And for my two cents. I, as a child, used the wringer - washer and even got my very long hair caught in it. But, at least all it did was straighten my hair more and the wriger itself stopped when my head hit it. Roberta ---------- >From: "Robert Matthews" <rmatthews6196@penn.com> >To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PABRADFO] wringer washers >Date: Wed, May 24, 2000, 7:43 PM > > 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 >> >> >> > >