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to the point where anyone who tries even a little has no problem.

I'm even experienced enough from all the revolutions during my life to know very well how what was normal just 10 years ago can quickly come to feel more like something from the '50s.

And compared to what the enormous growth of wealth has meant for today, even outrageously maldistributed as it is, I remember how relatively "poor" typical families were in the 1950s. It's not that Ozzie and Harriet felt poor then or were.

But today's typical homeowner would certainly take one glance and refuse to shovel coal into a basement furnace, much less haul it to the basement, or allow the mess of deliveries. We'd arrange to be elsewhere until a modern system (push spot on pad) was installed or head off to a big box store for several $20 electrical space heaters to serve until it was. Then we'd get rid of the space heaters that '50s people would have paid a lot more for and saved to pass on to kids or grandkids.