On 4/20/2013 6:55 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2013-04-20, Ophelia > wrote:
>>
>>> Same here. I wash all my dish cloths and tea towels in a 90c wash.
>>
>> There's a blast from the past. Tea towels. Say that to most ppl,
>> these days, and they look at you like you're speaking Swahili. Last
>> time I bought some was about 15 yrs ago and I bought 'em to make n'
>> filter some horchata. Had a devil of a time with the term, even then.
>> Hadda find an old granny aged sales person to get my drift.
>>
>> "I'm looking to buy some brbl&lp*@ frkl#'s"
>
> Indeed! I grew up referring to them as tea towels. But no longer. Now
> they are dish towels. Not that I ever use them for dishes. For me they are
> merely decorative.
>
>
Since I'm always washing my hands while in the kitchen I use mine to dry
my hands on. I don't use them to dry dishes.

Jill