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I knew a man who grew up in the depression. One thing he said that stuck with me was that they had one pair of shoes...and they were for winter only.
by Ccecil 2y ago
I knew a man who grew up in the depression. One thing he said that stuck with me was that they had one pair of shoes...and they were for winter only.
- WillAdams 2y agoThat was actually pretty common in earlier times --- a notable line from a biography of Abraham Lincoln where it was related that poor folks would carry shoes to church and only put them on after arriving at the church grounds: >Who wears out good shoe leather on walking?