Agree on the perspective. My dad was born in 1911, my mother in 1917, I grew up hearing about the changes they had seen come into play. However my grandfather lived on a farm he bought in 1922, didnt get electricity until 1948, lived there til his death in 1968. Never put in a phone, we were thinking he spoke on a phone maybe 6 times in his life. Felt he didnt need a bathroom, the outhouse was only 75 ft. From the back door. He did get a tv set after grandma died, but dont remember him watching it much. The covid scare would have barely fazed him. Always had a big garden, plus sweetcorn, and a watermelon patch. Watched him butcher a hog, and clean his daily catch of fish. No toilet paper? Hed be using old newspaper, not so bad if ones crumples it up enough, just dont use the colored ads. Could sharpen a pocket knife like no other. Once in awhile I try to look at things from his perspective, it helps, it does.
