On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 04:21:55 -0500, MaryL >
wrote:
>On 6/28/2016 2:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 2:39:00 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2016 11:37 AM, graham wrote:
>>>> On 28/06/2016 6:08 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I get the top sheet, the pillowcases and the bottom sheet
>>>>> into even-ish rectangles, stack them and roll. They fit
>>>>> into the linen closet that way and they're all together.
>>>>>
>>>>> All of this might take a minute. What's the big deal.
>>>
>>>> Because it is so unnecessary.
>>>
>>> Well, I know you're busy inventing the cure for all deadly diseases
>>> while finding a solution for world hunger, so your days are very
>>> busy. I can chit chat or watch tv while folding the sheets so they
>>> aren't wrinkly when it's time to use them. I even managed to fold
>>> sheets when I was working crazy hours.
>>
>> Like washing dishes by hand or hanging laundry to dry, I have
>> much, much better things to do than fold sheets. Virtually
>> anything is better than housework, although reading books
>> is my first preference.
>>
>> I don't care if sheets are wrinkled. I take 'em out of the
>> dryer and pretty much count on the fact that they'll be back
>> on the bed by the time I'm ready to go to sleep.
>>
>> Sometimes nearly a week passes before I fold a basket of
>> laundry (not until I'm ready to use that basket again to
>> do another load). Wrinkly socks and skivvies are far down
>> on my list of concerns.
>>
>> I immediately hang up the clothes that I wear to work, as soon
>> as they come out of the dryer. I'm not completely without
>> standards.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>When I was a child, my grandmother actually *ironed* her sheets.
>Fortunately, my mother considered that a waste of time, so I am happy to
>admit that I have never ironed sheets. In fact, I normally buy clothing
>that does not need to be ironed. I do have a steamer that I use on the
>few items that need some extra help.
>
>MaryL
Back then there weren't any fitted sheets and no iron fabrics had not
yet been invented... you'd not want to sleep on unironed linen
bedding. My grandmother owned a B&B (used to be called tourist
homes), she used a mangle for pressing bedding.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mangle+iron