+1^^^^^ Not crazy about the idea of returning to a time when a broken bone or abscessed tooth could be life threatening, not to mention surviving from birth to 3 years was problematic. While it would be nice to return to a time when we were a Republic and not a democracy, I'll stay here, thank you very much.
I shoulda lived in the late 1800's!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+1^^^^^ Not crazy about the idea of returning to a time when a broken bone or abscessed tooth could be life threatening, not to mention surviving from birth to 3 years was problematic. While it would be nice to return to a time when we were a Republic and not a democracy, I'll stay here, thank you very much.
I have often thought about that.
I think I would have made a decent Viking or Pirate too.
I think I would have made a decent Viking or Pirate too.
Hi:
I was born in the late 1930s and grew up in the 1940-1950 era.
We lived in a low income rural area. Living in a board shack no electricity, running water, or telephone. Water was from a pitcher pump, lighting from oil lamps, heat from a stone fireplace, cooking from a wood stove, bathing from a tin tub on the back porch, and toilet was a outhouse (paper from a Sears-Roebuck catalog). Walked a mile to the school bus stop to ride to school 15 miles away. At the country school heat was from wood heaters in each class room. Grades 1 though 12. Shopping was on Saturdays at a small town 20 miles away. Every one worked at the mines and farmed. During WWII children and old men were the only people in the area as the men were away in the armed services and the women worked in the defense factories and ship yards. Evening were spent around the battery operated radios listening to the war news.
Jimmy is happy in the era he is living in now.
I was born in the late 1930s and grew up in the 1940-1950 era.
We lived in a low income rural area. Living in a board shack no electricity, running water, or telephone. Water was from a pitcher pump, lighting from oil lamps, heat from a stone fireplace, cooking from a wood stove, bathing from a tin tub on the back porch, and toilet was a outhouse (paper from a Sears-Roebuck catalog). Walked a mile to the school bus stop to ride to school 15 miles away. At the country school heat was from wood heaters in each class room. Grades 1 though 12. Shopping was on Saturdays at a small town 20 miles away. Every one worked at the mines and farmed. During WWII children and old men were the only people in the area as the men were away in the armed services and the women worked in the defense factories and ship yards. Evening were spent around the battery operated radios listening to the war news.
Jimmy is happy in the era he is living in now.
No electricity, means no refrigeration, no A/C, no recorded music, no communication outside of shouting distance.
Men worked in the fields, took care of animals, and chopped wood. Women worked in the house building fire, preparing food and making clothes. That's what you did from dawn til dusk. Living was a full time job. You worked hard, no holidays, no weekends, no money. A feast would be a meat, a starch, and a vegetable. A meal would be a starch. No hobbies, no leisure time, no entertainment. You worked, you ate, you slept, you survived. Have you noticed how somber folks look in old photos. That's because they didn't have much to smile about. No S&W forum, who wants that?
Men worked in the fields, took care of animals, and chopped wood. Women worked in the house building fire, preparing food and making clothes. That's what you did from dawn til dusk. Living was a full time job. You worked hard, no holidays, no weekends, no money. A feast would be a meat, a starch, and a vegetable. A meal would be a starch. No hobbies, no leisure time, no entertainment. You worked, you ate, you slept, you survived. Have you noticed how somber folks look in old photos. That's because they didn't have much to smile about. No S&W forum, who wants that?
jaykellogg
Absent Comrade
It is fun to imagine what life would be like in an earlier time. Let's see the 1880's, no automobiles, all transportation was horses, mules and some oxen. The "exhaust" from these creatures lay in the street and smelled. In fact, the whole area had a particular "air" about it.
I kind of like the era just before JFK was killed, but I am a white man. If I were of African descent I would not like that era so much.
I am fortunate that my 93 year old father is still alive. When I hear his stories of growing up I am impressed by what he lived through. In 1934 Grandpa was making $20 a week and Dad was 14. Dad worked as a night clerk in a motel and made the princely sum $10 a week. Dad was allowed to spend his money as he wished, but some was always paid to the grocer's so the bill never got to $20 and then the family would be cut off. In addition to working as a night clerk, Dad mowed lawns, worked around the auto dealership where my Grandfather worked and made homemade doorstops which he sold through a local retailer.
I kind of like the era just before JFK was killed, but I am a white man. If I were of African descent I would not like that era so much.
I am fortunate that my 93 year old father is still alive. When I hear his stories of growing up I am impressed by what he lived through. In 1934 Grandpa was making $20 a week and Dad was 14. Dad worked as a night clerk in a motel and made the princely sum $10 a week. Dad was allowed to spend his money as he wished, but some was always paid to the grocer's so the bill never got to $20 and then the family would be cut off. In addition to working as a night clerk, Dad mowed lawns, worked around the auto dealership where my Grandfather worked and made homemade doorstops which he sold through a local retailer.
Arik
Member
The only thong I can't live without is the one my sweetie wears. (At 60, she still looks good in it.)
ChuckS1
US Veteran
Hmmm, I know a bunch of teenagers I wish were cowboys/cowgirls...
But seriously, we're looking at this knowing what we know today. If you lived back then and didn't know you were missing out on our modern stuff, then it wouldn't be as bad.
Like these people who don't believe in vaccines. Yeah, lets bring back the good old days. Smallpox, polio, TB.....
amazingflapjack
US Veteran
I have a copy of the Frederick Remington's bronze, "Mountain Man" and it tells a very descriptive tale about the existence these individuals lead. One of the things that Feral pointed out is very obvious-no body fat/all muscle and sinew; horse and rider!
THE PILGRIM
Member
We still got places here in NM that only recently got daylight. You can still get off the grid and off the map. Lots of the folks who move to these locales do want to get away from so called civilization.
