I was talking to a friend of mine online tonight and we got to talking about when we were young and how different things were then compared to now. It totally convinced me that I live in this day and age.
Here are things we remembered: Living in a cold water flat. That meant that ALL hot water had to be heated on your stove. That included bath water which was poured into a *tub* that was made of metal and hung out on the porch when not in use.
Sweeping rugs with a broom because only rich people could afford a vacuum cleaner. Also hanging out those same rugs (there were only large area rugs in most apartments because the tenant had to supply them if they wanted warmer floors in winter...LOL!) in the summer and beating the dirt out of them.
Washing clothes using a scrub board in the same metal tubs used for bathing. Hanging clothes out on a clothesline even in winter because, of course, most people didn't have such a thing as a clothes dryer. Heck, I remember being thrilled when we got our mangle washer. I can't even begin to tell you how often I got my fingers caught in THAT!
Not having a telephone. If you had one, you always had a party line. That meant if another party was on it when you needed to make a call, you had to wait until they were done before you could place your call.
No television. It was years before our family got a 5-inch round screen television. AND the time that anything was on it was very limited. Usually they all signed off around 10:30pm (after the news). I remember the Star Spangled Banner song that played when the stations signed off. There were only 3 stations then. Children's television shows were limited to shortly after schools got off and there were only a couple of those. Howdy Doody was the most popular.
There were no computers...no cell phones...no video games. No automatic washing machines...no dryers like we have today....no electric typewriters....no special education programs (although most public schools did have a *remedial* class in it for *slow* learners). Even airplane travel was very expensive and beyond most people's pocketbooks.
There is much that our children and grandchildren take for granted today that WE did not when we were children. We have seen incredible things happen in our lifetimes. Men have traveled to and walked on the moon. We have seen the surface of Mars and other distant planets. Things that only were dreams when we were young. Aren't you glad to be alive in this day and age? I know that I am. My life is so much easier now with all these new inventions. I wonder what our great-grandchildren will see in their lifetimes? Space travel as easy as plane travel today? Who knows?
I do know that Chewlee once told me that she hopes one day to go out in space to another world and she wanted me to go with her. She was so crest-fallen when I told her that I didn't think I would be around for that or pass the physical if I was...LOL! What a doll baby she can be. She loves me, I think.
A nice day today. We are getting closer to fall all the time. The Beast finished up the lawn today even so he felt like he accomplished something positive. Hope you have a fantastic weekend. Enjoy the good weather while you can. Winter will be here before you know it.
Love you all. ***Hugs***
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