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Sundanceh said:

I Remember, Kerry
When we stayed with my grandmother, she was way out in the country - and me and my uncle used to pee out in the front yard, right off the porch - those were the days:) There was something so freeing and liberating about that - no one for miles around.

They had an outhouse too - and we drew water from the well - and we all drank from the same dipper - and she had only one light socket and one bulb. We took baths in those metal wash tubs.

And it was all red dirt and rocks and when it rained...and then one year they finally put the black top down on the roads and it made it much easier...the road used to wind for miles until we got to her house.

They had one small living room, small kitchen, and a small bedroom....7-8 of us slept there - it was in the days when you could leave your windows open and smell the fresh country air...and the stars were so bright, 'cause it was so dark out in the country. My grandma locked the door by nailing a pice of wood in the frame and "turning it."

I was a young boy, but my memories of this are still so very vivid - it taught me alot about life - no other child in the family experienced that, so when I talk about it, they roll their eyes - I treasure those days as it gave me an appreciation I would have never had without it.

Oh, and one day, they got a small b&w tv - it got ONE station. For entertainment, we sat out on the porch and waved to the occasional car that would drive by - or someone would come over for a visit. We did something like "talking" back in those days.

Nobody had anything, but we were happy then.

See you, bud

-Craig