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Hey, Jim, my kids and I lived like that in northern Wisconsin only 30 years ago in the  1970s.

 

chris

Jim Holland <lanconn@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 150 years? I'm 63. Until I was about 10, my grandfather had no electricity
> other than a single light bulb from the ceiling on a cord in two rooms,(no
> plugs)water was a hand pump on the back porch, and my grandmother cooked on
> a wood stove. I still fondly remember the taste of sugar syrup and biscuits
> made with lard and cold left-over fried flounder and hot grits for
> breakfast. The bathroom was a privy out back and we bathed in a "tin tub" in
> front of the fireplace with water heated on the stove. That was only about
> FIFTY years ago.
>
> Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara McCrary
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:22 PM
> To: Diane Trefethen; Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] Cloning horse
>
> AHHH......a
>  voice of reason. My only argument to Diane's philosophic 
> discussion is this: We are incredibly better off than we were 150 years 
> ago, much less 5,000. 
>
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