I guess what we remember of these machines is that they were not Toys.??Many
modern day kids seem to think that any thing that has moving parts invite an
interactive response and it is Their turn.
As a pre-schooler, I actually got to try ironing with a flatiron..fresh from
the big black stove. The first thing I discovered was that It was heavy and hot!
! Scorching hankies resulted from not moving it fast enough.? The experience
made me understand why I couldn't have nicely?ironed dresses new every day.
Mother made it look so easy.? Gram had a mangle (after we got electricity,1948)
and I got to help with some of the flat linen and?I thought that was cool
Kathleen.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Betsy Marshall" <[email protected]>
Sent 1/17/2010 9:08:56 PM
To: "'Historical Costume'" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Washing, ironing, and running repairs - was "an amusing
error"No doubt the cause/association behind the verb- to mangle- with its'
connotations of mutilation and destruction.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Marjorie Wilser
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:03 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Washing, ironing, and running repairs - was "an
amusing error"
And for good reason, Catherine. My mom caught her finger in the
wringer when I was an infant. She left me with a neighbor and _ran_ to
the nearest doctor's office- this was before 2 cars (or more) per
family.
Until we got a modern washer, my mom took the laundry- and me- to the
laundromat when her finger recovered!
== Marjorie Wilser
=:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:
"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:10 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> My grandmother had a washing machine on her back porch with a
> wringer on top. We kids weren't allowed to mess with that.
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