Yes, I remember every household in our family had a sewing machine.......and as I grew up I just presumed it was one of the appliances one buys when setting up housekeeping......
Just went to ebay to see how many featherweights are being offered....well there is a boatload of them...some bids are very low and some bids are VERY high..wonder what why the discrepency....age of machine I guess.....I did bid on one just to see how high it will end up. I really don't want one personally...just me.......have enough with three sewing machines...can only sew on one at a time.....I guess they can be as addicting as a tv in every room.......