Going back to 1800s- what would you miss most

Seraph

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:31 pm

If you were suddenly transported back to life in the 1800s, what do you think you'd miss most from your current life?

Atali

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:35 pm

Seraph wrote:

If you were suddenly transported back to life in the 1800s, what do you think you'd miss most from your current life?

Air-conditioning and heating
My car
My washing machine
The computer/internet

Raisin

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:37 pm

well, if I was a wealthy woman with maids to do all the work, the thing I would miss most would probably be books and intellectual stimulation. Assuming of course, I was lucky enough to be taught how to read.

if I was poor I would miss: having enough food, heat, adequate shelter, clean clothes, hot water for bathing. being hungry would probably be the hardest to bear. I guess you can get used to being dirty especially if everyone else is.

Raisin

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:39 pm

and watching my kids die would probably be very hard to bear too.

cassandra, you would feel completely stifled.

Fabulous

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:39 pm

oh, a lot!

computer/internet.

library/easy availabilty of reading materials.

ease in household chores

availibility of food/frozen products

as others have mentioned: bathroom and shower issues.
air conditioning/heating. cars and planes for ease of travel.

These are just the tip of the iceberg. I think I would love to visit as I enjoy history but no more than a visit.

Seraph

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:40 pm

I'd probably miss my washing machine the most, as well as mode of communication like email, telephones, cell phones, etc.

The other stuff I can see myself enjoying, for the most part. (But I assume the novelty would wear off in time.)

catonmylap

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:43 pm

Modern medicine.

Don't know if I would manage to have kids, and if I did, I might very well die in childbirth.

cassandra

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:52 pm

Raisin wrote:

cassandra, you would feel completely stifled.

We spent a week on a farm last year and I have never felt so free and so alive in my life. I think it's how life was meant to be lived. You are constantly exerting your body so I don't think you have that much time to feel bored, you work alongside your family, eat fresh food that comes from your own two hands and by evenings you can read by candlelight. And the best part is that G-d is obvious in everything you do.

I do appreciate indoor plumbing though.

Raisin

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:56 pm

cassandra wrote:

Raisin wrote:

cassandra, you would feel completely stifled.

and by evenings you can read by candlelight. .

IF you were taught to read. And as a farmers daughter you probably wouldn't be. Even a farmers son.

But if you think you could cope with that, then great. And as Cat said, you would very possible die in childbirth at some point. (I know I gave birth 5 times pretty much as they did in 1800 but didn't you have c sections?)

cassandra

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:57 pm

That's why my first answer was modern medicine.

And trust me, I'd know how to read. I taught myself when I was 4.

Raisin

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:58 pm

the only thing that would be nice is living near all your friends and family, you were much more likely to do that in those days.

when in 1800s are we talking about? 1800 or 1890?

Raisin

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 1:59 pm

cassandra wrote:

That's why my first answer was modern medicine.

And trust me, I'd know how to read. I taught myself when I was 4.

you can only do that if you have books around to do that with.

shalhevet

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 2:03 pm

Raisin wrote:

cassandra wrote:

Raisin wrote:

cassandra, you would feel completely stifled.

and by evenings you can read by candlelight. .

OMG, report this post. Raisin, you are using information about a poster you gleaned from another post. Twisted Evil

Seraph

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 2:05 pm

Raisin wrote:

the only thing that would be nice is living near all your friends and family, you were much more likely to do that in those days.

when in 1800s are we talking about? 1800 or 1890?

I just randomly chose the 1800s. Replace that with 1700 if you will. I just meant before modern technology took over.

Raisin

Sun, Jun 21 2009, 2:06 pm

shalhevet wrote:

Raisin wrote:

cassandra wrote:

Raisin wrote:

cassandra, you would feel completely stifled.

and by evenings you can read by candlelight. .

OMG, report this post. Raisin, you are using information about a poster you gleaned from another post. Twisted Evil

even worse - I know that cassandra likes to use her mind, which I gleaned from her other posts!