You described my world as a child in the early 60’s in the Washington state desert. But we did have electricity. We just used it for stuff like TV’s and Radios.
“...in the early 60’s...”
What I was describing was central California in the early 50’s. It was a good life and I wish my kids could have witnessed parts of it. It’s dramatically different now with more people, less ranch property, and a horde of illegals.
What I have now is western Washington near JBLM and many times that lack of electricity problem still exists here when they go down or the grid goes tango uniform...often. Might as well not be available. And worse than that I am wasting calories with my diabetes so I seldom consume any ice cream anymore. I will still make it occasionally for family functions, but I can’t eat it. And it does tease me.
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