There are many reasons for this change in my blogging habits, one is my readers and commenters seem to have abandoned this site, guess they are many reasons for their decisions to do so…

I have not decided on how long to keep “Confabulation” live, but I have an advertiser who has a few more months left for their ad to run and maybe then I will shut it down…

If you would like to keep abreast of me and my goings on at my other blog, drannaks dribbles heres the link…

To all the “Blowneyed” bloggers I have met, I want to thank you for letting me to get to know a little about you, it has kept this old guy enjoying that part of his life as a blogger and makes me feel I am not alone in this world…

What scares me is the US’s doctor is Dr. Jack Kevorkian (aka Obama)…

We should all be concerned with it’s heath care…

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower

The average wage in 1909 was 22 cents per hour.

The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!

Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which

Were condemned in the press AND the government as ’substandard. ‘

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used

Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death were:

1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30!!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn’t been invented yet.

There was no Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn’t read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health’

Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

What brought this to mind was all the brouhaha over what to do with the prisoners at Gito if they get around to closing it. I don’t think for one minute that the Gito detainees would act like the German POWs as they are from two different cuts of cloth.

Most of the German soldiers were not Nazis just German volunteers or draftees who got caught up in A. Hitlers madness as where the Gitmo detainees acted on religious beliefs. They would still want to kill all infidels or unbelievers as preached by their Imams.

WEWOKA — Located in the NYA Building on the fairgrounds on the east side of Wewoka, and also a branch of McAlester, it opened Oct. 11. 1943. About 40 POWs were confined here. Closing date is unknown. There were 3 reported escapes from these camps.

WWII German POW camps in Oklahoma

Update: the news at 10pm said we had over 7 inches of rain…

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