Sounds a lot like my early years, JD D. My dad bought this farm in 1953....no hydro phone etc. I was the third child, arriving in 1954. Hydro was installed then along with the old crank phone...81R15 two longs two shorts was the ring. Pressurised water system came in 1958, we used a windmill til then. My mom would heat a large tub of water on the wood stove for me and my 2 brothers to bathe. Outhouse was used til 1962, hot water heater in 1964, rotary dial phone in 1966. The house was heated with wood or coal, my dad would take the hood of his Oliver 70, invert it and used that as a chute to slide the coal into the basement...2 or 3 tons on a truck load. One room school, 20 some kids, and our 5 foot 2 teacher was not afraid to use the strap on some of the 14 or 15 year old kids who were 6 inches taller and 60 pounds heavier than her! Funny, I can't think of any of my classmates ever getting into trouble with the law...
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