Hi Karen, I'm old enough (92) to remember the horse and buggy days as well as the old cars. There were no heaters in the buggies or for that matter the heaters in the cars were not that good. My old Model T had a heater called a manifold heater. It mounted on the manifold and directed some heat back into the car. However, we were used to cold so we could cope with it. We dressed warm and wore boots or galoshes to keep our feet warm. Wool socks also helped. Then we also had the "long Johns" to help keep us warm. Those wool Johns sure did the job but they were itchy. Along with warm mittens and scarfs we were bundled up pretty good. As a kid I walked about a mile to school and thought nothing of it. Everybody did it so what's the beef? Most houses had wood burning stoves or coal stoves to keep the house warm. The outhouses got pretty cold when needed. No one did any reading out there. Thanks everyone. Are there anymore about how they managed in the snow back before modern heating and cars. Was it like Little House on the Prairie? Karen **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)
Thanks for all of this. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <NHBigRed@aol.com> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 10:33 PM Subject: [IOWA] how they managed in the snow > Hi Karen, > I'm old enough (92) to remember the horse and buggy days as well as the > old > cars. There were no heaters in the buggies or for that matter the heaters > in > the cars were not that good. My old Model T had a heater called a manifold > heater. It mounted on the manifold and directed some heat back into the > car. > However, we were used to cold so we could cope with it. We dressed warm > and > wore boots or galoshes to keep our feet warm. Wool socks also helped. > Then we > also had the "long Johns" to help keep us warm. Those wool Johns sure did > the > job but they were itchy. Along with warm mittens and scarfs we were > bundled up > pretty good. As a kid I walked about a mile to school and thought nothing > of > it. Everybody did it so what's the beef? Most houses had wood burning > stoves > or coal stoves to keep the house warm. The outhouses got pretty cold when > needed. No one did any reading out there. > > > Thanks everyone. Are there anymore about how they managed in the snow > back before modern heating and cars. Was it like Little House on the > Prairie? > Karen > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 > easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID > %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >