I remember the worst winter ever in my life when the elders told my sister and I that we could not wear out floor length maxi-coats because they were too stylish. Some of the women wore boots that went up under their calve length skirts and kept their legs warm. The stupid men could wear long johns under their suits, but my sister and I and the other women were just supposed to freeze our knees off. I didn't go out in service at all that winter.
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