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    Little House On The Prairie - General Discussion

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    Did the Oelson's pay people to get their meat for them? Never saw Nels hunting and with him running the store I wonder if they just paid people or gave credit to people for the meat?

    2 hours ago, debraran said:

    It did seem odd being practiced pioneers but everyone makes mistakes and it of course made for a better show. I remember my kid wondering if they ate the horses, how would they ever leave? LHOP showed some hard edges at times but they left out the daily ones. You'll never see Caroline or Charles getting the deer ready to eat, skinning, cutting, etc.  You will never see the whole process of canning or washing clothes or making butter or cheese or even gathering water to fill a tub. You never see them having to use a bathroom when snowed in or late at night or really ever. You see glimpses and I really feel that is better TV but it gives people the idea that living then was more doable. I think that is what Karen Grassle meant when she wanted it "grittier" but Michael knew people wanted a sanitized version of that time. Everyone would look good even when sick, always clean and hair sparkling, breakfast "would be served" and cakes made quickly, turkey's will be killed and then almost done over the fire in a few minutes. (How I wish I could do that!) ; ) 

    We have a place called Sturbridge in MA where it's a replica of a town back which recreates life in rural New England during the 1790s through 1830s. Before Covid, you could stay without phone in a home and you would do what they did, dress like them, sleep like them, eat how they would eat, do a chore they would do, etc. Most liked it but many said they had no idea even in a controlled environment, how hard it was without electricity and using what was available then. Pretty cool I must say. This was from 2017 article

    https://www.courant.com/ctnow/hc-boarding-with-bixbys-old-sturbridge-village-20170822-story.html

    Agree. They did show  a"Clean " version of life back then. I don't think people realize how busy people were back then. Relaxation time was very very little. Charles doing morning chores, working at the mill, more chores after, tending to hsi crop. That's easily a 13-14 hour day of just work

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    Little House On The Prairie - General Discussion

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    15 minutes ago, Snow Apple said:

    Charles always had the attitude of "I'm Charles Ingalls! How dare you!"

    Remember when Mary needed an operation and he and Mr. Edwards went to look for a job? He almost beat up that foreman who had no more job openings. I know he was desperate, but he was just a jerk.

    Oh yea I remember. Or when him and Garvey was eating at the fancy restaraunt and he yelled at the waiter

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    Little House On The Prairie - General Discussion

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    The episode where Laura stays the night with Mary at the blind school, and those 3 guys, 1 injured, come to the blind school and hold them hostage. ALways amazes me that Mary didn't yell out "Pa?!" when Charles walked in announcing himself as Doc Baker. Like I felt it would have been a natural recation

     

    ALSO, did they ever explain why Doc Baker had borrowed Nels buggy to get to dinner, wherever he was? Didn't Doc Baker have one?

    ANyone have a map of Walnut grove? How far was the Ingalls from town? How far was the blind school from Olson's?

    Little House On The Prairie - General Discussion

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    4 hours ago, Snow Apple said:

    I found the movie disappointing. The land development story bored me. That's what bugged me the most. It was boring.

    I even liked the movie about Albert's illness better because it was about family and people. I never liked the stories about business deals and evil city slickers.

    I can see where your coming from. I don't know, I was hooked in.

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