We had a Maytag wringer washer when I was a kid, I helped mother all summer and on Sat. if she didn't get through washing through the week. I got my thumb caught in the wringer once and man did that ever hurt. Mother would use three tubs for rinseing the clothes and one usually had blueing in it. I remember washing my hair every Sat. and would rinse it with vinegar. I had really long hair and used the old metal long curlers similar to old perm rods, with rubber tips. I still have mine and my daughter thinks they are cool. She is a consmotologist. She never had to sleep on them every Sat. night. We bathed every day in a big tub in the kitchen before we had a shower put in. I used the out door privy when I visited an Aunt and Uncle, until I was about in the 8th grade, before they got indoor plumbing. We usually visted them in the summer, so I didn't have a problem with the cold. I really hated to go at night too, they lived on a ranch and there were no houses around but a lot of wooded area. I wasn't afraid of anything but snakes. I always worried that one might be in the outhouse. They also had oil lamps that hung from the ceiling for their lighting, and oil lamps in every room.We lived in town so always had electricity.
We would play all day in the neighborhood only went home to eat and when it got dark. We never had a problem, girls and boys played together, baseball, cowboys & indians, army, you name it we had a ball. Now I would be afraid to let little ones out without a parent unless they were in a well guarded fenced yard with a very good watch dog, in some places. I live in a small town now, and kids do get to have fun playing in the neighborhood, but they mostly stay in and watch tv. or play video games. They have no idea what they are missing. My how times have changed in the last 50 - 60 years. How nice to go back down memory lane.