I remember my Mom using the heated curling iron on my hair. She would hold it over the gas fire until it was very warm, test it on some paper to make sure it wasn't too hot. When it was only mildly warm she would wrap my hair around and hold it until it was not real warm. She would take it out and I had nice curls. I do remember getting burned with it a time or two. I have the curling iron mounted in a frame on display. My daughter and granddaughters find it hard to believe my hair was curled with....that thing. Bunny -----Original Message----- From: helenware Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:44 PM To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers I remember that cooking a turkey was an all night thing-hours and hours! You would think those curling irons right into the flames would have burned their hair! My g.grandma boiled the coffee grounds with an egg shell and salt--the coffee was hot and delicious! She had a huge old stove that had a hot water heater attached to the back-never knew how that worked. Helen http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's like one time when my granddaughter stayed over a Saturday night with me. She was about 10 yrs old and she and her mother both had natural curly hair. My hair is straight as a board if I don't curl it. That Sunday morning I rolled my hair up on hot rollers and had come to breakfast with them in my hair. As soonas she saw them she asked what did I have in my hair. I explained to her that I had to curl my hair for it to look nice. Since she and her mother never had to usecurlers, she had no idea what I was doing.Emma > From: bunny440@windstream.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 20:21:30 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers > > I remember my Mom using the heated curling iron on my hair. She would hold > it over the gas fire until it was very warm, test it on some paper to make > sure it wasn't too hot. When it was only mildly warm she would wrap my > hair around and hold it until it was not real warm. She would take it out > and I had nice curls. > > I do remember getting burned with it a time or two. I have the curling iron > mounted in a frame on display. My daughter and granddaughters find it hard > to believe my hair was curled with....that thing. > > > Bunny > >