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Way Back When
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:50 pm
by Janice
Picture this.....
You are living out in the prairie back in 1800. You and your family are ranchers/farmers living way out with neighbors miles away.
What is one thing that you know you would have a hard time dealing with today. Only one.
Me..... bugs in the flour. I am sure they had all kinds of bugs in their flour and meals.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:23 pm
by Kim_in_MN
Only one? I can think of ten or twenty
The outhouse. When my parents bought the house I grew up in (in 1969) it didn't have indoor plumbing; AND they had raised 13 kids in that house.
I don't even camp in places where there is no plumbing any more!
Kim
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:30 pm
by Swimdude
Probably that my mother would've died upon giving me birth...
Woah that's deep.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:31 pm
by Janice
Yes, I am sure a lot of women and babies died back then.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:38 pm
by kevin
Swimdude wrote:Probably that my mother would've died upon giving me birth...
Woah that's deep.
More likely you would have. If not, then soon after.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:41 pm
by Kim_in_MN
Janice wrote:Yes, I am sure a lot of women and babies died back then.
I am definitely thankful for modern OB care after having a c-section with my 11-1, breech son; my dr. did tell me that neither of us probably would have made it in the "olden days" (he looked like he was left over from the olden days ROFL)
Kim
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:03 pm
by CajunMama
Kim_in_MN wrote:Janice wrote:Yes, I am sure a lot of women and babies died back then.
I am definitely thankful for modern OB care after having a c-section with my 11-1, breech son; my dr. did tell me that neither of us probably would have made it in the "olden days" (he looked like he was left over from the olden days ROFL)
Kim
I'm sure there were many that died but look at what the women had going for them...they walked everywhere and probably ate healthier. None of the modern conveniences of junk food!
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:55 am
by Cookiely
Water in the house. Hot water in the house. Let me tell you that well water is extremely cold to bathe with. I can just imagine what it was like to wash clothes in the winter using well water.
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:45 am
by george_r_1961
No internet
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:22 am
by GalvestonDuck
I was born 3 months early...during a blizzard. I probably wouldn't have made it back then. But if I had, I would have had a hard time dealing with the heat. I love A/C!