The heat-on-the-stove irons were called "flat irons" when I was young. Don Elias On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:17:10 -0500 "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> writes: > Those "clunky" irons were called sad irons. For a reason too! We > had one until we sold our home a few years ago. It belonged to my > mother-in-law who used it as a teenager in the early 1900's when she > > lived on a farm. We used it as a door stop and my son has it today. > > We bought a mangle after WW II for $15.00 and used it for several > years and then my sister-in-law bought it. > > We used to make coffee when we were camping by just putting the > ground coffee in the bottom of an aluminum coffee pot and dropping > an > egg shell into it and adding water. We brought it to a boil on a > wood fire and let the grounds settle before pouring the first cup. > It > was delicious on cool or cold mornings when we were camping in the > mountains. > > juanita > > > > My aunt had a mangle. Only one I ever saw. > > > > Once in awhile during the summer I would live two weeks with my > > grandmother. > > > > She had a clunky iron that she heated on top of a wood burning > stove. > > > > I also remember she had a coffee percolator. Coffee came out full > of > > grounds. > > > > I like my Mr. Coffee much better, and am thankful for modern > > conveniences. > > > > But I also hand it to my ancestors for surviving in times when > > everything every day was a fire drill.....a struggle to survive. > > > > donkelly > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: juanita <juanita2@cox.net> > > To: Iowa@rootsweb.com, Fergsbks@aol.com > > Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:29:45 +0000 (UTC) > > Subject: Re: [IOWA] Ironing and the mangle > > > > I never lived in Iowa but I did many of the same chores Bob > describes > > and remember them well. The "good ole days", insofar as I'm > > concerned, are gone for good! I didn't think they were fun then > and I > > sure wouldn't today. My friends were in the same boat so perhaps > we > > had no alternative. We're spoiled with all the conveniences we > have > > today but I'm thankful for ea. one and wish my parents were here > to > > enjoy them with me. > > > > juanita > > _____________________________________________ > > 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 > ____________________________________________________________ Digital Photography - Click Now. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTDvmRme7SorGCVHh0YmkCxA9dGBZHEJODyVui4A35aSZMaUsXUDny/