jadepagoda@lemmy.world to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.ca · 9 hours agoI'm a 72-year-old woman, ask me anythingmessage-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareI'm a 72-year-old woman, ask me anythingjadepagoda@lemmy.world to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.ca · 9 hours agomessage-square72fedilinkfile-text
Just discovered Lemmy while browsing for Reddit alternatives, so let’s break the ice with this first post.
minus-squareNigelFrobisherlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 hours agoWhat was it like riding a boneshaker to the mill to work fourteen hour days?
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoUphill both ways, of course.
minus-squarejadepagoda@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 hours agoCouldn’t tell you since I never worked, let alone at a mill.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoWhat have you been doing since you were 18?
minus-squarejadepagoda@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-25 hours agoI got married at 16 in 1968. Had my first and only child in 1971. Focused on taking care of my family and house, practicing my hobbies and socializing. Doing what I loved.
What was it like riding a boneshaker to the mill to work fourteen hour days?
Uphill both ways, of course.
Couldn’t tell you since I never worked, let alone at a mill.
What have you been doing since you were 18?
I got married at 16 in 1968. Had my first and only child in 1971. Focused on taking care of my family and house, practicing my hobbies and socializing. Doing what I loved.