Re: Greetings, Aged One.

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>After getting up at 3:30 in the morning to slop the hogs, feed and
>milk the cows, collect the eggs, bring in the firewood and start the
>fire, break through the ice around the spring to get water and haul it
>back up to the house.	*Then* we walked ten miles to school, barefoot,
>through snow that was chin deep--on a tall giraffe--and it was uphill
>both ways.  And we were grateful to have the chance!

You got FIRE???  You were SO privileged!

Next thing you know, you'll tell me you got loose-leaf notebooks as
weapons 
against bears!