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Old 01-09-2013, 05:44 AM
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Geri B
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Originally Posted by tulip43 View Post
I watched and was so impressed with the actors and their costumes. Would liked to live back then.
I know this is British, but wife is American.......I wonder if there was income tax in that timeframe......wasn't that how so many more were able to acquire so much more wealth? Have to refresh my history memory............
I too, love the elegance of that era, but would miss some of our "modern" ways of life.........like central heat/a/c, hot running water and more informed medical expertise......but then we too will be looked at in future times as provincial............
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