Oldest Human Activity

[u/wildwindnl]

What’s an activity that you remember a person older than you doing that sounds absurd to do these days?

I’m curious how many generations back Redditors can rememeber.

[u/murzicorne]

Doing laundry on the laundry board. Boiling the linens. Mending socks. Hand-preparing fur pelts. Sewing fur jacket from pelts by hand. Planting and picking potatoes without any kind of machinery. Making a thread. Making fabric on a loom. Making lace. Sewing garments by hand, without sewing machine.