For those "youngsters" out there from us over 40
The first year or so I can remember (about 4) our house had running water to ONE poor sink in the kitchen, no bathroom and no toilet Yup. "outhouse." Dad and Gramps added to the house before I was 6 (when we moved out) and put in a bath, sewer, and better kitchen.
My Mom's parents did not have bathroom, toilet, or even running water until I was 12 or 13, ditto the refrigerator, they had an ICEBOX
My Great Uncle came to live out his life with them and had enough money from the sale of his farm, he paid for an addition to the house, a bathroom, and a deep well. My Mom, Dad, and her sister and husband bought Gramma and Grampa a refrigerator for Christmas the same year.
We burned wood, put in a coal furnace when I was in Jr. Hi school, Dad put in oil head after I went to the Navy in 68, and later, natural gas. So that old chimney has had a LOT of different fuels through it.
Our tractor through much of my growin' up was an old "Farmall Regular" with electric start, hydraulic blade, and a "buzz saw rig" all added by my Dad
These photos were taken in 2002, STILL RUNNING!!! shortly before we sold the old girl. The hydraulics have been removed, and the flywheel ring was stripped, I had to hand crank 'er, just like when she was born about 1928
The first year or so I can remember (about 4) our house had running water to ONE poor sink in the kitchen, no bathroom and no toilet Yup. "outhouse." Dad and Gramps added to the house before I was 6 (when we moved out) and put in a bath, sewer, and better kitchen.
My Mom's parents did not have bathroom, toilet, or even running water until I was 12 or 13, ditto the refrigerator, they had an ICEBOX
My Great Uncle came to live out his life with them and had enough money from the sale of his farm, he paid for an addition to the house, a bathroom, and a deep well. My Mom, Dad, and her sister and husband bought Gramma and Grampa a refrigerator for Christmas the same year.
We burned wood, put in a coal furnace when I was in Jr. Hi school, Dad put in oil head after I went to the Navy in 68, and later, natural gas. So that old chimney has had a LOT of different fuels through it.
Our tractor through much of my growin' up was an old "Farmall Regular" with electric start, hydraulic blade, and a "buzz saw rig" all added by my Dad
These photos were taken in 2002, STILL RUNNING!!! shortly before we sold the old girl. The hydraulics have been removed, and the flywheel ring was stripped, I had to hand crank 'er, just like when she was born about 1928
