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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Schools usually only had one or two TVs available for the entire school. There were no online saving or bill paying services. Cameras had to have actual film and pictures had to be developed after the whole roll of film was ‘exposed’ Research was done at a library using the Dewey decimal system, not a search engine.

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Needs vs. Wants

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A TV in every room. Our parents had TVs (most of them), but typically only one per household. TV was family entertainment and watched as a family. Many homes today have multiple TVs, some have one in pretty much every room. Would you want to live in a one bath 2 bedroom home now with a family of 4 or 5? Multiple vehicles.

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