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My mother grew up on a farm with steer, chickens etc. It wasn't an easy life - lots of hard work and since she lived during the depression (was a child then) she learned to be very frugal. They canned food, butchered their own meat, had their own milk and eggs so they never went hungry but they didn't have any luxuries. She was always the one to help her dad with the barn/outdoor chores while her 4 sisters helped their mom. We are a very spoiled society now with everything so easy. We have washing machines, and dryers and all kinds of electric appliances. I remember when I was really young my mom still had a ringer washing machine and then hung clothes out on the clothes line on our porch no matter what the weather. I remember the clothes sometimes being frozen stiff in the cold. What joy it was when she finally got a new washing machine and dryer. I was maybe 7 or 8 I think.
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