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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

riding lawn mowers, garage door openers and many, many more things we take for granted today. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. There were no garage door openers. There was no internet.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My Mom grew up in St. Of course, later on I did get some really nice real dolls from my St Louis Aunts. I ended up freeze drying them in the garage! In my Grandparents time, none of the neighbors had electricity, indoor plumbing or central heat. We would feel very poor if we couldn’t jump in that hot steamy shower.

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