100 Years Ago, What Would You Be?

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100 Years Ago, What Would You Be?

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1000539 More actions · Answer 1

I wouldn't "be" a 100 years ago... I would have died 148 years ago from blood poisoning or 146 years ago from a really nasty case of double Pneumonia.

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janelle.briggs SSC Rookie Points: 38 More actions · Answer 2

Like about 40% of women in those days, I would be dead, from childbirth or subsequent complications! Hooray for modern medicine! And even if I wasn't, it would have been unlikely for a woman to have that kind of choice!

But all that aside, my choice would be carpentry.

Wayne West SSC-Insane Points: 22586 More actions · Answer 3

That's easy, I would be dead. I was born with a heart problem, and even 10-20 years earlier, I probably wouldn't have made it out of infancy.

But assuming I survived to adulthood, I would have loved to have been involved in the scientific revolutions going on in England in the mid 1800's. Or even better, to be a US senator to make sure the frickin' two-party system never gets enshrined! 😉

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John Rowan SSC Guru Points: 56440 More actions · Answer 4

Law enforcement.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281324 More actions · Answer 5

That is a tough question. I think I would have been a farmer. I would like to think I would have been a doctor or some sort of entrepreneur.

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Andy.Roberts SSC-Addicted Points: 432 More actions · Answer 6

I haven't seen anyone suggest 'walking the streets hoping for work because of the recession' - there was a good prgram on BBC recently on work in York 100 years ago - it seems lots were looking for work and usually not finding it so were living on about one third of daily calory requirement - thank goodness for welfare support.

Mostly we wouldn't have the choice so I would have been a farmer in a small village cos that's what all my family did. I've stepped down, really, from managing my own business to employee (serf?)

I'm getting the age where living in a village feels better than in the big city - but I couldn't do farming.

Andy

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crookj SSChampion Points: 14055 More actions · Answer 7

I would probably be either an accountant or a teacher. But then again - maybe a basketball player. At 6'2" - I would be a giant back in them days. 😛

Joe

Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125255 More actions · Answer 8

When I was grade school, back in the 70s before personal computers were common in homes or even offices, I used to love reading those Choose Your Own Adventure books, where the story branches off to different pages depending on the choices you make while reading the novel. I even wrote them myself inside notepads (the paper kind). I used to draw so much that my dad griped about how much we were spending on paper. Then one day he came home from work with a huge stack of reamed paper that he found in a dumpster and, as it just so happened, printed on one side was Fortran source code. I immediately understood what it was all about, and I recall tracing it with my finger for hours at a time, thinking how cool it would be create my own game using a computer.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

Geoffrey Wrigg SSC Eights! Points: 945 More actions · Answer 9

From a hundred years ago almost continuously up till now, there are plenty of preachers and teachers on both sides of my family, so most likely one of those.

nguntert SSCommitted Points: 1865 More actions · Answer 10

I'm sure I would be home cooking, cleaning and taking care of a house full of kids. If I had any time left for a job, I'd probably be baking breads and maybe some goodies.

VSSGeorge SSCrazy Eights Points: 8146 More actions · Answer 11

I am sure I wont be studying SQL and wont be a member of this forum either

Aparna-1 SSCrazy Points: 2339 More actions · Answer 12

I would have been fighting for Indian Independence.

There is nothing like liberty and freedom in this world.