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From: "Max Evans" <>
Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Re: Inventions I wish my ancestors had had
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 14:39:31 -0600
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When I was a kid growing up in Oregon County, we got really excited when mom
got a new electric range in the spring of 1948. You see getting up wood was
an never ending chore for boys. One of the things we didn't count on was
that the range didn't put out any heat so dad had to put the wood stove back
up in the kitchen that winter. But carrying or pumping water, trying to keep
milk and meat from spoiling in the summer and cutting wood were big time
jobs. That thermostat on the wall is a neat thing to have, not to mention an
automatic ice maker.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lanita Sconce Miller" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 12:19 PM
Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Re: Inventions I wish my ancestors had had


> I can't make up my mind besides medicine and indoor plumbing, what I
> wish my ancestors had had..
>
> PHONES/COMPUTERS/DIGITAL CAMERAS.... so many family members moved away
> and they never saw them again. Mail was so slow. I am a great aunt as
> of Friday, and already have seen pictures of the little one. Can't
> imagine saying goodbye to an offspring 'going west' knowing that
> chances are I will never see them again...
>
> OUR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.... who wants to walk that many miles to
> town to get the mail or go to their job?
>
> OUR COOKING STOVES [Matches and lighters too].... watching SURVIVOR,
> makes one appreciate matches and lighters for the needed fire... how on
> earth those women did all their chores, and still had time to cook FROM
> SCRATCH and build and watch the fire at the same time.... no wonder
> they went to bed early!!
>
> What have you all thought of?
>
>
>
> Lanita
> www.lanitasloft.com
> Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!
>
>
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