My grandfather was born in 1898 and my grandmother in 1908 and even though I was born in 1963 they lived without most modern conveniences. A coal heat stove and a wood cook stove, an outhouse and thunder mug under the bed, no running water, a wringer and washboard for laundry, chickens, pigs a garden and a lot of canning and sewing. Their motto was, "why would I
Need that? I never had it before."
@maggiemae when I was born, both of my mother's grandmothers were still alive and they had both been born in 1875. Plus both of her parents came from large families so there were a lot of great aunts and uncles for me
