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<blockquote data-quote="ifarm26" data-source="post: 1002505" data-attributes="member: 9230"><p>I've got a great aunt thats 84 and still worked about 3 days a week sewing for a furniture factory. The company closed down and this is the first time she has not worked in about 74 years. She still runs with the kids and plays basketball with them, sews quilts for the church, cooks for everybody in the county so she is staying active. She still lives in the home place her dad and mom built in the 1940's. She leaves her heat on 60 degrees and refuses to turn on the air conditioner in the summer. She drives a 1987 Buick and could afford a Rolls Royce. She was taught never to live above your means. She cans her own food and saves the grease to reuse it over and over. He!! she still sleeps on a palate on the floor in the livin room so she doesn't have to heat the bedrooms. We need to all find someone like this and send them to washington. We would see a surplus in about 2 years! </p><p> She got sick with a bad ear infection about a week and a half ago, and some women from the church came to visit. These women ran back and reported to the church that she was having a hard time. They said that she slept in the floor and it was cold in the house, and they needed to do something. Sooo... they ordered her some fuel oil and were going to make up money for her. Luckily one of the elders called my dad and asked him if our aunt was having hard times and that they had ordered her some fuel oil and were going to make up for her. My dad laughed and thanked them for the gesture, and told them that they had better find a way to get that oil stopped or they would be in for it. The elder said it was cold in there and they were worried about her. My dad said that was just how she lived, nothing extreme! If she was cold she put on more clothes, and she liked sleeping in the floor for her back and to save money not heating the whole house. He asked if she could use some money and dad told him that if she wanted to she could tear down her house and build a big nice brick home with all the bells and whistles and not borrow a dime. She was very comfortable. Hats off the the greatest generation!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ifarm26, post: 1002505, member: 9230"] I've got a great aunt thats 84 and still worked about 3 days a week sewing for a furniture factory. The company closed down and this is the first time she has not worked in about 74 years. She still runs with the kids and plays basketball with them, sews quilts for the church, cooks for everybody in the county so she is staying active. She still lives in the home place her dad and mom built in the 1940's. She leaves her heat on 60 degrees and refuses to turn on the air conditioner in the summer. She drives a 1987 Buick and could afford a Rolls Royce. She was taught never to live above your means. She cans her own food and saves the grease to reuse it over and over. He!! she still sleeps on a palate on the floor in the livin room so she doesn't have to heat the bedrooms. We need to all find someone like this and send them to washington. We would see a surplus in about 2 years! She got sick with a bad ear infection about a week and a half ago, and some women from the church came to visit. These women ran back and reported to the church that she was having a hard time. They said that she slept in the floor and it was cold in the house, and they needed to do something. Sooo... they ordered her some fuel oil and were going to make up money for her. Luckily one of the elders called my dad and asked him if our aunt was having hard times and that they had ordered her some fuel oil and were going to make up for her. My dad laughed and thanked them for the gesture, and told them that they had better find a way to get that oil stopped or they would be in for it. The elder said it was cold in there and they were worried about her. My dad said that was just how she lived, nothing extreme! If she was cold she put on more clothes, and she liked sleeping in the floor for her back and to save money not heating the whole house. He asked if she could use some money and dad told him that if she wanted to she could tear down her house and build a big nice brick home with all the bells and whistles and not borrow a dime. She was very comfortable. Hats off the the greatest generation! [/QUOTE]
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