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Originally Posted by jpk
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My grandfather on my mothers side was a died in wool farmer. I recall several "doodlebugs" around the farm. As he explained, during the Great Depression, you had to build what you needed to survive. Even if you had money to buy equipment there weren't any manufacturers operating to buy it from. Doodlebugs were as clever and imaginative as they were dangerous. A one finger/hand/arm/leg farm worker was evidence of that.