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Originally Posted by unboggling
Ah, de good ol' days.
Yep, ya snivelin' youngers pro'bly warn't aborned yet, in de good ol' days, when ya had ta walk ta school or de coal mine barefoot in de snow, o'er hill an' dale, in de boilin hot sun, wit a t'ing called paper weighin ya down. Bind paper wit glue, an' ya got a book. Yep, books usta be made outta paper, I'm tellin ya, swear it be true. Yep, an' hoss hoof too. An' skin. Books twar hefty, good fer buildin muscles, ifn ya didn't have no mule ta haul 'em.
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I am probably one of the few who actually went to a one room school with no running water, a wood stove at the back (in front of the only door so a real fire hazard), his and her outhouses, a wood shed and a well and bucket (the well water was tainted so a bit of bleach was added to each bucket to purify it)
That was in the early 60s in Ontario Canada and only 30 miles from the nations capital lol.
Hard to believe someone who started out in a school like that would end up working in computers isn't it.