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He was asked what was the biggest change he had seen in his lifetime - he said ... "machinery". Not Tractors or cars or airplanes but basically, an industrial

He was asked what was the biggest change he had seen in his lifetime - he said ... "machinery". Not Tractors or cars or airplanes but basically, an industrial revolution. Born in the first half of the 19th Century. Incredible

thechao 5y ago
I asked my great grandmother (who was born in 1891) what she thought the most amazing thing she’d seen. (This was about 1988.) Answer? Cheap large print books.
- lifeisstillgood 5y ago
  Yeah - those reprints of novels for libraries. It's basically a Show Reader View for wood pulp. As my eyes deteriorate I can see where she is coming from :-) Edit: also kudos to you for having the foresight to ask - I don't know what age you were but to most kids a great grandmother is not a source of wisdom but a distraction from friends and tv. I hope she told you lots :-)
thatsamonad 5y ago
It’s mind-blowing to me that he was alive during both the American Civil War as well as both World Wars. Those events seem so far apart because of the technology differences in how they were fought, but when you place them in the context of a single man’s life it’s astonishing how close in time they actually were.
- uniqueid 5y ago
  These two guys fought in the Civil War: https://youtu.be/4qGX0XM84Ck?t=74 https://youtu.be/4qGX0XM84Ck?t=74
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redis_mlc 5y ago
That's correct, he was born around the time of the Industrial Revolution in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Paul Revere actually started a company to provide copper cladding for naval ships, and the Revere Copper Company is still around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VdrPl6njw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VdrPl6njw My recently-deceased father was born in 1920, and never flew on an airplane, owned a cell phone or used a personal computer. He did early day trading from pay phones, and was successful at it.

thechao 5y ago

I asked my great grandmother (who was born in 1891) what she thought the most amazing thing she’d seen. (This was about 1988.) Answer? Cheap large print books.

lifeisstillgood 5y ago
Yeah - those reprints of novels for libraries. It's basically a Show Reader View for wood pulp. As my eyes deteriorate I can see where she is coming from :-) Edit: also kudos to you for having the foresight to ask - I don't know what age you were but to most kids a great grandmother is not a source of wisdom but a distraction from friends and tv. I hope she told you lots :-)

thatsamonad 5y ago

It’s mind-blowing to me that he was alive during both the American Civil War as well as both World Wars. Those events seem so far apart because of the technology differences in how they were fought, but when you place them in the context of a single man’s life it’s astonishing how close in time they actually were.

uniqueid 5y ago
These two guys fought in the Civil War: https://youtu.be/4qGX0XM84Ck?t=74 https://youtu.be/4qGX0XM84Ck?t=74
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redis_mlc 5y ago

That's correct, he was born around the time of the Industrial Revolution in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Paul Revere actually started a company to provide copper cladding for naval ships, and the Revere Copper Company is still around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VdrPl6njw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VdrPl6njw My recently-deceased father was born in 1920, and never flew on an airplane, owned a cell phone or used a personal computer. He did early day trading from pay phones, and was successful at it.