I will admit that I did like the smell of diapers on the line. My children were born when Pampers first came out - No I didn't use them. But, I willl admit with my alergies, I do prefer the dryer. Here in Colorado, we really have no place to hang wash out. Roberta ---------- >From: Warren & Kathleen Barrett <furndr@tenforward.com> >To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PABRADFO] wringer washers >Date: Wed, May 24, 2000, 7:01 PM > > 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 > > >