Carolyn and all: I remember my grandmother (the one born in Bradford Co.) teaching me to use the wringer washer, she stressed to always fold the buttons to the inside so that the wringer would not rip them off. Well, kids being kids, I thought I knew better, you guessed it....off went the buttons!! SO..guess who sewed the buttons back on the shirts,ME. My brother stuck his hand in the wringer and still wears the scars. We are having more thunder storms and the southern tier (NYS) is also, hope Joyce's yard isn't flooded. Elizabeth Greene