Had a pump that looked just like that one.
Can't say that I have, but I'll always remember the first visit to the ex-wife's village in Thailand, watching her little sister pushing a 2 wheel cart containing the water tanks she had filled up from the well.
Probably still many 100's of millions live without running water. As I commented on a photo of a North Korean housing complex a while back, the absence of water tanks on the apartment roofs indicates that few people in the whole country have it.
Thanks for the mention. I realize that many people around the world live this way. I also realize that we have some people in this country that want to be prepared in case rough times creep up on us. By and large though, we’re a modern nation with things like electricity and running water.
We can live like that, but I’d rather have it in reserve than go all in. I will say that the closer to normal the facilities are though, the less problem I have with devising an alternative to the modern norm.
It is interesting to note how others live isn’t it. We take so many things for granted.