Posted on 02/12/2020 5:38:38 AM PST by Kaslin
Those grain sacks might have been actually meant for that. At least chicken feed was still sold in colorful printed cotton bags in the 1960s. Farmers wives and daughters could and did make rather nice clothes from those bags.
If anyone made or wore clothes made from the rough burlap sacks I never saw or heard of such.
Thrift was once more common and praised before our “modern” consumer society that promotes spending and debt.
The lust for power and control has led many societies to ruin.
Thanks for that reminiscence, FRiend Dan. Grain sacks ... now that is indeed poor!
Both my parents grew up during the Depression. My Dad, born in 1923, saw the worst of it. Mom, born in 1928 was a toddler during that time. Her family fared better and most of the youthful memories she shared with me revolved around her teenage years during World War II.
Oddly enough, it was my mother who later in life dealt with money as though she had a childhood where you never knew where your next meal was coming from.
She was tight with a buck, sometimes to the level of “penny wise, pound foolish.”
Dad, while no spendthrift, recognized that life can be pretty dull without some occasional treats.
Anyway, they’re now both in a place where you never have to worry about paying your bills.
Awww, thanks for sharing. May your beloved parents continue to RIP.
Indeed. I’m 62 and I miss them every day.
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