"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:59:47 -0400, "Somebody" >
> wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:47:28 -0400, Cheryl >
>> > wrote:
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>> >> My ex-husbands family grew up with
>> >> powdered milk, but they had 12 kids and it was the 60s/70s.
>> >
>> > 12 kids? Holy mackerel! That was a good catholic/mormon family.
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>> my dad came from a family of 12, and one of those 12 had 12. My
>> grandmother
>> had 56 grandchildren! (yes, they were farmers and catholic.)
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> 56 makes a fun reunion for cousins, that's for sure!

On my mum's side, 2 and 1/2 brothers and sisters and 5 kids. On my dad's,
you go to grandparents wedding anniversary-- hundreds! We only visited
there once or twice a year ( we had no relatives nearby). It was always
amazing go to my grandparents. They had real farm with a barn and hayloft.

When visiting, it was easy to get pickup whiffle baseball games going. And
in the evening, the men would all sit at this huge table in the dining room
and smoke and drink and play cards. Euchre mostly, and I think some
pinochle.

Kids today don't get to experience extended families like that anymore.
(Unless you say social networks are. Maybe that is why social networks are
so popular. We've lost the family social networks that used to exist.)