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(26,117 posts)We walked or rode bikes everywhere. We did have a city bus to go downtown. Our 10-person family had 2 cars (for dad & the kids who could drive). My mom didn't learn to drive until the mid 1980s.
My mom used cloth diapers for all the kids in my family (probably till about 1970ish).
We wore hand-me-down clothes (many home-made in the first place). I got my first pair of new denim jeans in 6th grade (1977).
My mom always stirred & mixed everything by hand in the kitchen. We did have a blender - great for milkshakes.
We had one tv - and didn't get a color tv until after 1980.
Everyone in my school used brown paper bags to make book covers - they were personalized and really cool. I may even still have one or two in my attic with my old school stuff.
As for a "horseshit story" - I read it as more generalizing about how things were done, not a literal description of how it was for everyone.