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Things We No Longer Use

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Who cooks at home anymore, many people eat out. 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. Be careful where you spend your money! Slide rules. Mimeograph machines.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!), Out of season produce, if available at all, was super expensive.

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