From: overhung@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <20040410131234.03488.00000127@mb-m25.aol.com>, xmarx467@aol.compost   
   says...   
   >   
   >Don't forget that this was still an era when people made up their own stories   
   >and songs from their own experiences and didn't rely so much on supplied   
   >commercial entertainment.   
      
   Not only that, but before the advent of electric   
   lighting it must have been a real strain to read   
   after dark. Even with a good coal-oil lantern with   
   a magnifying lens, I would find it easier not to   
   read than to do so, I think.   
      
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