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Re:An argument for a return to Web 1.0 by rnd0 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:45PM (#31033043)
>Both my grandparent families were dirt poor small farmers and the furniture they had

I believe you, which makes me curious when they would have gotten it, and from where. 1940's? 1970's?

EDIT: I was poor in the 70's and the best you were likely to come across (as a poor person) was fingerhut crap so I'm guessing it was earlier than that.

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Re:An argument for a return to Web 1.0 by jjav on Thursday April 14, 2022 @06:09PM (#31033948)
> >Both my grandparent families were dirt poor small farmers and the furniture they had

> I believe you, which makes me curious when they would have gotten it, and from where. 1940's? 1970's?

That would've been early 1900s, pre-WW1.

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