The 1920 Survival Game
1)
grown your own fruit and vegetables
2)
played a woodwind or string instrument w/o an amp or keyboard
3)
received bottled milk on your doorstep most mornings
4)
ridden a horse for chores and/or work
5)
kept chickens at your home for eggs and meat
6)
gathered sea life from the shore to eat
7)
used a cast iron coal/wood burning stove for cooking and baking
8)
used and maintained a kerosene lantern for light
9)
plucked and prepared a chicken or turkey for dinner
10)
ridden a diesel train more than 500 miles
11)
had an x-ray before surgery (no MRI, Cat scan, ultrasound, etc.)
12)
treated any infection w/o antibiotics
13)
sewn your own clothes using a treadle sewing machine
14)
taken a horse drawn ambulance to a hospital
15)
walked a mile or more to and from school each day
16)
made sourdough bread
17)
drank water from a stream or lake unfiltered
18)
built and used an AM crystal radio for news and entertainment
19)
used a black and white roll film camera and kept images in an album
20)
knitted or embroidered something as a gift
21)
bought a house for less than a $1000
22)
been to a five and dime store for essentials
23)
been with someone when they died
24)
sent postcards or airmail letters
25)
survived fighting in WWI and/or the Spanish Flu
26)
built anything from wood using only hand tools
27)
ever sent or received a telegram
28)
ever used a kerosene lamp on a regular basis
29)
driven a stick shift car with spark advance (Model T)
30)
used a phone with no dial and only operator assistance
31)
can read and write in full handwritten cursive script
32)
kept accounts in a ledger book by hand
33)
had polio, tuberculosis, mumps, measles, or chickenpox
34)
had a good paying job without a high school diploma
35)
depended on a hand wound pocket watch to tell time
36)
used an ink dip pen to do assignments for school
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