On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:44:18 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 10:38:16 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:26:28 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:52:20 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Don't forget how we have been getting to the ISS since the end of the
GW administration. They are not all that backward. Even in WWII they
had one of the best tanks in the war.
I do understand they got their rocket technology from the Germans but
so did we. They were also very good at stealing technology from us ...
and they still are.
............

Oh I agree! The movie was talking (I take it) about the typical “farm boy� soldier that had never seen running water and was marveled at the convenience.

Sure they’re smart. But maybe not “that� smart.

Let's not get too silly here. I bet there were American farm boys in
the 40s who saw their first flush toilet in boot camp.

Probably. the big difference is thi is the US and not Russia.


When my father in law moved from the farm near Paoli Indiana to Kokomo
(1940s), he said it was the first time he had indoor plumbing. They
had it in town but not out at his family farm.

My Fraternal grand parents didn't have running water and indoor plumbing on their farm until 1956

That was not really unusual out in the midwest. In fact the "farm"
where we used to hunt in Berlin Md (10 miles from Ocean City) did not
have indoor plumbing in the 70s. I was only there in the winter and
they did have a farm house but it was really just a wooden tent. No
lights, no plumbing, no heat. I think they only used it to get in out
of the rain in the summer but there was furniture in there and it
looked like people might live there. I stayed one night and told the
boys in the morning that we could be staying in a nice motel for about
$30 a night at that time of year, my treat. We stopped camping at the
farm after that. I ended up finding a nice place with a 3 room suite
for $40, half way to the beach. The kitchen saved us more than that
because we could eat in and pack a lunch.
It was not the last time I got the guys up out of the dirt and into
suitable housing. ;-)