On 2016-12-12 11:33 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

>> My mother used to joke (or maybe not) when she was growing up you took
>> "a bath a week, whether you need one or not."
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>> Jill
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> No joke. It's the way things were done in the 40s and early 50s.



My SiL's father grew up in the prairies and worked on a harvesting
crew. They got a bath once a week.... on Saturday night. There was one
tub and limited hot water. Being the youngest and having the least
seniority he was the last one to get a bath in the water that a bunch of
guys had already bathed in.
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