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Old November 21st 18, 06:29 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Joy Beeson
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:40:41 +0700, John B. slocomb
wrote:

Of course, back in those days I never heard of a "working mother"
either. Married women were at home to take care of the house and
children, prepare the food and in many cases make the clothing.


And feed the hired help. One of Mom's stories was about a city girl
who married a farmer. Her husband told her that there would be a
thrashing crew, but her first clue that she was expected to feed them
was hungry men coming up her walk.

Fortunately, they were also dirty men. While they were washing up she
opened a few cans of tomato juice and made soup. While they were
eating that, she cooked something else, and got them out the door
thinking that serving a meal in installments was a fancy city way.

Another of Mom's tales about resourceful women was of a feeble-minded
housemaid who couldn't learn which knob on the gas stove controlled
which burner.

So she turned a knob at random, and put her pot on the one that lit
up.

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