Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing

-“BB”-

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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
  7. Indoor plumbing
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
  7. Indoor plumbing
  8. Fireplace with a chimney
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
  7. Indoor plumbing
  8. Fireplace with a chimney
  9. Sliced bread

The greatest thing since… well, you know.

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Which, of course, causes one to wonder just what was the greatest thing b̲e̲f̲o̲r̲e̲ sliced bread?

to continue…

Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
  7. Indoor plumbing
  8. Fireplace with a chimney
  9. Sliced bread
  10. Toothpicks

People would carry their own, usually a simple sliver of wood, while the elite might ostentatiously display their wealth by having theirs made of materials as porcupine quills, ivory, amber, or jewel-embellished metals such as silver or gold.

-“BB”-

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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
  7. Indoor plumbing
  8. Fireplace with a chimney
  9. Sliced bread
  10. Toothpicks
  11. Nylon stockings
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
  7. Indoor plumbing
  8. Fireplace with a chimney
  9. Sliced bread
  10. Toothpicks
  11. Nylon stockings
  12. Silk stockings
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Considered luxuries in previous centuries

  1. Pepper
  2. Oranges
  3. Bathing
  4. Chocolate
  5. Drinkable water
  6. drinking glasses
  7. Indoor plumbing
  8. Fireplace with a chimney
  9. Sliced bread
  10. Toothpicks
  11. Nylon stockings
  12. Silk stockings
  13. Skilled dentistry

Next up:

Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
  7. Your next door neighbors mysteriously and suddenly vanish after a midnight knock on the door
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Clues that you’re living in a police state

  1. Giant posters of the Dear Leader up everywhere
  2. Dear Leader has been in power for forty years
  3. You’ve been waiting for a new apartment for 'way too long
  4. Your election ballot has only one name on it
  5. You’ve spent the last two years living in a ‘reeducation camp’ after criticizing Dear Leader
  6. Only five TV channels, and four of them are static
  7. Your next door neighbors mysteriously and suddenly vanish after a midnight knock on the door
  8. Your relatives are spying on you, recruited by the secret police

I still remember hearing after the fall of the Berlin Wall that loads of Staasi files documenting this were found