WEIRD stuff from the golden era

[Vintage lover]

I personally maintain that some of the weirdest things have come from the fitness industry:

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[Story]

The owner of this apartment, Mrs. De Florian left Paris just before the rumblings of World War II broke out in Europe. She closed up her shutters and left for the South of France, never to return to the city again. Seven decades later she passed away at the age of 91. It was only when her heirs enlisted professionals to make an inventory of the Parisian apartment she left behind, that this time capsule was finally unlocked.

http://www.messynessychic.com/2012/0...ule-apartment/

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[Stanley Doble]

How about the "Miracle Chemical"s like FREON from the DuPont company. Previously refridgerants fell into three categories. 1. Flammable 2. Toxic and 3. Both Then came FREON. The wonder chemical. Niether toxic nor flammable. Supposedly it was first demonstrated with a salesman or representative of DuPont inhaling a lungful and blowing out a candle with it.

Matt

Thomas Midgley the inventor of Freon did this demonstration hundreds of times. He is also the inventor of leaded gas. Old Thomas has a lot to answer for.

[BigFitz]

I always assumed that was to protect those on the very edge of the blast radius. It would protect you from small shrapnel. But since you don't know who's going to end up on the edge, everybody does it.

Exactly.

[SHOWSOMECLASS]

To maintain peace the countries of Europe allied for mutual protection. WWI started w/ the assassination of a ARCH DUKE not a King or Prince.
Solution is: the culprit goes to prison or is executed.
Done.

[Stanley Doble]

To maintain peace the countries of Europe allied for mutual protection. WWI started w/ the assassination of a ARCH DUKE not a King or Prince.
Solution is: the culprit goes to prison or is executed.
Done.

The culprit, Gavrilo Prinzip did go to prison where he died in 1918. This was not good enough for certain highly placed persons who were spoiling for a fight. They got it and 20,000,000 died.

[LizzieMaine]

If World War I Was A Bar Fight

[Stanley Doble]

"There were a lot of really bogus medical procedures still perpetrated in the 50's, comparable to blood letting and the use of mercury as an antiseptic."

"There were a lot of really bogus medical procedures still perpetrated in the 2010's, comparable to blood letting and the use of mercury as an antiseptic."

There fixed it for you. A lot of very smart medical people know now that certain drugs like statins and anti depressants are much more dangerous than commonly believed and in many cases do more harm than good. This is not new, it seems every year drugs are taken off the market and medical procedures go out of use when they discover they are harmful, usually after a few hundred or a few thousand patients are killed.

I used to have absolute faith in the medical profession but the more I have to do with them, the more leery I get. I wouldn't go so far as to refuse all treatment at their hands but I do a lot more to educate myself than I used to.

[V.C. Brunswick]

"There were a lot of really bogus medical procedures still perpetrated in the 50's, comparable to blood letting and the use of mercury as an antiseptic."

"There were a lot of really bogus medical procedures still perpetrated in the 2010's, comparable to blood letting and the use of mercury as an antiseptic."

There fixed it for you. A lot of very smart medical people know now that certain drugs like statins and anti depressants are much more dangerous than commonly believed and in many cases do more harm than good. This is not new, it seems every year drugs are taken off the market and medical procedures go out of use when they discover they are harmful, usually after a few hundred or a few thousand patients are killed.

I used to have absolute faith in the medical profession but the more I have to do with them, the more leery I get. I wouldn't go so far as to refuse all treatment at their hands but I do a lot more to educate myself than I used to.

Which explains why a doctor "practices" medicine.

[Carl Miller]

If World War I Was A Bar Fight

That is funny.