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« on: March 20, 2023, 03:38:10 pm »I took a class on German History in high school and the teacher was "absolutely certain" that Germany would never again be united.
I took a class on German History in high school and the teacher was "absolutely certain" that Germany would never again be united.
Posted by: squarecutter
« on: March 20, 2023, 08:56:11 am »Berlin wall went up the year I was born and came down 28 years later. Amazing the impact it had in such a short period of time
Posted by: Zac
« on: March 20, 2023, 07:35:02 am »[A water pump? A well? You were lucky. When I was a boy we had to walk ten miles and back every morning before school to fetch water from the nearest lake.
Trees? You were lucky. When I was a boy we had to plant our own tree and wait for it to grow before we could pee.
Three to a bed? You were lucky. When I was a boy we had to sleep on the ground outside in the snow.
You had a washtub? You were lucky. When I was a boy....
Luxury!
Posted by: Emlyn Morgan
« on: March 20, 2023, 02:46:13 am »
I remember when... You were lucky to have running water inside your house. If I remember correctly, we didn't get water to the house until the mid 1960's. It was still from a well, with an electric pump. Toilets were outside in a house to themselves. Some were lucky and had two holers. Ours only had one hole. But mostly us boys used a tree. I remember three to a bed. Taking a bath in a number ten wash tub out in the backyard. Yes in 1960. 1960 wasn't very modern. Oh! And this was in the Capital City of Indiana.
A water pump? A well? You were lucky. When I was a boy we had to walk ten miles and back every morning before school to fetch water from the nearest lake.
Trees? You were lucky. When I was a boy we had to plant our own tree and wait for it to grow before we could pee.
Three to a bed? You were lucky. When I was a boy we had to sleep on the ground outside in the snow.
You had a washtub? You were lucky. When I was a boy....
Posted by: Zac
« on: March 19, 2023, 08:17:46 pm »The Berlin Wall has now been down for longer than it was up.
Posted by: Zyngaru
« on: March 19, 2023, 05:55:45 pm »Ah, yes. 1960. I remember it well. I remember when Berlin was all fields.
I remember when no one had a television or a telephone. You were lucky to have running water inside your house. If I remember correctly, we didn't get water to the house until the mid 1960's. It was still from a well, with an electric pump. Toilets were outside in a house to themselves. Some were lucky and had two holers. Ours only had one hole. But mostly us boys used a tree. I remember three to a bed. Taking a bath in a number ten wash tub out in the backyard. Yes in 1960. 1960 wasn't very modern. Oh! And this was in the Capital City of Indiana.
Posted by: Emlyn Morgan
« on: March 19, 2023, 05:39:55 am »Ah, yes. 1960. I remember it well. I remember when Berlin was all fields. 
Posted by: stevieweeks
« on: March 18, 2023, 01:43:33 pm »You know you're old when a adult You Tuber explains East and West Germany and the Berlin Wall along with pictures of Checkpoint Charlie in terms that make it clear that this is ancient history... 