Back then they were men...if a farmer cut off his finger, he would have asked his wife Thelma for a needle kit to try and sew it back on (my grandpa did that). I think back then they could fly 8 hrs with 16 hrs duty, get off work, then go straight to the farm to work. But I can't do that, I put band-aids on papercuts, and want 10 hrs of sleep....and I don't know how to sew.