Okay- First to Roland- You HAVE to be genetically identical to my husband. He was talking about he and his best pal did SEVERAL experiments with the wringer washer. His grandmother had a small Mangle at home and they owned a dry cleaners and laundry and they had a large one at the cleaners. He also has told me about on bivouac in the US Army beating his clothes with rocks in a stream. Second- although I can remember in "the old house" (aka the one with no indoor plumbing) taking a scrub board into the tub outside on sunny days and doing wash, and frozen sheets smell best, especially after a super cold wind in March; my current idea of roughing it, is running out of clean towels at the Hilton. I don't DO pioneer living! And that's a culture shock for me after living in NY, LA and PHX to move to BAKER CITY, OR where if it doesn't MOO isn't worth paying attention to! That's my nickels worth! No electric dryers, INDEED! <BG> Peggie -----Original Message----- From: Carlton Wheeler [mailto:carlwhee@quantumworld.com] Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:11 AM To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PABRADFO] Wringer washers The first washer I remember had a copper tank that rocked back and forth to wash the clothes. It had a wringer and was used with two tubs for rinse, one with bluing. It was replaced by a "modern" washer with a tub and agitator and wringer after several tryouts, one of which had a floating agitator. We may have had more than one of these before the first automatic. The last one had a safety bar on the wringer which would release the pressure on the rolls in case one's hand got caught. Clothes hung out in freezing weather would eventually dry and if it was windy became especially soft. Carlton Wheeler