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JohnRBaker
Mechanical
- Jun 1, 2006
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I grew-up in Northern Michigan and until I was five years old, we had no electricity nor running water. We heated our house with a fireplace and a wood-fired cook stove in the kitchen. My father rigged-up some lights connected to a couple of truck batteries that he recharged from his truck every few days. We had three light bulbs, one in my parents bedroom, one in the kitchen and one in the privy, out back. My mother was lucky, at least her water pump was inside the house in the kitchen. She also had a gasoline powered Maytag washing machine and an old Army surplus sound-powered, hand cranked telephone connected to my grandparent's house next door (we were the elites in the neighborhood).
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without