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JustWait

On 11/2/2011 1:03 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:03:11 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Much of rural America was not electrified until FDR's terms of office.

My grandparents didn't subscribe to rural electric until the early
50's It was available ,but they didn't see the need for it. i don't
really know what changed their minds But I think it was about the time
of the phasing out of the crank telephones. however, they did get a
freezer and a refrigerator.

There is a huge difference between living off the grid and being on
the grid, then losing it.

Exactly, they had hand pumps and were set up for no power...