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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:47 AM Original message |
Electricity first appeared in homes in what year? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. WIdespread, probably 1919-1920 |
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jdots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. hey you guys have them electric lights ? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. "Rural Electrification" |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, It's Definitely Before 1920 |
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olddem43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think you are right - I recall that the light bulb was invented |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well, the Electricity House at the 1893 world's fair in Chicago was |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. DId you Google that, or was it stuck in your brain? |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Sadly, it's stuck in my brain |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Hooray for nerdism! |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Can you tell me the history of plumbing? |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I do know that King Minos of Crete had the first flushing toilet |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. In my family |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Wow! The late 20s! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. It was SOP for the neighborhood |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. before 1900 - certaianly |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. nevermind |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. It Depends Where You Live |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. 1956! Damn! |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yep - 1956 |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Commonwealth Edison story: |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Figures the Republicans |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. "And they left the lights on all night." nt |
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claudiajean (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. Edison invented the precursor to the modern light bulb in 1879... |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. My Mom... |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-04 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. There is a house in Texarkana, TX |
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