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Posted by SUPRDUD on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 00:18:25 :
In Reply to: Follow up on the story posted by copey on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 17:40:41 :
I agree. Youngsters like me at 42 really don't know how easy we have it. Too young for the Great Depression but the stories are heard by me. The farm crash of the 80's was bad but not even comparable.
My Uncle tells me of when he was a teenager that usually if he and his friends got a piece of bread and some jam for a snack when they got together, it was a good treat.
The consumer crap driven culture of today would have a hard time even thinking of such a thing. Not to mention the hard work of milking cows, raising pigs, chickens, hay, hand picking crops, etc., and all the other hard labor.
One more generation earlier, heading out into the prarie with a wagon to start a new life. Heck, not even getting to take the PW for the adventure.............
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