A Billion More To Come.

[59 Dano]

I would think the introduction of penicillin contributed to this.

Before penicillin, people died horrible deaths from very simple, minor injuries and illnesses.

Also, we had an industrial war machine that suddenly had nothing to do except make consumer products. Add to that vast, natural resources to plunder. And that all created lotsa' good paying, blue collar jobs.

Perhaps optimism played a part as well.

There are lots of things that researchers have speculated as the reason(s) for the increase. Some of them you mentioned, another big one is that women were able to leave the workforce and spend more time raising a family after a 16 year period when they had to work (to survive during the depression and to keep the economy afloat during the war). There are other theories as well but the consensus is that it's a combination of them centered around families having the means to have mom stay home.

None of them said anything remotely similar to bacha's insanity.

 

[bacha29]

I would think the introduction of penicillin contributed to this.

Before penicillin, people died horrible deaths from very simple, minor injuries and illnesses.

Also, we had an industrial war machine that suddenly had nothing to do except make consumer products. Add to that vast, natural resources to plunder. And that all created lotsa' good paying, blue collar jobs.

Perhaps optimism played a part as well.

Glad you finally acknowledged the fact that WWII was the driver both from the standpoint of improved methods of treatment of battlefield casualties and converting plants build for WWII armaments production to consumer goods production. It was clearly a convergence of unprecedented historical events . All of which are attributed in one way or another to the Second World War.

 

[Cactus]

"Ma and I decided to have an couple of extra kids to replenish the population that was lost during the war," said no one ever.

Nobody cares.

 

[bacha29]

Those who just want to go through the motions and call it quits as soon as it's feasible can't figure out why others aren't like that.

How would you have known? You wouldn't have been alive to have heard what they did and did not say.

 

[bacha29]

"Ma and I decided to have an couple of extra kids to replenish the population that was lost during the war," said no one ever.

How would you have known? You weren't alive to know what they did and did not say.

 

[Fred's Myth]

How would you have known? You weren't alive to know what they did and did not say.

Stick to your guns, bacha. Even if it’s an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.

Even if you shoot your eye out.

 

[MassWineGuy]

I sense a fan of Jean Shepherd.

 

[Mutineer]

Glad you finally acknowledged the fact that WWII was the driver both from the standpoint of improved methods of treatment of battlefield casualties and converting plants build for WWII armaments production to consumer goods production. It was clearly a convergence of unprecedented historical events . All of which are attributed in one way or another to the Second World War.

I think that fact is difficult to dispute.

I'm glad I made you glad.

 

[bacha29]

Stick to your guns, bacha. Even if it’s an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.

Even if you shoot your eye out.

Underpowered. Where I come from when it comes to personal weaponry if you can't bring down a helicopter with it it isn't worth having.

 

[bacha29]

I think that fact is difficult to dispute.

I'm glad I made you glad.

It's not a question of winning an argument . Instead the more you read and learn about the events that transpired during the 20th century the more shocked you become and more worrisome you become regarding what might transpire during the 21st century.

 

[oldngray]

Underpowered. Where I come from when it comes to personal weaponry if you can't bring down a helicopter with it it isn't worth having.

Don't want any ghetto birds spying on you!

 

[bacha29]

Don't want any ghetto birds spying on you!

I just hope that when they start in earnest to deliver packages using drones they had better make sure they are harder to hit than clay pigeons.

 

[oldngray]

I just hope that when they start in earnest to deliver packages using drones they had better make sure they are harder to hit than clay pigeons.

The tricky part is not damaging the packages when you shoot down the drones.

 

[bacha29]

The tricky part is not damaging the packages when you shoot down the drones.

The drone will have onboard counter measures. Unfortunately people will find their grass trees and shrubs covered with funny looking tin strips.

 

[Mutineer]

It's not a question of winning an argument . Instead the more you read and learn about the events that transpired during the 20th century the more shocked you become and more worrisome you become regarding what might transpire during the 21st century.

I also agree that government and media approved racism and atrocities to be committed against a particular demographic of U.S. citizens is very well on it's way to becoming reality.

They've been saying the 'quiet' things out loud for awhile now.

 

[59 Dano]

How would you have known? You weren't alive to know what they did and did not say.

Because I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever heard or read anyone from that era say that was a motivation for gettin' busy and makin' babies.

It's hilarious that you assume it's true.

 

[bacha29]

Because I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever heard or read anyone from that era say that was a motivation for gettin' busy and makin' babies.

It's hilarious that you assume it's true.

Perhaps.....But there is one thing we know isn't true....and that's everything you say.