Originally Posted by
Rodney
It seems most labor saving devices really don't save labor. The time they save is either spent making more of the same thing in the same amount of time or spent doing a different chore. The life of leisure never really comes about.
Rodney
I understand your concept, Rodney. A farmer has a mule and manages to farm 40 acres. He gets a tractor and can then increase his acreage dramatically and possibly spends the same amount of time working his fields. There is no comparison in the toll it takes on his body between working behind a mule and riding on a mechanized tractor. The same can be said about the difference between a scrub board and a powered washing machine.