive!0
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Totally! I'm not into tech stuff, I've lived without water, heat and electricity through several home renovations and I am a pretty resilient and tough Woman! :happy:0
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Would depend on whether I was born into money.0
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No. Without modern medicine I would have died during my pregnancy with my son and if I survived that there would be no chance I could have survived the complications of my daughter birth. Besides an unequal marriage would literally be hell for me, I'm too independent.0
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Sure. Humans are smart and adaptable,0
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200 years ago, if I hadn't died in childbirth by this point, I would probably not have a tooth left in my mouth. Very thankful for modern obstetrics and dentistry.
How YOU doin?0 -
being a white male gives me a great advantage. id start making one scientific discover after another. id just have to be careful i didnt run afoul of all those crazy religious organizations.
i feel bad for all the females and non whites who get transported back 200 years in America. much more difficult road for them.0 -
Yes.0
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Without obvious medical woes, i don't think it would be all that difficult.0
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Survive? I think thrive would be a better word. Yes!0
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Yup! I totally would survive! I'd make a damned good housewife - I cook, I have the ability to clean, raise a kid, and quilt. I'd just run the village. :happy:0
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Probably so, next to the computer I am pretty much a technophobe, No idea what WIFI, IPOD, IPAD is and the only time I got blue tooth is when I ate blueberries. I prefer to do most by hand and learned to live life in a simple way. Will not be easy of course, but manageable...0
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Assuming I'd have survived my early birth, I'd have died of renal failure by 25.
--but all that aside, I can knit and cook... and I'm old enough to remember life before the Internet.0 -
Without a doubt0
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Heavens, no.What would I do all day long without MFP to post on?0
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I would have ruled.0
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I think with my past in small amounts of farming and outdoors living, yes0
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If you were to suddenly find yourself transported back in time approximately 200 years what skill (that you currently possess) would be most useful? What skill are you lacking that could potentially cause your demise? What one item do you hope you have with you?
With my career, I might well be screwed. BUT, I am a crack shot, I can grow a garden like weeds, and I can cook like a madwoman. So I would be ok in the end...0
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