"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 7/21/2016 9:37 AM, The Greatest! wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> Also, I got a nice burn when I accidentally touched oven cleaner
>>> with my forearm and didn't notice. That is not the oven cleaner's
>>> fault, but you can keep that caustic stuff. I want nothing to
>>> do with it.
>>
>>
>> Nancy, I was watching an old "To Tell The Truth" episode from early
> > 1962* on some sub-channel, these are fun to watch because the have
> > the original ads. There was one for Easy - Off, and back then it was
> > apparently not a spray, but you *brushed* it on! Came in a glass jar
> > with a small brush, did not look much larger than a pastry brush.
>
> Holy crap, can you imagine? (laugh) For real, the house would be a
> smoky mess before I'd get around to that little chore. Just spraying
> it on was beyond what I was willing to do.
>
> > The housewife - in pearls and heels, natch! - smilingly cleaned her
> oven,
> > just in time for her Mad Men hubby's arrival, the ad ended with her
> > serving them a big steak dinner...
>
> No pressure to be perfect at all!
>
> You see those old Candid Camera shows where people would actually
> think a sneeze came through the phone? Those people probably
> believed other housewives were cleaning the oven in a dress and
> pearls.
>
>> I mean, *brush - on*, geez...!!!
>
> I don't forget how easy I have it. And! if my husband has ring
> around the collar, he doesn't look at me like it's my fault.

Ring around the collar???



>> *The date was specific because at the end of the episode over the
> > credits, Walter Cronkite did a voice - over, inviting viewers to watch
> > the launch of "the first American to be launched into orbit", which was
> > John Glenn on February 20th, 1962. AND John Glenn just celebrated his
> > 95th birthday, very cool!
>
> And it wasn't all that long ago he did Dancing with the Stars!
> Very cool to still be out there.
>
> nancy
>

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