Robert,I have a personal question to ask you----where the hell do the rocks keep coming from???????Look at Ireland.R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Matthews" <rmatthews6196@penn.com> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 18 43 PM Subject: Re: [PABRADFO] wringer washers > Well, I guess I just HAVE to add my two cents worth to this one. > I got married at the ripe age of 15 in 1965. We bought a wringer washer > because it was what I was accustom to. > The washer went through 3 kids and 12 years of that marriage. In 1980 I had > to move & sold the washer to a friend who STILL has it!!! > I have a dryer. It sits in the basement waiting for the day that I might > get an electric plug in to plug it in to......in the meantime, I have two > clotheslines. One is in the backyard and the other is on the front porch > (for rainy days). Guess you know which clothes line I have been using; > hunh? Will this rain EVER stop? > Spent this evening removing stones and rocks from our freshly plowed and > disced three acres. As I slung them to the sides I wondered if there really > will come a time when we can get our veggies in. > Rose > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Warren & Kathleen Barrett" <furndr@tenforward.com> > To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:01 PM > Subject: [PABRADFO] wringer washers > > > > I am the 7th of 10 children. I was born in 1941 and my mother continued > > using her wringer washer well into the late 50's and early 60's. She just > > didn't want to make the switch. She taught me how to use the washer, and > > how to lift the clothing from the very hot wash and rinse waters with a > > stout rod--then using the rod to get the clothing started as they were put > > into the wringer. Once I was assigned the job of helping my sister-in-law > > learn to use the washer when she and my brother were staying with us. I > > guess I got a little sidetracked. When my sister-in-law said something > had > > jambed the wringer, I told her the problem was my arm was caught in > > it--almost up to the elbow. I didn't suffer anything from that experience > > except embarrassment. > > > > My mother also had a hard time using a clothes dryer. She seldom used one > > even when one was in our home. She preferred hanging them on the clothes > > line. That is one experience I really miss--gathering freshly washed and > > dried clothes from the outside clothes line. They still smelled good when > > in the winter they froze on the line and had to be thawed inside the house > > on an old wooden clothes rack. Thanks for the memories. > > > > Kathleen Barrett > > Port Angeles, WA > > > > > > > >