in 1319167 20061004 031847 Larry Blanchard wrote:


BTW, the population hit 150,000,000 when I was in grade school. So it's
doubled in less than 65 years. Ouch!

The UK population has supposedly increased only 50% since 1911 (from 40 to 60m).
I find this very hard to believe when looking at old photographs of quiet towns and
villages, empty roads etc