In response to Donna Berner, at the risk of encouraging Roland's mischievous side, I have a friend who grew up in a remote area on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, long before being connected to "civilization" on the Western Shore by the Bay Bridge. He remembers his family having a wringer washer before they had electricity in their house. It was powered by a gasoline motor which had to be "kick started." So Donna, take heart and keep on kicking! At the beginning of the month I made a trip north and visited Farmington Hill in Tioga Co. and the farm where my G-Grandfather, my grandfather and my father were born. The house is now abandoned but hasn't been that way for too long. Maybe someone will "adopt" it. In my travels over those very rural and even remote roads on Farminton Hill I found two roads, McCollum Road and McCollum Hollow Road, which were named for my ancestors who settled that area in the early 1800's. Believe me, after travelling miles and miles down roads that seemed to be only going deeper in the wilderness, I gained a heightened appreciation for the courage of our pioneer ancestors in settling the area. It was a beautiful drive when lilacs were in bloom around many foundations where houses once stood. I also visited 3 cemeteries and located graves of several ancestors thanks to the information on Joyce's website. Another West Virginia thunderstorm is rumbling in the distance. Rain and more rain!! Had better log off! Carolyn Pierce