Country images you don't see much anymore

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Nice! My grandmother in WV had a phone like that, but not as fancy as that one. It really worked. You cranked the crank to dial out. I think the number of complete rotations determined who you were calling. I was too little to use it, just listened. :)

Whoops! We posted at the same time. I was referring to the first video.
 
Meanderer said:
I think you rang the Operator, and they connected you.
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I didn't know that! Thought it was more primitive. Now I'm wondering who the operator was, and where they were located, and how far away could they be in miles. Every answer seems to always generate more questions.
 
NancyNGA said:
I didn't know that! Thought it was more primitive. Now I'm wondering who the operator was, and where they were located, and how far away could they be in miles. Every answer seems to always generate more questions.
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Why it was the lady who knew everybody's business, of course!:D
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Water wheel powered mills

If a country road passes over a small stream here in north Georgia, you are likely to find remnants of an old abandoned grist mill nearby, if you look hard enough. Most of them were not this large though.

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Aunt Bea said:
...it was a real right of passage moment when the grownups decided you were old enough and responsible enough to go burn the trash!
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Yes!

We always had one too. Probably having 50 million of them all burning at the same time now wouldn't be a good thing.

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We used one for many years, but they are frowned upon now. I have a smaller, 30 gallon one that I use occasionally in place of a shredder.
 
Aunt Bea said:
We had a burn barrel when I was a kid, it was a real right of passage moment when the grownups decided you were old enough and responsible enough to go burn the trash!
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Yes, we had them too. One big no-no was to burn when the neighbor had wash on the line. That was one of those unwritten courtesies.
 

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