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Things We No Longer Use

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Who cooks at home anymore, many people eat out. Of course, many times they were for show as well. Typewriters (whiteout). In order to pass the class we had to make at least 45 wpm – on a manual (not an electric) typewriter. When typewriters became unneeded, so did white out. Slide rules.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My standard of living (and most other people’s as well) is much better now that we have all of the conveniences from the past 60 years available. There wasn’t a restaurant on every corner and people didn’t eat out much. Out of season produce, if available at all, was super expensive.

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