Ok you guys (LOL) -- I was being totally sarcastic when I told Roland that I thought it was a musical instrument! I know what a washboard is, have even used one on occasion (but not the way you've all described)! Linda -----Original Message----- From: Carlton Wheeler [mailto:carlwhee@quantumworld.com] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:17 PM To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PABRADFO] Washboards Linda, I can remember my mother using a washboard occasionally when some item couldn't wait for the weekly wash and I remember seeing them in the stores in the 30's. I can remember my grandmother washing clothes using "stompers" which looked like upsidedown funnels on long sticks. Then she got a gasoline powered washer as electricity didn't reach the farm in Wilmot township until the 40's. Carlton Wheeler