Oh the things we take for granted. Maybe people would be more normal if they still had to poop outside. Not that I'd want to! Thanks again Mr. Donnie for our everyday AMERICAN history lesson!! 🇺🇸👏🙂🇺🇸👏🙂🇺🇸
One of the boys I grew up with, who's mayor of the small town here now told me this country has gone crazy! I said what do you mean? He said well, it's all a big craze now to cook and eat outside. And at the same time, we've all went in the house to s__t! I had to laugh!
I grew up in Eastern Kentucky using an outhouse, getting our water from a spring, and growing our own food. The memories are great! Always remember, check the hole for snakes.
Ck for mean roosters also. We had one so mean,he would go under the outhouse and jump up and peck you on your bottom etc. That rooster didn’t stay around very long.😂
I'm 61 now, but when I was about 7, I got cornered in a outhouse by a spreading adder (Eastern hognose) snake. It was terrifying at the time, but has provided tons of laughter for my family over the years. I'm in north central Arkansas, and outhouses were on every homestead way back. The worst times were when nature called in the middle of a Winter night Haha. Oh, we also used "chamber pots" but not for the most serious business.
My daddy called them sh$t snakes! They scared me to death. My grandma would tell him to stop scaring the babies but I was scared not of the stories but the very real snakes.
I live in North Central Arkansas now (Norfork) and not too long ago in Dolph we were attending an old country church when the electricity went off. So, out came the can of wasp spray to deal with anything that might be alive in the old, still functioning outhouse. Well, there was! The man who went in to check came running out screaming and being chased by some wasps. But the amazing thing to me was that in 2022 they still were used when needed. Pretty cool!
Brings back memories of my grandparents. They were dirt poor and had raised 12 children. They didn’t get modern plumbing until well into the late 1970’s, and then it was only a small shower stall and a toilet, no sink.They didn’t even have a bathroom door either , just a heavy fabric curtain to slide close for privacy. They heated their home entirely with wood, and cooked on a wood burning cook stove right up until death,grandpa in 1987, and grandma in 1993.
I remember the outhouse very well. My grandma was strict about her outhouse. Once a year it got whitewashed and once a month or so she would put lime in the hole. Thanks for your stories Mr. Donnie. They always take me back. God bless you.
Oh Donnie, what memories you brought back, seriously made me cry - my Baba lived in the country and when I was wee little girl, I was too afraid at night to go to the outhouse, so I got to use the enameled potty, white with red trim and a side handle, not enough money for the porcelain ones, lol but anyways as the years went by, Baba always took care of that outhouse, painted, and so clean, even after she got indoor plumbing, the men would use it sometimes when we had a big bonfire, lol...one summer I was driving out for a visit and there was a fire going, and to my horror they were tearing down that old outhouse and burning it !!! well, i had a fit, I was crying, so hard, it was part of the picture of the homestead it was part of my memories, everyone looked at me like i was crazy lol, but it was part of my childhood ya know ? ah well, a few years later my best friend bought this little wood outhouse at a craft sale for me, i cried so hard...lol silly sentimental me, but I still have it and I always have great memories of my Baba and that home - gah ! what memories !
We had an outhouse when I was a boy. You explained it just like I remember Donnie. Got all the modern conveniences now. But those old days were actually happier times.
Thanks for this on the necessary room. My Dad grew up in the country and they had an outhouse when he was a boy. We once lived in a house that still had an outhouse on the property. We are very blessed today to have so many conveniences. This was great! Thanks for including all the pics! I’m forwarding the link to some of my teacher friends (history). I know they’ll love this, too! From SC, Jane❤️🙏🏻
As always, it’s great to hear from you. I live in southeast Ohio now and we still have a lot of friends that use outhouses. We had the power out for 24 hours last Friday and Saturday and you could hear my son’s girlfriend cry for half a mile. It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud at her. Maybe it would do good for the younger generation to do without like we used to. Thanks for the memories friend.
One of my great aunts has the neatest way of getting water. They lived at the very foot of a ridge. Water flowed down from it and straight into a room with a trough in it.
I’ve still got my #3 and #2 wash tub I’ve took a lot of baths in as a kid, I’m almost 60. We’ve been blessed now days but I’ve got them just in case! Great video as always keep them coming. BTW: I’ve also still got my heat blocks that goes at the foot of the bed, just in case!
I remember mama putting the washtub on the wood stove heating it up so we could take a bath. I’d love to see them times again for just one 24 hour day. Great video sir GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
I’m from south central Kentucky born and raised and I love it here . We didn’t have a bathroom or even running water in our house until I was 18 years old then we only had the water ran to our house then . We still didn’t have an indoor toilet until a couple of years later. We had a 2 seater outhouse and we hauled our water from a spring down the road and we cooked and washed our dishes and clothes with it and bathed in an old aluminum wash tub and in the winter we heated the water on an old wood stove and we used it to take baths inside the house in that old aluminum washtub because it was too cold outside . Momma cooked a lot of pinto beans and stuff on that old wood stove many times too . We ate what we grew in our garden and we milked our own cows and raised our chickens , beef and pork for food . Anyway , we didn’t have everything we wanted but we had everything we needed and we were always clean our house was clean and our food was clean. We played outside until we were made to come inside . Unlike it is today the kids now a days just don’t know what it’s like to do the things we did as kids and they’re sure missing out on the fun stuff we did back in the day and I think that’s just sad . But I’m proud of my roots and how I grew up because I think it made me / us stronger adults and more appreciative of the things we have now . 🙏🏻💞
A neighbor told my dad once that I was built like a brick ---- house. I had no idea that was supposed to be a compliment 🤣 I just knew outhouses weren't fun trips. Lol
Donnie, Even when you speak about toilets I feel a sense of home. It is just that way! You my friend are such a beautiful story teller. Im blessed once again. Thank you.
I'm a boomer myself and yes I can remember when I was little going to my great grand parents house we had to use the outhouse but they kept a bed pan under the bed for nights. I sure dreaded the smelly outhouse. They only had corn cobs which is very painful when you are little Lol. God Bless You And Thank You Sir For keeping the younger generation in the know because it's looking like we might be going back to the old ways.
When I went to housekeeping I had: bucket a day for hot water, cookstove, outhouse, huge potbellied wood stove in the cellar for heat which came up through a huge grate in the floor, etc. Loved every minute of it. Am slowly getting back to that way of life. U couldn't pay no amount of money to me for my good old wood/coal cookstove. 👍❤️. I've been told many a time I was born in the wrong Era in History. Smiles. Love ur videos ❤️ God Bless you and yours 🙏
Grandpa and granny never had indoor plumbing. They both passed away in the early 80’s. I have taken many baths in a big tub in the yard. Many happy memories come up with this video. Thank you
As you tell these stories, the distinct aroma of my Great- Grandpa Enos' outhouse comes to me too clearly! I remember the toilet paper roll in a coffee can. Lol.
Thank you again Donnie. My Grandmas house in Tennessee had and out house. I recall the wasp nest and big spiders. Sometimes when visiting my dad would have to take me up the hill from the house to outhouse in the middle of the night. I was always scared. I’d have dad shine the light in all directions to Make sure there were no bears out and about. Thanks for refreshing my great childhood memories. Always a joy and a blessing to see you made a new post. Thank you Sir.
Mr Donnie I lived in oberlin, La until I was 12 years old. We used an out house and a pump for water outside. We moved to Oakdale, La and indoor plumbing. What a blessing! Thanks for bringing memories of childhood days!
LOVED THIS DONNIE..my worst fear with ours was the "Va. tarantulas"[wolf spiders,BIG ONES] and the wasps.i could handle bout anything else other than having to go out there when it was really cold that sure would wake one up wouldn't it? one sure didn't piddle around out there did they?..thanks for the memories...good and bad that's what made us..glad i lived in some of those times
Cousin Donnie, I was 19 years old before I ever had indoor plumbing, so I can totally identify with this. Thank you so much for sharing this and bringing back old fond memories! G-d bless you and yours, dear cousin, and please pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
My Aunt Bonnie had one of the cleanest out houses that I ever seen. It was scrubbed every week, then lime was sprinkled in the hole. It did not smell at all and it even had lineolum on the floor !!
I remember the "joys" of an outhouse! Cold in the winter, bees and other crawly things in the summer!! Good times! Thanks for the memories my friend....
Thank you Donnie for your history lesson. I’ll be 81 soon and I’ve lived most of the things you talk about. Especially the outhouses. I had a cousin who once fell in one when he was about 5 years old. What a story that was!! But this note is really to tell you what a blessing you’ve been since I found your channel. And to tell you I’m still praying for your continued healing. Tipper Presley is another mountain RUclipsr who is praying for you and invited her viewers to do the same. God bless you and keep your videos coming.
Watched this with my parents today. We all got some good laughs from this. Mom remembered her encounter with a black snake in the outhouse and she took off running with everything at her feet, out the door she went screaming and Grandmother trying to pull her undergarments up and her dress down!!! 😂 Dad said he never attempted the corn cobs either. Like you pointed out there was a time it didn’t matter how much you had or didn’t everyone used an outhouse. Dad said he remembered when he first heard talk about an indoor bathroom and he couldn’t understand why someone would want an outhouse in their house. He’d never seen a real indoor bathroom so he couldn’t imagine an indoor outhouse. Also, we’ve all used a slop jar before too.
Donnie many have no clue, but lately preppers may have these outhouses. My outhouse is over 50 years old and is still useable and working fine. There are people who wash the old-fashioned way even today, I sponge bath it works for me. For the people who have done this way, and some do today are the survivors of the future. Put a smile on my face and yes, the winter going out to the outhouse was an eye opener at night the honey pot just, does fine. In fact, I think people who use outhouses and wash in pots today are more likely to survive. Plus, they save on water and electricity. So thanks for sharing and stay safe, warm/cool, and blessings.
Oh Donnie! Hahaha! I got so tickled while you were talking……that I almost had to go potty myself!! Yes, I remember that outhouse well. I was so fearful of spiders, bugs, snakes, etc that I didn’t want to go out there but the alternative was a whooping….so I went. Yes we are so blessed and the majority of the younger people don’t have a clue what a hard life is. My suggestion would be to build a farmhouse & an outhouse with nothing else but maybe a chair, table, and a bed. Then when these young ones & teens get too cocky & too big for their britches…..send them to the farm for a month & see how they like those accommodations!!! Donnie my dear friend, I pray you are still healing & gaining strength each day. I love these videos of your bc there’s no pomp, circumstance, or presence! You are REAL and everything you have on your vids is down to earth. Blessings always my brother! ❤️😊✝️
My late grandma didn't get indoor plumbing until about 5 years before she passed. Her out house was under an old apple tree about 20 yards from the house. It was an old one hole if two holes you where living high. Yes wasps, yellow jacket and honey bees in the apple tree. My late grandpa said he got licked in the face by a bear while he was sitting on the toilet. At least when had a catalog or newspaper you had reading material. My mom gave me and my brothers baths in them old number 3 wash tub. Mammy had an old hand pump beside the house. Hauled water many times hauled wood in the house. I'm in my 50s so I remember these days going mammy's and going through all you mentioned in the video. It brings back memories of a time and place and family long gone thank you for sharing this video with us.
I know what you are talking about, I did'nt know what running water and inside bathroom was until I went into the Navy at 18 yr old. We washed in a tin tub that we pumped water into and left out in the sun to warm. Can't remember what we did in the winter, must have warm water on the woodstove. Looking back, would'nt take nothing for that experience. Most People today would not believe it. Thanks Donnie
Yes, we had a honey pot for at night and the out house by day. I sure do appreciate modern plumbing nowadays. This sure did bring back memories. thanks for sharing, your friend, Louise
When this first came on I though, oh check for them waspers😂 I remember the outhouse well with the twist wood handle well. I can remember when dad put a bathroom in. When he set that tub in, I laid down in that tub and I was the same length. Just laid there with my feet reaching one side and my head the other. I was so excited to put that washtub up and sit in that new fangled tub to bathe. Time seems so much better back then now that I'm old. Sometimes I miss that old outhouse and the way things were back in them days.
Great video. I was introduced to these in Rural Florida in the summer...age 5. Dear friends of my parents had a farm. They had indoor plumbing but told the kids if we had to pee we could use that. You can imagine that thing in the Florida heat.😂😂
My grandparents had one of these. I remember one time that my uncle went to the outhouse, we heard screaming and as we got over to see what was going on, he was running out of the outhouse pants down to his ankle, with a huge rat snake hanging from the rafters. 🤣
Of all the videos that I have watched I think this one is one of my favorites. Its almost like you followed me around with a video camera when I was a kid on my grandparents old farm. The sights, sounds and smells are something you never forget. God bless you for doing this and keeping memories alive.
I still have my great-grandfather 's outhouse, just replace some of the boards every so often. It's a ways away from my well though. I was a teenager before we got an indoor bathroom; in fact, my mother's parents got a bathroom before we did. My other Mamaw had an outhouse until the day she died. Memories, memories. Thank you, Mr. Donnie.
My dad at around 15 or 16 year's old went through town at night emptying slop jars of the rich. He also would dig a grave for 25 cents. Life was hard when you were poor and it didn't matter where you lived. People may see the day sooner than later where they have to live like it's 1850. Thanks for another life lesson and memory.
Oh my goodness gracious Donnie, that brought soo many memories back to me! Like you said , the simple but hard times! & somehow we survive! Thanks soo much! GOD bless ya! ♥️
As always, so interesting. I have some friends that live “off grid” that use an outside toilet. Camping I have used a bucket with wood chips in a bag. Kinda made me feel like my cat, but you do what you have to do when Mother Nature calls. We do take so much for granted today, but I never mind resorting back to a simpler time.
I remember all of that. I carried buckets of water from the well and buckets of coal too. I'm thankfully for it now it made me a little tougher than a lot of girls! Thanks and God bless my friend
I really enjoyed this video on the old outhouses .I could keep from laughing out loud Donnie thank you for sharing with us.I hope you have a great week.
I have one in the back yard, and inside bathroom too. All these years, seems to me that doing the business inside don't seem right..where you eat and sleep. I use them both. Growing up, we had no running water. My Daddy had an old Studebaker pickup bed trailer, and water barrels in there year round. We had a tank, or some call it a pond, west of the house. We'd drive the tractor with that trailer, down behind the dam. He had a black hose going over the top, and siphoned that water to those barrels, then plugged the hose up with a wooden stob. Park the trailer on the west side of the house, and siphon off water for a bath. In summer, took it on the back porch..in winter, in the kitchen. We had to haul in drinking water. My Dad built a sheet-iron outhouse north of the house, used that till we moved later on.
Thank you, Mr. Donnie, for another walk down memory lane. When I was young we had an outhouse. Funny, even yet today, when I smell honeysuckle, I think of the old outhouse cause that honeysuckle grew all around it. I remember the slop jar by the bed. We washed our clothes outside as well cause we had no indoor plumbing. There wasn't a better smell than your clothes after they dried on the line on a cold winter day (Downy will never create a scent to match that freshness). God Bless
when i was a young married, we had a wringer washer outside. so...washed and always hung on line to dry. hardly ever used a drier up until these last several years. am old now lol and like my dryer. but you are right..that fresh air smell cannot be beat.
You won’t believe this but that old man and woman who lived up the lane needed a nurse one day. It was winter and could not get the car up there. I saddled my horse and rode it to their house. She had had a bladder lift, some mild bleeding scared them. I took care and gave them some medical info on how to avoid any further problems. I really enjoyed that ride.
Oh that brings back lots of memories , the wonderful smell and getting chased by the rooster 🐓 Grandma would put a slop bucket in the kitchen for nighttime. Thanks for all your wonderful videos ♥️
I have been thinking of building another outhouse. Had them in my youth. Would appreciate them more now. Even in small towns wayyy back had outhouses. I took many a baths either out on the back porch,or behind the Warm Morning coal/wood stove. My memories of bathing…. My 4 brothers complaining that it wasn’t fair that I always got the “clean” water,because we each had a turn in the washtub. My mom refused to allow me to use the “pot”, I had to trudge out there alone. Lol. Our well was across the road,up a hill. No pump. Bailed water with a bucket on a rope.
I remember visiting the island my grandfather grew up on in Newfoundland when I was a kid. The only bathroom was an outhouse that was on a 40 ft cliff overhanging the north Atlantic. When the wind blew you felt it! Also water from the well that was just a hole in the ground. The water was the color of tea but we all drank it and were fine. Great vid!
My great-grandmother had an outhouse. She lived in Cajun country, southwest Louisiana. She didn't speak a word of English, only French. When I visited her I would refuse to use the outhouse. So she fixed up a little place for me in her closet. 🙂
I really enjoyed that video Donnie, it really brought back memories. I grew up with an outhouse; they have their bad points, but they have some good points too. Ours was "up town", my dad pulled an electrical wire out to it and put a bare light bulb in it. He put the light switch on the door so you could flip the light on before you went in. We never had to worry about roaches, rats, or snakes. There was another really good thing about our outhouse; we never had to deal with an overflowing commode or a backed up sewer line.
When i was a young boy i would go with my granny to the old Hunt house a old man and woman lived there, they lived way up in there 90's, any ways my granny would go and fix there meals and help them out. But they had a old out house like none i have never seen before, i have seen 1 and 2 sitters before, but they had a 4 sitter. Plus when Mr. Hunt was young man he sold fresh milk door to door and that old spring was very nice, when i was kid i would go catch spring lizzards there. I remember our old out house to a 1 sitter plus we had a well on the back porch. Thank you for sharing. God bless you and your whole family....🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀
Grew up in the hills of West Virginia. My grand parents and our house were the last ones ob the ridge to have an outhouse. I used to tell people we had 4 rooms and a path.
My Grt Aunt Daisy had an outhouse. I was about 4 when she passed away. Mom and Nana were helping to clean out the house and I told mom I couldn't find the bathroom, she laughed and took me outside to the outhouse. I had never seen one before - being a suburban raised child, LOL.
This video brought a smile to my face😊. I'm from an island off the coast of Maine. We had the outhouses, but didn't have to worry about any poisonous animals, but it was a long cold winter!!! Thank you for the video!!!
I bought a farmhouse with 5 acres and an outhouse in 1970 in Gloucester, VA. It was a large "2 holer" with a concrete floor, nice wood interior panelling and electric wall lights. I did install a septic system and bathroom before move in! Thankfully the kitchen had running water from a well. 👍
I remember my grandparents had their old outhouse filled in and they used it for tool storage. That's been years ago...thanks for another great video, very interesting.
We used to get stray dogs in the outhouse. I'm 73 and remember it well. We had electricity many years before we got indoor water and several years after that we got an indoors bathroom.
Yep, my mom didn't experience indoor plumbing until she was a little girl in the 60's. Outhouses are still widely used today, only they aren't called outhouses, they're called portapotties or portajohns or honey pots. Oftentimes it's all I have access to, so I must be a modern old timer 😁. In my grandparents cabin's outhouse, black widows were the concern. In modern ones wasps. Last summer there was a nest tucked away behind the pump sink that I didn't know about and the wasps let me get halfway through my business before getting agitated. LoL it was " One wasp, two wasp, three wasp, holy crap run for it". There's nothing quite like the feeling you get when you've got your pants down and the wasps are after you. It gives you motivation you didn't know you had.
Great video! Never had to use one myself but when listening to all the ‘outhouse stories’ it almost makes me wish we’d had one. Some pretty funny stuff. I’m certainly grateful for modern conveniences though.
In the 1970's at our local county fair a woman fell through the floor using the outhouse and was buried almost to her neck. They pulled her out ,hosed her off, and went up town to a local clothing store and bought her clothing and gave her a check. The next year modern toilets was installed at the fairgrounds.How many people in the USA today actually used an outhouse in their lifetime. I bet under 5 %. Thanks for the memories Donnie!
Thanks Donnie & God Bless you & your family! I thank God for every shower I get! Remembering those cold wash tubs & trip to the out house in the snow will certainly bring you to that!😂 💕🙏💕
LOL boy that wood always froze my ass. So cold some nights Wonder how we even survived it. Times were better then. Family was a real family, you talked and helped each other. Today so different. God bless you for this great channel and your great stories. You can't move forward until you understand the past. Great video 👍
This brought back memories of my childhood. My grandparents on my Mom's side never had an indoor bathroom. My grandparents on my Dad's side lived just up the little lane near our house. I can remember Granddaddy coming to my house one summer and asking me if I wanted to make $20. Now in those days for a young boy, that was a lot of money. I said, "Sure Granddaddy. What you need me to do"? He wanted me to dig a new outhouse hole for him. It took me two days and it was hot, hard work but I got it done. Thanks for the video.
How amazing . It's hard to believe after seeing this video how some people have the nerve to complain about how hard life is on them. i just don't understand. You were being completely honest about the way things were. Thanks for sharing this my friend. Sincerely, Louise
I only remember using an outhouse one time, when I was a young'un. It was a 3-holer. Pretty soon, it will be warm enough to open the winder. I was born and raised in Minnesota, but I really love listening to the Appalachian accents and the music. I think I lived in the Appalachians in a previous life.
In summertime, as kids, we took baths outside in the tubs , and my grandparents had an outhouse they did have indoor plumbing, I may have told you we have a water well hand pump in the house canning room - pantry Great Video 👍
I've still got our old washtubs hanging in the garage, and the handpump from our kitchen setting out by the driveway for decoration. Tough times, but I still miss 'em. Don't really miss the outhouse though.
We used a outhouse at our hunt camp when I was young. We built one every year out of scrap lumber cardboard covered with plastic sheeting. I didn't like going out there when it was cold or raining. But ya gotta do what need to.
Oh the things we take for granted. Maybe people would be more normal if they still had to poop outside. Not that I'd want to! Thanks again Mr. Donnie for our everyday AMERICAN history lesson!! 🇺🇸👏🙂🇺🇸👏🙂🇺🇸
Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome. God bless you.
One of the boys I grew up with, who's mayor of the small town here now told me this country has gone crazy! I said what do you mean? He said well, it's all a big craze now to cook and eat outside. And at the same time, we've all went in the house to s__t! I had to laugh!
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I will have to remember that very true good statement.
I grew up in Eastern Kentucky using an outhouse, getting our water from a spring, and growing our own food. The memories are great! Always remember, check the hole for snakes.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing.
And for black widow spiders that will bite your nut sack.
ever see any snakes? if so, what did you do when you gotta go?
@@PeaceIntheValley Get done quick.
Ck for mean roosters also. We had one so mean,he would go under the outhouse and jump up and peck you on your bottom etc. That rooster didn’t stay around very long.😂
We definitely take for granted how truly blessed we are to have modern amenities.
Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing.
I grew up using an out house, and getting our water from a well. It was hard, but we made it. I love your stories, it takes me back home.
Awesome my friend. That's what these stories are for. To remember our past. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.
I'm 61 now, but when I was about 7, I got cornered in a outhouse by a spreading adder (Eastern hognose) snake. It was terrifying at the time, but has provided tons of laughter for my family over the years. I'm in north central Arkansas, and outhouses were on every homestead way back. The worst times were when nature called in the middle of a Winter night Haha. Oh, we also used "chamber pots" but not for the most serious business.
WOW that's a scary thing my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
I knew people in North Arkansas in 1980 that still used outhouses. Probably still are some.
OMG I remember the snakes too So afraid of going in there when I was little To mant spiders and snakes
My daddy called them sh$t snakes! They scared me to death. My grandma would tell him to stop scaring the babies but I was scared not of the stories but the very real snakes.
I live in North Central Arkansas now (Norfork) and not too long ago in Dolph we were attending an old country church when the electricity went off. So, out came the can of wasp spray to deal with anything that might be alive in the old, still functioning outhouse. Well, there was! The man who went in to check came running out screaming and being chased by some wasps. But the amazing thing to me was that in 2022 they still were used when needed. Pretty cool!
Brings back memories of my grandparents. They were dirt poor and had raised 12 children. They didn’t get modern plumbing until well into the late 1970’s, and then it was only a small shower stall and a toilet, no sink.They didn’t even have a bathroom door either , just a heavy fabric curtain to slide close for privacy. They heated their home entirely with wood, and cooked on a wood burning cook stove right up until death,grandpa in 1987, and grandma in 1993.
Thanks my friend for sharing your memories. God bless you.
Bless their hearts.
I remember the outhouse very well. My grandma was strict about her outhouse. Once a year it got whitewashed and once a month or so she would put lime in the hole. Thanks for your stories Mr. Donnie. They always take me back. God bless you.
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
@noneya , helps with the smell so that it doesn't stink as bad.
Oh Donnie, what memories you brought back, seriously made me cry - my Baba lived in the country and when I was wee little girl, I was too afraid at night to go to the outhouse, so I got to use the enameled potty, white with red trim and a side handle, not enough money for the porcelain ones, lol but anyways as the years went by, Baba always took care of that outhouse, painted, and so clean, even after she got indoor plumbing, the men would use it sometimes when we had a big bonfire, lol...one summer I was driving out for a visit and there was a fire going, and to my horror they were tearing down that old outhouse and burning it !!! well, i had a fit, I was crying, so hard, it was part of the picture of the homestead it was part of my memories, everyone looked at me like i was crazy lol, but it was part of my childhood ya know ? ah well, a few years later my best friend bought this little wood outhouse at a craft sale for me, i cried so hard...lol silly sentimental me, but I still have it and I always have great memories of my Baba and that home - gah ! what memories !
WOW Thanks for sharing your memories with us my friend. God bless you.
We were still using the old outhouse whenever we visited my grandpa well into the '70s. Southeast Ohio. Thank you once again, Donnie!!
Thank you friend for sharing this. Your very welcome.
We had an outhouse when I was a boy. You explained it just like I remember Donnie. Got all the modern conveniences now. But those old days were actually happier times.
Thanks for sharing this my friend with. God bless you.
I was born and raised in A barn
And used the outhouse great memories
Thanks for this on the necessary room. My Dad grew up in the country and they had an outhouse when he was a boy. We once lived in a house that still had an outhouse on the property. We are very blessed today to have so many conveniences. This was great! Thanks for including all the pics! I’m forwarding the link to some of my teacher friends (history). I know they’ll love this, too! From SC, Jane❤️🙏🏻
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
As always, it’s great to hear from you. I live in southeast Ohio now and we still have a lot of friends that use outhouses. We had the power out for 24 hours last Friday and Saturday and you could hear my son’s girlfriend cry for half a mile. It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud at her. Maybe it would do good for the younger generation to do without like we used to. Thanks for the memories friend.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
👍 yes it would
One of my great aunts has the neatest way of getting water. They lived at the very foot of a ridge. Water flowed down from it and straight into a room with a trough in it.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
What memories! A lot of homes and churches still have outhouses in the mountains. Thank you Donnie.
Your very welcome my friend.
I’ve still got my #3 and #2 wash tub I’ve took a lot of baths in as a kid, I’m almost 60. We’ve been blessed now days but I’ve got them just in case! Great video as always keep them coming. BTW: I’ve also still got my heat blocks that goes at the foot of the bed, just in case!
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
I remember mama putting the washtub on the wood stove heating it up so we could take a bath. I’d love to see them times again for just one 24 hour day. Great video sir GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless you.
I’m from south central Kentucky born and raised and I love it here . We didn’t have a bathroom or even running water in our house until I was 18 years old then we only had the water ran to our house then . We still didn’t have an indoor toilet until a couple of years later. We had a 2 seater outhouse and we hauled our water from a spring down the road and we cooked and washed our dishes and clothes with it and bathed in an old aluminum wash tub and in the winter we heated the water on an old wood stove and we used it to take baths inside the house in that old aluminum washtub because it was too cold outside . Momma cooked a lot of pinto beans and stuff on that old wood stove many times too . We ate what we grew in our garden and we milked our own cows and raised our chickens , beef and pork for food . Anyway , we didn’t have everything we wanted but we had everything we needed and we were always clean our house was clean and our food was clean. We played outside until we were made to come inside . Unlike it is today the kids now a days just don’t know what it’s like to do the things we did as kids and they’re sure missing out on the fun stuff we did back in the day and I think that’s just sad . But I’m proud of my roots and how I grew up because I think it made me / us stronger adults and more appreciative of the things we have now . 🙏🏻💞
WOW Thanks so much for sharing your memories my friend. God bless you.
You have one of the most wholesome RUclips channels I've ever seen thank you for all your time and effort
This story is exactly the way I was brought up. Thank you, Donnie. Many blessings. God bless.
A neighbor told my dad once that I was built like a brick ---- house.
I had no idea that was supposed to be a compliment 🤣 I just knew outhouses weren't fun trips. Lol
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing.
Donnie, Even when you speak about toilets I feel a sense of home. It is just that way! You my friend are such a beautiful story teller. Im blessed once again. Thank you.
Thank you so much my friend for saying this. Thank you. God bless you.
I'm a boomer myself and yes I can remember when I was little going to my great grand parents house we had to use the outhouse but they kept a bed pan under the bed for nights. I sure dreaded the smelly outhouse. They only had corn cobs which is very painful when you are little Lol. God Bless You And Thank You Sir For keeping the younger generation in the know because it's looking like we might be going back to the old ways.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Thank you. Your very welcome.
I remember the corn cobs too. It generally was a 3 cob operation. 2 brown cobs, followed by a white cob to see if you needed another brown one
When I went to housekeeping I had: bucket a day for hot water, cookstove, outhouse, huge potbellied wood stove in the cellar for heat which came up through a huge grate in the floor, etc. Loved every minute of it. Am slowly getting back to that way of life. U couldn't pay no amount of money to me for my good old wood/coal cookstove. 👍❤️. I've been told many a time I was born in the wrong Era in History. Smiles. Love ur videos ❤️
God Bless you and yours 🙏
Grandpa and granny never had indoor plumbing. They both passed away in the early 80’s. I have taken many baths in a big tub in the yard. Many happy memories come up with this video. Thank you
Thanks for sharing my friend. Your very welcome.
As you tell these stories, the distinct aroma of my Great- Grandpa Enos' outhouse comes to me too clearly!
I remember the toilet paper roll in a coffee can. Lol.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Hey Donnie, we have a 3 seater out house when I was a kid, thanks for another great video, God bless you 🙏👍🇺🇸
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Your stories are always awesome
Thank you friend.
Thank you again Donnie. My Grandmas house in Tennessee had and out house. I recall the wasp nest and big spiders. Sometimes when visiting my dad would have to take me up the hill from the house to outhouse in the middle of the night. I was always scared. I’d have dad shine the light in all directions to
Make sure there were no bears out and about. Thanks for refreshing my great childhood memories. Always a joy and a blessing to see you made a new post. Thank you Sir.
Mr Donnie I lived in oberlin, La until I was 12 years old. We used an out house and a pump for water outside. We moved to Oakdale, La and indoor plumbing. What a blessing! Thanks for bringing memories of childhood days!
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LOVED THIS DONNIE..my worst fear with ours was the "Va. tarantulas"[wolf spiders,BIG ONES] and the wasps.i could handle bout anything else other than having to go out there when it was really cold that sure would wake one up wouldn't it? one sure didn't piddle around out there did they?..thanks for the memories...good and bad that's what made us..glad i lived in some of those times
That's for sure my friend. The faster the better. Thanks for sharing.
Cousin Donnie, I was 19 years old before I ever had indoor plumbing, so I can totally identify with this. Thank you so much for sharing this and bringing back old fond memories! G-d bless you and yours, dear cousin, and please pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
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My Aunt Bonnie had one of the cleanest out houses that I ever seen. It was scrubbed every week, then lime was sprinkled in the hole. It did not smell at all and it even had lineolum on the floor !!
That's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing.
wow how fancy!! ours was nothing like that. lol
Good show. 👍🏼some people still live like that on the islands. No plumbing, no hot water, no internet, no tv. I kind of love it. ❤👍🏼🙏😎
I remember the "joys" of an outhouse! Cold in the winter, bees and other crawly things in the summer!! Good times!
Thanks for the memories my friend....
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Thank you Donnie for your history lesson. I’ll be 81 soon and I’ve lived most of the things you talk about. Especially the outhouses. I had a cousin who once fell in one when he was about 5 years old. What a story that was!! But this note is really to tell you what a blessing you’ve been since I found your channel. And to tell you I’m still praying for your continued healing. Tipper Presley is another mountain RUclipsr who is praying for you and invited her viewers to do the same. God bless you and keep your videos coming.
WOW Thanks so much for sharing your memories my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Watched this with my parents today. We all got some good laughs from this. Mom remembered her encounter with a black snake in the outhouse and she took off running with everything at her feet, out the door she went screaming and Grandmother trying to pull her undergarments up and her dress down!!! 😂 Dad said he never attempted the corn cobs either. Like you pointed out there was a time it didn’t matter how much you had or didn’t everyone used an outhouse. Dad said he remembered when he first heard talk about an indoor bathroom and he couldn’t understand why someone would want an outhouse in their house. He’d never seen a real indoor bathroom so he couldn’t imagine an indoor outhouse. Also, we’ve all used a slop jar before too.
Donnie many have no clue, but lately preppers may have these outhouses. My outhouse is over 50 years old and is still useable and working fine. There are people who wash the old-fashioned way even today, I sponge bath it works for me. For the people who have done this way, and some do today are the survivors of the future. Put a smile on my face and yes, the winter going out to the outhouse was an eye opener at night the honey pot just, does fine. In fact, I think people who use outhouses and wash in pots today are more likely to survive. Plus, they save on water and electricity. So thanks for sharing and stay safe, warm/cool, and blessings.
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Oh Donnie! Hahaha! I got so tickled while you were talking……that I almost had to go potty myself!! Yes, I remember that outhouse well. I was so fearful of spiders, bugs, snakes, etc that I didn’t want to go out there but the alternative was a whooping….so I went. Yes we are so blessed and the majority of the younger people don’t have a clue what a hard life is. My suggestion would be to build a farmhouse & an outhouse with nothing else but maybe a chair, table, and a bed. Then when these young ones & teens get too cocky & too big for their britches…..send them to the farm for a month & see how they like those accommodations!!! Donnie my dear friend, I pray you are still healing & gaining strength each day. I love these videos of your bc there’s no pomp, circumstance, or presence! You are REAL and everything you have on your vids is down to earth. Blessings always my brother! ❤️😊✝️
I was afraid of something coming up out of the hole... especially in rattlesnake country in West Virginia. 😵 Thanks Donnie 🤗❤️
I understand that my friend. Thanks for sharing.
My late grandma didn't get indoor plumbing until about 5 years before she passed. Her out house was under an old apple tree about 20 yards from the house. It was an old one hole if two holes you where living high. Yes wasps, yellow jacket and honey bees in the apple tree. My late grandpa said he got licked in the face by a bear while he was sitting on the toilet. At least when had a catalog or newspaper you had reading material. My mom gave me and my brothers baths in them old number 3 wash tub. Mammy had an old hand pump beside the house. Hauled water many times hauled wood in the house. I'm in my 50s so I remember these days going mammy's and going through all you mentioned in the video. It brings back memories of a time and place and family long gone thank you for sharing this video with us.
WOW Thanks for sharing your memories with us my friend.
I know what you are talking about, I did'nt know what running water and inside bathroom was until I went into the Navy at 18 yr old. We washed in a tin tub that we pumped water into and left out in the sun to warm. Can't remember what we did in the winter, must have warm water on the woodstove. Looking back, would'nt take nothing for that experience. Most People today would not believe it. Thanks Donnie
Awesome my friend. Thanks for your memories. Your very welcome my friend.
Oh dear Donnie, when we need to go, we must , we must. I smiled watching. Thank you!!
Your very welcome my friend.
Yes, we had a honey pot for at night and the out house by day. I sure do appreciate modern plumbing nowadays. This sure did bring back memories. thanks for sharing, your friend, Louise
Thanks Donnie for sharing another great history story of the past. I remember the outhouse when I was a kid.
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When this first came on I though, oh check for them waspers😂 I remember the outhouse well with the twist wood handle well. I can remember when dad put a bathroom in. When he set that tub in, I laid down in that tub and I was the same length. Just laid there with my feet reaching one side and my head the other. I was so excited to put that washtub up and sit in that new fangled tub to bathe. Time seems so much better back then now that I'm old. Sometimes I miss that old outhouse and the way things were back in them days.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless you.
I used my grandparents outdoor potty for many years. I would look at the previous sears catalog...wonderful memories Mr Donnie...
Thank you for showing when times were real & America ment something.......ATB
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I grew up in eastern Ky and we had an outhouse. Freezing cold in the winter. Growing up in EKY was the very best days of my life. Thanks for sharing
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Great video. I was introduced to these in Rural Florida in the summer...age 5. Dear friends of my parents had a farm. They had indoor plumbing but told the kids if we had to pee we could use that. You can imagine that thing in the Florida heat.😂😂
That was a hot place my friend. Thanks for sharing.
Doesn't hardly bear thinking about now. Times like these gone by that youngsters take for granted now. Thanks for sharing.
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My grandparents had one of these. I remember one time that my uncle went to the outhouse, we heard screaming and as we got over to see what was going on, he was running out of the outhouse pants down to his ankle, with a huge rat snake hanging from the rafters. 🤣
WOW I would run too. Thanks for sharing.
Of all the videos that I have watched I think this one is one of my favorites. Its almost like you followed me around with a video camera when I was a kid on my grandparents old farm. The sights, sounds and smells are something you never forget. God bless you for doing this and keeping memories alive.
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I was 5 first time for me,I was terrified Mr. Donnie!😂,good memory,thanks
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
I still have my great-grandfather 's outhouse, just replace some of the boards every so often. It's a ways away from my well though. I was a teenager before we got an indoor bathroom; in fact, my mother's parents got a bathroom before we did. My other Mamaw had an outhouse until the day she died. Memories, memories. Thank you, Mr. Donnie.
Thanks for sharing your memories my friend. God bless you.
My dad at around 15 or 16 year's old went through town at night emptying slop jars of the rich. He also would dig a grave for 25 cents. Life was hard when you were poor and it didn't matter where you lived. People may see the day sooner than later where they have to live like it's 1850. Thanks for another life lesson and memory.
Oh my goodness gracious Donnie, that brought soo many memories back to me! Like you said , the simple but hard times! & somehow we survive! Thanks soo much! GOD bless ya! ♥️
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
As always, so interesting. I have some friends that live “off grid” that use an outside toilet. Camping I have used a bucket with wood chips in a bag. Kinda made me feel like my cat, but you do what you have to do when Mother Nature calls. We do take so much for granted today, but I never mind resorting back to a simpler time.
your cat comment made me giggle. how comic.
I remember all of that. I carried buckets of water from the well and buckets of coal too. I'm thankfully for it now it made me a little tougher than a lot of girls! Thanks and God bless my friend
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome. God bless you.
I really enjoyed this video on the old outhouses .I could keep from laughing out loud Donnie thank you for sharing with us.I hope you have a great week.
Your very welcome my friend.
I have one in the back yard, and inside bathroom too.
All these years, seems to me that doing the business inside don't seem right..where you eat and sleep.
I use them both.
Growing up, we had no running water. My Daddy had an old Studebaker pickup bed trailer, and water barrels in there year round. We had a tank, or some call it a pond, west of the house.
We'd drive the tractor with that trailer, down behind the dam. He had a black hose going over the top, and siphoned that water to those barrels, then plugged the hose up with a wooden stob.
Park the trailer on the west side of the house, and siphon off water for a bath.
In summer, took it on the back porch..in winter, in the kitchen.
We had to haul in drinking water.
My Dad built a sheet-iron outhouse north of the house, used that till we moved later on.
Thank you, Mr. Donnie, for another walk down memory lane. When I was young we had an outhouse. Funny, even yet today, when I smell honeysuckle, I think of the old outhouse cause that honeysuckle grew all around it. I remember the slop jar by the bed. We washed our clothes outside as well cause we had no indoor plumbing. There wasn't a better smell than your clothes after they dried on the line on a cold winter day (Downy will never create a scent to match that freshness).
God Bless
That's so true my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Thank you. Your very welcome. God bless you.
when i was a young married, we had a wringer washer outside. so...washed and always hung on line to dry. hardly ever used a drier up until these last several years. am old now lol and like my dryer. but you are right..that fresh air smell cannot be beat.
Thank you for sharing Donnie. God bless.
You won’t believe this but that old man and woman who lived up the lane needed a nurse one day. It was winter and could not get the car up there. I saddled my horse and rode it to their house. She had had a bladder lift, some mild bleeding scared them. I took care and gave them some medical info on how to avoid any further problems. I really enjoyed that ride.
I remember the slop jars too and the wash tubs and pitcher pumps before we got modern ............. Thank You for the shared memoires Donnie
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I do remember a lot of that stuff Donnie… awesome video thanks buddy…
Thank you Tommy. Your very welcome.
Oh that brings back lots of memories , the wonderful smell and getting chased by the rooster 🐓 Grandma would put a slop bucket in the kitchen for nighttime. Thanks for all your wonderful videos ♥️
I have been thinking of building another outhouse. Had them in my youth. Would appreciate them more now.
Even in small towns wayyy back had outhouses.
I took many a baths either out on the back porch,or behind the Warm Morning coal/wood stove.
My memories of bathing…. My 4 brothers complaining that it wasn’t fair that I always got the “clean” water,because we each had a turn in the washtub.
My mom refused to allow me to use the “pot”, I had to trudge out there alone. Lol.
Our well was across the road,up a hill. No pump. Bailed water with a bucket on a rope.
WOW Thanks so much for sharing your memories my friend.
I absolutely loved it. So true. It is nice to look back and see how easy it is today. Loed it. Thank you.
Thank you friend for sharing this. Your very welcome.
I remember visiting the island my grandfather grew up on in Newfoundland when I was a kid. The only bathroom was an outhouse that was on a 40 ft cliff overhanging the north Atlantic. When the wind blew you felt it!
Also water from the well that was just a hole in the ground. The water was the color of tea but we all drank it and were fine.
Great vid!
WOW ,Thank you friend.
My great-grandmother had an outhouse. She lived in Cajun country, southwest Louisiana. She didn't speak a word of English, only French. When I visited her I would refuse to use the outhouse. So she fixed up a little place for me in her closet. 🙂
I really enjoyed that video Donnie, it really brought back memories. I grew up with an outhouse; they have their bad points, but they have some good points too. Ours was "up town", my dad pulled an electrical wire out to it and put a bare light bulb in it. He put the light switch on the door so you could flip the light on before you went in. We never had to worry about roaches, rats, or snakes. There was another really good thing about our outhouse; we never had to deal with an overflowing commode or a backed up sewer line.
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories. God bless you.
When i was a young boy i would go with my granny to the old Hunt house a old man and woman lived there, they lived way up in there 90's, any ways my granny would go and fix there meals and help them out. But they had a old out house like none i have never seen before, i have seen 1 and 2 sitters before, but they had a 4 sitter. Plus when Mr. Hunt was young man he sold fresh milk door to door and that old spring was very nice, when i was kid i would go catch spring lizzards there. I remember our old out house to a 1 sitter plus we had a well on the back porch. Thank you for sharing. God bless you and your whole family....🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. Your very welcome. God bless you.
I STILL love using the outhouse at a favorite camping spot in Virginia!!!
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Grew up in the hills of West Virginia. My grand parents and our house were the last ones ob the ridge to have an outhouse. I used to tell people we had 4 rooms and a path.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
Early 70s, they had them on the Turnpike in New England. The one I used, had a paddle attached. LoL 😆
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My Grt Aunt Daisy had an outhouse. I was about 4 when she passed away. Mom and Nana were helping to clean out the house and I told mom I couldn't find the bathroom, she laughed and took me outside to the outhouse. I had never seen one before - being a suburban raised child, LOL.
This video brought a smile to my face😊. I'm from an island off the coast of Maine. We had the outhouses, but didn't have to worry about any poisonous animals, but it was a long cold winter!!! Thank you for the video!!!
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Glad you enjoyed it.
Donnie i could listen to your old storys of the past all day long its so interesting love it keep it up
Thank you friend. God bless you.
Brings back so many memories ....My Grandparents place had a outhouse.....and a pitcher pump for water ....
Thank you for the video Brother.
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I bought a farmhouse with 5 acres and an outhouse in 1970 in Gloucester, VA. It was a large "2 holer" with a concrete floor, nice wood interior panelling and electric wall lights. I did install a septic system and bathroom before move in! Thankfully the kitchen had running water from a well. 👍
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing.
I remember my grandparents had their old outhouse filled in and they used it for tool storage. That's been years ago...thanks for another great video, very interesting.
We used to get stray dogs in the outhouse. I'm 73 and remember it well. We had electricity many years before we got indoor water and several years after that we got an indoors bathroom.
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Yep, my mom didn't experience indoor plumbing until she was a little girl in the 60's. Outhouses are still widely used today, only they aren't called outhouses, they're called portapotties or portajohns or honey pots. Oftentimes it's all I have access to, so I must be a modern old timer 😁. In my grandparents cabin's outhouse, black widows were the concern. In modern ones wasps. Last summer there was a nest tucked away behind the pump sink that I didn't know about and the wasps let me get halfway through my business before getting agitated. LoL it was " One wasp, two wasp, three wasp, holy crap run for it". There's nothing quite like the feeling you get when you've got your pants down and the wasps are after you. It gives you motivation you didn't know you had.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
I did my time with an out house back in the mid 70's to early 80's. I remind my kids all the time they have it made.
Great video! Never had to use one myself but when listening to all the ‘outhouse stories’ it almost makes me wish we’d had one. Some pretty funny stuff. I’m certainly grateful for modern conveniences though.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
In the 1970's at our local county fair a woman fell through the floor using the outhouse and was buried almost to her neck. They pulled her out ,hosed her off, and went up town to a local clothing store and bought her clothing and gave her a check. The next year modern toilets was installed at the fairgrounds.How many people in the USA today actually used an outhouse in their lifetime. I bet under 5 %. Thanks for the memories Donnie!
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Thanks Donnie! Another excellent video, you can be counted on for that. Your way of doing things is very much appreciated.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thanks Donnie & God Bless you & your family! I thank God for every shower I get! Remembering those cold wash tubs & trip to the out house in the snow will certainly bring you to that!😂
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Thank you friend for sharing your memories. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thank you Mr. Laws, that brings back a lot of memories. God bless.😃
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
LOL boy that wood always froze my ass. So cold some nights Wonder
how we even survived it. Times were better then. Family was a real
family, you talked and helped each other. Today so different. God bless you for this great channel and your great stories. You can't move forward until you understand the past. Great video 👍
Thank you friend. God bless you.
This brought back memories of my childhood. My grandparents on my Mom's side never had an indoor bathroom. My grandparents on my Dad's side lived just up the little lane near our house. I can remember Granddaddy coming to my house one summer and asking me if I wanted to make $20. Now in those days for a young boy, that was a lot of money. I said, "Sure Granddaddy. What you need me to do"? He wanted me to dig a new outhouse hole for him. It took me two days and it was hot, hard work but I got it done. Thanks for the video.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless you.
I just love to hear old stories like this thank you sir for your stories
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How amazing . It's hard to believe after seeing this video how some people have the nerve to complain about how hard life is on them. i just don't understand. You were being completely honest about the way things were. Thanks for sharing this my friend. Sincerely, Louise
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I only remember using an outhouse one time, when I was a young'un. It was a 3-holer. Pretty soon, it will be warm enough to open the winder. I was born and raised in Minnesota, but I really love listening to the Appalachian accents and the music. I think I lived in the Appalachians in a previous life.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Thanks Donnie, 1964 was a profitable year on our tobacco farm. We got a bathroom and a telephone. I was 12 years old.
Awesome my friend.
Sure had a couple of good laughs over this one!! My grandparents was still using one when I was a kid, so I am familiar... God bless!
Awesome my friend. God bless you.
In summertime, as kids, we took baths outside in the tubs , and my grandparents had an outhouse they did have indoor plumbing,
I may have told you we have a water well hand pump in the house canning room - pantry
Great Video 👍
Thanks so much for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
I've still got our old washtubs hanging in the garage, and the handpump from our kitchen setting out by the driveway for decoration. Tough times, but I still miss 'em. Don't really miss the outhouse though.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Once again, thanks for another awesome presentation! Keep them coming!
Thank you friend.
We used a outhouse at our hunt camp when I was young. We built one every year out of scrap lumber cardboard covered with plastic sheeting. I didn't like going out there when it was cold or raining. But ya gotta do what need to.
Awesome my friend
Thanks for sharing.