Building a fence without power tools felt like a trip back in time

I got a call to build a fence the old school way, with no power tools at all. After a day of swinging a post hole digger, I was sore in places I forgot I had. Makes you wonder if we had it tougher back then, or just more patience, right?

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max3617mo ago

Please! They were just used to it. That was normal life back then.

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caleb_thomas7mo ago

In Victorian London, chimney sweeps accepted soot in their lungs as normal.

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josephadams7mo ago

Normal doesn't always mean acceptable, @max361. Slavery was normal for a long time, but that never made it right. People adapt to bad conditions, but that doesn't justify them.

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