Whew...I'm just not allowed to tell my age. Wolfkitty, I think some of it has more to do with how much money folks had than age. For example, I am 45 but my grandmother was very poor so I remember, wringer washers, peddle sewing machines, filling the big metal tub outside EARLY on summer days so that the well water would be warm from the sun come time for my evening bath (you did NOT want to have to bathe in water straight from the well!). She even had a party line when I was little....the phone would make a buzzz sound and several ladies would all pick up...LOL. Truth is, those were some of my GREATEST memories!