I don't know about ironing underwear but my grandmother (she's 88) still irons her bed sheets. I lived with her while I was going to high school and I can tell you there is nothing like slipping into freshly washed, line dried and ironed sheets. A few months ago she gave me the little white cotton shirts (they look like long sleeved night gowns) that my dad and uncle wore as infants. My dad was born in 46 and my uncle in 39 or 40. She said she "warshed" and ironed them every day and they look brand spanking new.

My mother, raised in Iowa, also ironed the sheets. We had a big 'mangler' (yeah, we really called it that), which was a steam roller machine. She sat at the machine and rolled the sheets through it. I agree. There's nothing like sheets that have been freshly washed, hung on the line and dried. Jamie Cheyney wrote: > I don't know about ironing underwear but my grandmother (she's 88) still irons her bed sheets. I lived with her while I was going to high school and I can tell you there is nothing like slipping into freshly washed, line dried and ironed sheets. > A few months ago she gave me the little white cotton shirts (they look like long sleeved night gowns) that my dad and uncle wore as infants. My dad was born in 46 and my uncle in 39 or 40. She said she "warshed" and ironed them every day and they look brand spanking new. > > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have my grandmother's mangle. I never used it, and I never saw it being used, but I can tell you it is very heavy. My husband wasn't too happy when he had to move it here. My other grandmother ironed everything - sheets, towels, underwear - you name it, she ironed it. She was born & raised in RI, so this is not just an Iowa thing. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "LoisKleinhennLanier" <loislanier@comcast.net> > My mother, raised in Iowa, also ironed the sheets. We had a big > 'mangler' (yeah, we really called it that), which was a steam roller > machine. She sat at the machine and rolled the sheets through it. I > agree. There's nothing like sheets that have been freshly washed, hung > on the line and dried. > > Jamie Cheyney wrote: >> I don't know about ironing underwear but my grandmother (she's 88) still >> irons her bed sheets. I lived with her while I was going to high school >> and I can tell you there is nothing like slipping into freshly washed, >> line dried and ironed sheets. >> A few months ago she gave me the little white cotton shirts (they look >> like long sleeved night gowns) that my dad and uncle wore as infants. My >> dad was born in 46 and my uncle in 39 or 40. She said she "warshed" and >> ironed them every day and they look brand spanking new. >>