[Portcall24]

My grandfather was the section foreman half way between El Paso and Columbus, NM. The place is gone and so are the tracks. Their house had a console radio that used dry cell batteries for power. I remember listening to it when I was little and I’ll be 70 this month.

[Ditter]

I don't remember a radio but I am sure they had one. I do remember kerosene lanterns, no running water in the house and going to the little house behind the house to use the bathroom. I will be 75 in a few months and what I remember from the house I grew up in was an attic fan and no A/C. I could get along without lots of our modern conveniences but I would hate to live in Houston with no A/C.