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Old 01-21-2024, 06:52 PM
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1950s, Northern MN...

- Banking the house with snow to help keep it warm in winter;
- Making our own ham and sausage;
- One-room schoolhouse;
- Ice 1/2" or so thick on the bottom INSIDE of the windows in winter;
- Sawing and splitting wood by hand for winter heating;
- Hand-cranked telephone on the wall;
- Growing enough potatoes in summer to feed a family of seven all year;
- Mom and Sister making most of our "school" clothes by hand;
- Hitch-Hiking 20 miles home after school football practice;
- 17" Black-and-White TV that got ONE station...sometimes.

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