Keys/locks so worn out one could use just about any key to turn the mag switch and starter. It worked. And gently push the glass on the A.I. to stop the leaking hissing air. Not to mention the ever present smell of avgas.
What about real outdoor dunnies, the ones with the can underneath? If you lived in town the nightman emptied yours once a week; otherwise it was up to you. Once, when our regular nightman was away, his replacement hoisted our can onto his shoulder only to collect the clothesline with it on the way back to his truck.
What about condies crystals fer snake bite? A matchstick wrapped in foil for a replacement fuse? Us kids having to forever turn the handle of the butter churn, it took ages. Water tanks. What about water tanks? We had three 1000 gallon tanks, each with no lid. It was our job to clean them out occasionally. Each was filled up to the first sheet with mud, sticks, dead birds, possums and frogs and more mud so we would be standing waist deep in it when we started. And to think we were drinking this stuff.
The youth of terday, no idea.....................H.T.F.U.