More smoking, less sunscreen and old-fashioned haircuts – did people in the past really used to look older, or do we just equate the fashions of the past with age instead of youth?
    • octobob
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      1 year ago

      I still have lead lines servicing my home.

      The city said they eventually want to replace all of them by like 2040 but mine come up on a trail through the woods. So we’ll see.

      What’s really kinda funny is that water from lead lines tastes better than copper. It’s why kids eating lead paint is a problem. Because it tastes pretty good

      • twistedtxb@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Same here! My home tubing is 100% copper but the city pipes contains lead.

        They have provided me with a free Brita until it’s fixed, probably by 2040 as well…

        • octobob
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s nice. I should probably get a filter.

          What really sketches me out is my 100+ year old terracotta sewer line 😬

  • deadcatbounce@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Have a look at life expectancy in those era’s.

    Here in the UK the pension age was set at 65 because relatively few people got to 65 at the time.