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Winters in Palouse were much worse when I was growing up than what they are experiencing now.

I can remember when we got our first refrigerator. That was in 1938. My mother was still using it in 1971. There was an emblem on the front telling it was a Philco Advanced Design refrigerator. It was still being used when my mother died. I doubt that many refrigerators last that long.

It was a big deal f...