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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 733874" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I'm also certain it's regional. We were rural, on a family farm. We had a party line for a number of years. But there was also an outhouse that wasn't too terribly old way out back of the house! No idea how old, but it was still standing and serviceable, so there had been time in the last couple of decades that there had been no toilet in my house. We moved there in 1968. My parents were married in 1947 and I know they had no electric. My mom talked about the wood cook stove and a propane fridge. That was in Northern California, near Shasta. </p><p></p><p>What I find kind of amusing is the whole "homesteading/off-grid" craze now. People are choosing to live like it's 1900. I personally like my conveniences. I CAN live like that...I know how...but I do like hot water on demand. LOL Even our little hunting cabin I plan to fit with a good rain-water catch system and rig a hot shower somehow!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 733874, member: 17309"] I'm also certain it's regional. We were rural, on a family farm. We had a party line for a number of years. But there was also an outhouse that wasn't too terribly old way out back of the house! No idea how old, but it was still standing and serviceable, so there had been time in the last couple of decades that there had been no toilet in my house. We moved there in 1968. My parents were married in 1947 and I know they had no electric. My mom talked about the wood cook stove and a propane fridge. That was in Northern California, near Shasta. What I find kind of amusing is the whole "homesteading/off-grid" craze now. People are choosing to live like it's 1900. I personally like my conveniences. I CAN live like that...I know how...but I do like hot water on demand. LOL Even our little hunting cabin I plan to fit with a good rain-water catch system and rig a hot shower somehow! [/QUOTE]
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