Reply #18: Four years ago

[xmas74]

I lived way out in the country w/ my daughter. We didn't have a washer or dryer (clothesline and yes, I had an actual old washboard-couldn't afford to buy a washer and it cost too much to drive into town to wash clothes), no microwave, no phone (except for a prepaid cell that I kept exactly the minimum amount on in case I had to call for an emergency. I made no calls on it and only used it as a message phone because it was demanded of me at work.), no cable or satellite, no computer, no video games, an old black and white that I found at a garage sale for $1, an antenna that I found dumped on the side of the road, no vcr or dvd player, etc. We had a window unit air conditioner that we used in one room-all I could afford.

Sometimes I miss it but I also know that it really sucked at times.