You Know You Are Old When
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You're going to have to help me, with that one. I guess I'm not that old!
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Always just knelt down never had a stool to work with.
BnRidge
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When they put electric in on the farm, there were no outlets, just lights. And a line run for the cloths washer and one to the vacuum pump for the milkers. 1942.
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Weird! GE had a working toaster by 1909... you'd think someone would want an outlet for that, alone!
The venerable KitchenAid mixer that everyone's mother owned was on the market by 1919, and the first electric clothes iron beat that by almost 40 years (1882), although they weren't really popular or commonly found until the 1920's.
The older part of my house (1770's addition) was originally wired in two large circuits that covered the whole house. Most of our lighting and living room outlets still run on one of those ancient 15A circuits, which forever frustrates my wife, given most modern clothes irons draw nearly 12A on their own.
I'm definitely Not as old as some but I've seen a consumer owned gas
two stroke (I think) clothes washing machine in operation when I was a kid. All I remember thinking to myself is man that could power a cool go kart. Lol.
two stroke (I think) clothes washing machine in operation when I was a kid. All I remember thinking to myself is man that could power a cool go kart. Lol.
Oaktree
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Judging by the original electric meter and the wiring that was here when I bought the place I'm guessing my house was wired for electricity sometime in the 1930s or 40s. This one had a whopping 4 circuits!
When my sisters and I were prepping our parents' house for sale a couple years ago, I wanted to add GFI's where needed. No idea what my father was thinking when he rewired the place...any given circuit had outlets in random rooms of the house, no room had any 2 on the same circuit. Sure made tracing them a real joy.
