Reply #10: Me too [View All]

[SeattleGirl]

Except I was 5. Lived in Arkansas, had an outhouse, went indoors in a bucket during the night. Damned near killed myself one night by taking in too much of the junk they put in the indoor pots. Bathed in an aluminum tub in the yard in the summer, indoors in the winter. Had a handpump in the kitchen (modern by the standards of the time). Mom had a hand wringer washing machine. Learned to draw water from a well, churn butter and ice cream, milk the cows, fish, cook squirrel and possum. Sounds primitive, but I know that if I were in a situation where all power was cut off, I'd know how to survive! Sometimes, living the "poor life" can have its benefits!
B-)