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[–] sobchak@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

WV? In the 90s, I remember my uncle still didn't have a septic tank or sewage; the family still used an outhouse. For breakfast, they'd often make biscuits and gravy with this weird, and I assume cheap, canned-gravy I've never seen anywhere else (was good, but likely very unhealthy). Most of my family from there are dead now (drugs, shit-life-syndrome).

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Also, I didn’t have a septic tank either as a kid. I remember using outhouses at relatives houses and our shit (at my house) just went from a pipe to the creek.

It’s hard to imagine living like that nowadays, but I did once upon a time.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

You know it. I’m a West (by God) Virginian.

Crazy how I can just talk about the place and my fellow Wear Virginians know it without me saying it.

You and I have the same story haha.