Subsistence living examples from some of you older ones in days gone by

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32. We canned fruits and vegetables

and I must say it's a hot job since air conditioning was rare in those days. We made jellies, jams, and apple butter. We sewed most of our clothing. There was very little disposable stuff. Napkins were cloth. We used handkerchiefs, not kleenex. We used dish "rags" instead of paper towels. Coffee was made in a percolator and didn't require coffee filters. Sandwiches didn't go in Ziploc bags, we wrapped them in waxed paper (and I still remember how to do it to keep them fresh).

Life was a lot more work in those days. Most women didn't work outside the home. My mother was one of the few in our community that did.

Oh, and TVs (if one was lucky enough to have one) were about the size of a laptop computer screen and there were only three channels where we were. CBS, NBC, and an independent station that was only viewable part of the time. Rabbit ears had to be adjusted for the different channels. But gosh, we did love our televisions.