I can’t stop thinking about how hard life would have been back then. Laundry took three days every single week to do...and that was just the under clothes. All the outer clothes just got “brushed.” The oven had three temperatures: cold hand, warm hand, and hot hand and you figured it out by (surprise!) sticking your hand in the oven. The toilet was in the backyard (but it was a flush toilet). Bakers and butchers came to the door everyday selling goods because everything went bad really quickly. Keeping chickens was popular because eggs were so expensive. You washed your hair with the same soap you washed your dishes with. I would compare it to camping—inside your house.
Can you believe how much has been invented in the last 100 years? Let me just say (in Kip’s words) I love technology.
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Thank heavens for dishwashers, washing machines, and pants on women...great idea for an FHE. Rob and I will steal it or rather just borrow it.
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