Comments on: Trailer School TEACHES DRIVING and HOUSEKEEPING http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:44:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: dick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-1014456 dick Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:37:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-1014456 It was American Gothic. That was what life was like then. I had a cousin who lived on a farm. His wife finally set fire to the outhouse to force him to put in indoor plumbing. They got electricity just before WW II. The water in the kitchen was pumped cold water. If you wanted hot you had to fire up the coal stove and heat it. And that was right around the end of WW II. To take a bath they heated the water and then poured it into a big tub in the kitchen. You shared the water! Times were very different and that was not all that long ago. It was American Gothic. That was what life was like then. I had a cousin who lived on a farm. His wife finally set fire to the outhouse to force him to put in indoor plumbing. They got electricity just before WW II. The water in the kitchen was pumped cold water. If you wanted hot you had to fire up the coal stove and heat it. And that was right around the end of WW II. To take a bath they heated the water and then poured it into a big tub in the kitchen. You shared the water! Times were very different and that was not all that long ago.

]]> By: mrdweeb http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-526366 mrdweeb Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:30:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-526366 The trainers are right out of "American Gothic". But then so are a lot of the photos from MM from '30s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic The trainers are right out of “American Gothic”. But then so are a lot of the photos from MM from ’30s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-525882 Stannous Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:31:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-525882 I can see why you might have to change a tire by flare in those pre-dependable-flashlight days but why would you have to demonstrate it with one? Actually, considering the number of people who I've seen driving their trailers and RVs improperly/unsafely, this ought to be mandatory. I can see why you might have to change a tire by flare in those pre-dependable-flashlight days but why would you have to demonstrate it with one?

Actually, considering the number of people who I’ve seen driving their trailers and RVs improperly/unsafely, this ought to be mandatory.

]]> By: Erika http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-524306 Erika Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:02:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/trailer-school-teaches-driving-and-housekeeping/#comment-524306 They had to demonstrate taking a bath???? Sent this link to a bunch of ladies who spend their lives transporting show dogs - they thought it was hysterical! Let's just say that housekeeping takes a back seat to knowing how to pump out the gray water. They had to demonstrate taking a bath????

Sent this link to a bunch of ladies who spend their lives transporting show dogs - they thought it was hysterical! Let’s just say that housekeeping takes a back seat to knowing how to pump out the gray water.

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