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The far and distant past

Posted by Mac Hardy on 7/6/2025, 9:49 am

How did people survive, no tools for cutting wood, hammers, nails or screws, no running water, no money as we know it, no jobs or shops, must have been terrible hard life’s, how on earth did they cope ?

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by Liz Dance on 7/6/2025, 10:24 am, in reply to "The far and distant past"

I guess they just got on with life, they didn’t really have much choice, we do take things for granted though.

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by ricky on 7/6/2025, 11:18 am, in reply to "The far and distant past"

Yes, it makes you wonder Mac, but how would folk survive without their damn mobile phones nowadays? Some have phones virtually glued to their hand and keep checking there screen every 3 seconds wondering if they've missed "tweet" or if "Facebook" is still on line. Crazy.

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by Norman on 7/6/2025, 11:43 am, in reply to "Re: The far and distant past"

We watched a Dan Snow documentary about 'The Lost City' of Machu Picchu on Ch5 the other night and thought 'How did the Inca's dig out, move , carve & erect those massive stones?
They and the ancient Egyptians were creating buildings and Pyramids that we couldnt do today unless we had modern machines.
How did they do it? the walls were so precise they didnt need any mortar & you couldnt slide a sheet of paper between the joins.
Will we ever know?

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by Sheila on 7/6/2025, 3:31 pm, in reply to "Re: The far and distant past"

Whoever invented the wheel must have help a lot. 🤔

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by Mac Hardy on 7/6/2025, 12:40 pm, in reply to "Re: The far and distant past"

It amazes me the number of phone zombies, walking into people, walking across roads without looking and even worse when they have children in pushchairs which they push in front of them without stopping for any traffic, seen a few near misses.

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by Stan Wears on 7/6/2025, 12:52 pm, in reply to "Re: The far and distant past"

How right Mac. I've had a few near misses at crossings pushchair on road, mammy on pavement on the mobile! Toot the horn and you get some nasty gestures...

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by Anne on 8/6/2025, 2:11 am, in reply to "Re: The far and distant past"

I think that years and years ago, people worked very closely together, helping each other in every day life, especially farming, building their homes etc, maybe even sharing work animals, how else could they possibley have managed.

Re: The far and distant past

Posted by Colin Thompson on 8/6/2025, 2:33 pm, in reply to "The far and distant past"

Are you talking about Sunderland Mac

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