sf wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:21:31 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
> > wrote:
>
>> Which reminds me of a semi-homemade (non-cooking) tool my mother used
>> to use: a Pepsi bottle with some sprinkler gizmo that had a cork for
>> sprinkling water on clothes before ironing.
>
> If we're "of a certain age", I think everybody's mom did that although
> my mother used a Coke bottle.
>
The one my brother made out of an empty dish detergent bottle was
decorated with glitter, which had long worn off and just left a hint of
its earlier presence. I wish I had that bottle now just for sentimental
reasons. Heck, I wish I could still find the cork-sprinkler top and I
could make one myself.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:52:16 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:21:31 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Which reminds me of a semi-homemade (non-cooking) tool my mother used
>>> to use: a Pepsi bottle with some sprinkler gizmo that had a cork for
>>> sprinkling water on clothes before ironing.
>>
>> If we're "of a certain age", I think everybody's mom did that although
>> my mother used a Coke bottle.
>>
>The one my brother made out of an empty dish detergent bottle was
>decorated with glitter, which had long worn off and just left a hint of
>its earlier presence. I wish I had that bottle now just for sentimental
>reasons. Heck, I wish I could still find the cork-sprinkler top and I
>could make one myself.


Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
now plastic.

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121

On 11 Nov 2007 23:24:12 GMT, Blinky the Shark >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:17:42 -0500, "Felice" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>One of my kitchen standbys is a child's wooden building block, about a
>>>foot long, that I use for pounding cutlets. I "requisitioned" it one
>>>day when the children were tads and we were poor. The children are now
>>>pushing 50 and I've flattened a lot of cutlets in the intervening
>>>years.
>>
>> I used a plumbers mallet for that until my son grew up and stole it
>> from me to use on some handyman type job here at the house.
>
>I can remember my grandmother (who lived with us; we had a
>three-generation home) and my mother using a tin can to chop
>strawberries in a bowl. Both ends had been removed and one end still
>had the rounded "bead" on the edge; the other end - the cutting end -
>did not, so that it was sharp. This was a saved tool; it wasn't like
>whenever they needed to chop something they used a new can; it was kept
>a the drawer with other tools. I'm sure they used it for chopping other
>stuff; it's just strawberries that I specifically remember. The nature
>of product would've determined what was used for chopping; I can't
>imagine using that can for something like onions that would've required
>a real cutting edge. Cultural Timeline: They experienced the Great
>Depression; my memories of this tool are from the 1950s and 1960s.


I remember that my aunts (4 old maids who lived in the family home)
used a tin can for chopping cabbage for cole slaw. I still have the
wooden bowl they used, but not the can.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

Boron Elgar wrote:

>> The one my brother made out of an empty dish detergent bottle was
>> decorated with glitter, which had long worn off and just left a hint of
>> its earlier presence. I wish I had that bottle now just for sentimental
>> reasons. Heck, I wish I could still find the cork-sprinkler top and I
>> could make one myself.
>
>
> Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
> now plastic.
>
> http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121

Wow..who knew they were still made? Thanks!
I do prefer the aluminum one if only for sentimental reasons and
nostalgia over the dents it had over time.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:42:45 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>>> The one my brother made out of an empty dish detergent bottle was
>>> decorated with glitter, which had long worn off and just left a hint of
>>> its earlier presence. I wish I had that bottle now just for sentimental
>>> reasons. Heck, I wish I could still find the cork-sprinkler top and I
>>> could make one myself.
>>
>>
>> Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
>> now plastic.
>>
>> http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121
>
>Wow..who knew they were still made? Thanks!
>I do prefer the aluminum one if only for sentimental reasons and
>nostalgia over the dents it had over time.

I can't be too sentimental about those sprinklers. I spent too many
hours sprinkling and ironing clothes. My own clothes starting when I
was in my teens through 1960's Air Force uniforms.

In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

The Cook wrote:
>
> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
> if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.

Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
or beds or something?

And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
section at a time. If it's a large sheet
(king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that
in ironing-board-length swathes. Utter insanity!

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
> anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
> to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
> or beds or something?
>
> And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
> I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
> time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
> section at a time. If it's a large sheet
> (king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that
> in ironing-board-length swathes. Utter insanity!


Don't take up quilting. Utter insanity!
--Lia

Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 03:23:10p, Mark Thorson meant to say...

> The Cook wrote:
>>
>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
>> if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>
> Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
> anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
> to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
> or beds or something?
>
> And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
> I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
> time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
> section at a time. If it's a large sheet
> (king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that
> in ironing-board-length swathes. Utter insanity!

My mom ironed every fabric in the house except towels and underwear. For
large flat items, she had an "electric ironer" similar to this:

http://tinyurl.com/2nr8k9

It made pretty fast work of flat pieces.

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"The Cook" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:42:45 -0500, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>
>>Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>>>> The one my brother made out of an empty dish detergent bottle was
>>>> decorated with glitter, which had long worn off and just left a hint of
>>>> its earlier presence. I wish I had that bottle now just for sentimental
>>>> reasons. Heck, I wish I could still find the cork-sprinkler top and I
>>>> could make one myself.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
>>> now plastic.
>>>
>>> http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121
>>
>>Wow..who knew they were still made? Thanks!
>>I do prefer the aluminum one if only for sentimental reasons and
>>nostalgia over the dents it had over time.
>
> I can't be too sentimental about those sprinklers. I spent too many
> hours sprinkling and ironing clothes. My own clothes starting when I
> was in my teens through 1960's Air Force uniforms.
>
> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
> if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
> --
> Susan N.


I've used full cotton sheets since late 1950's. I've never ironed one set.

Ironing Clothes? I've not touched the iron in 10 years, except to use while
I'm hemming my pants/slacks. They are alway 7" to long.

If DH wants the wrinkles on front button part of a shirt or the flaps of a
shirt ironed -- well, I have the board and iron set up -- just bought him a
new one about 5 years ago. Obviously he doesn't care too much either.

Oh, dear, all those years of ironing -- where was I when they announced (on
the one and only TV station in Roswell, NM) that JFK was killed -- behind an
ironing board!

Dee Dee

> My mom ironed every fabric in the house except towels and
> underwear. For large flat items, she had an "electric ironer"
> similar to this:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2nr8k9
>
> It made pretty fast work of flat pieces.

My mother ironed most everuthing too. I remember her starching all
the crocheted doilies, petticoats, pleated skirts and then ironing
them and the handkerchiefs, tee shirts, tea towels, sheets...

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:30:54 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 03:23:10p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>
>> The Cook wrote:
>>>
>>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
>>> if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>>
>> Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
>> anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
>> to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
>> or beds or something?
>>
>> And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
>> I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
>> time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
>> section at a time. If it's a large sheet
>> (king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that
>> in ironing-board-length swathes. Utter insanity!
>
>My mom ironed every fabric in the house except towels and underwear. For
>large flat items, she had an "electric ironer" similar to this:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2nr8k9
>
>It made pretty fast work of flat pieces.


My mom's mangle was actually quite a thing to look at. It came in a
beautiful wood cabinet that, when closed, looked like a high legged
sideboard. Quite lovely.

I have early childhood memories of her late-night ironing sessions.
She did sheets in a flash and my dad's shirts almost as fast. I loved
to watch. I liked the steam that arose from the damp clothes and the
hissing sounds and fresh smell.

Boron

Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 07:39:33p, sandi meant to say...

>
>> My mom ironed every fabric in the house except towels and
>> underwear. For large flat items, she had an "electric ironer"
>> similar to this:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2nr8k9
>>
>> It made pretty fast work of flat pieces.
>
> My mother ironed most everuthing too. I remember her starching all
> the crocheted doilies, petticoats, pleated skirts and then ironing
> them and the handkerchiefs, tee shirts, tea towels, sheets...

Yep, all those things. Seems like one her biggest tasks was ironing the
ruffled priscilla curtains that hung in most of our bedrooms. They were
made of cotton chintz.

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Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 07:46:04p, Boron Elgar meant to say...

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:30:54 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 03:23:10p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>>
>>> The Cook wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
if
>>>> I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>>>
>>> Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
>>> anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
>>> to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
>>> or beds or something?
>>>
>>> And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
>>> I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
>>> time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
>>> section at a time. If it's a large sheet
>>> (king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that in ironing-board-length
>>> swathes. Utter insanity!
>>
>>My mom ironed every fabric in the house except towels and underwear. For
>>large flat items, she had an "electric ironer" similar to this:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2nr8k9
>>
>>It made pretty fast work of flat pieces.
>
>
> My mom's mangle was actually quite a thing to look at. It came in a
> beautiful wood cabinet that, when closed, looked like a high legged
> sideboard. Quite lovely.
>
> I have early childhood memories of her late-night ironing sessions.
> She did sheets in a flash and my dad's shirts almost as fast. I loved
> to watch. I liked the steam that arose from the damp clothes and the
> hissing sounds and fresh smell.
>
> Boron
>

That does bring back memories! My mom's mangle wasn't in a fancy cabinet,
just white enamelled steel, but it was kept in our finished basement. I'd
forgotten that she also did my dad's shirts on it too.

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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:54:43 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 07:46:04p, Boron Elgar meant to say...
>
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:30:54 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 03:23:10p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>>>
>>>> The Cook wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
>if
>>>>> I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>>>>
>>>> Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
>>>> anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
>>>> to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
>>>> or beds or something?
>>>>
>>>> And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
>>>> I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
>>>> time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
>>>> section at a time. If it's a large sheet
>>>> (king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that in ironing-board-length
>>>> swathes. Utter insanity!
>>>
>>>My mom ironed every fabric in the house except towels and underwear. For
>>>large flat items, she had an "electric ironer" similar to this:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2nr8k9
>>>
>>>It made pretty fast work of flat pieces.
>>
>>
>> My mom's mangle was actually quite a thing to look at. It came in a
>> beautiful wood cabinet that, when closed, looked like a high legged
>> sideboard. Quite lovely.
>>
>> I have early childhood memories of her late-night ironing sessions.
>> She did sheets in a flash and my dad's shirts almost as fast. I loved
>> to watch. I liked the steam that arose from the damp clothes and the
>> hissing sounds and fresh smell.
>>
>> Boron
>>
>
>That does bring back memories! My mom's mangle wasn't in a fancy cabinet,
>just white enamelled steel, but it was kept in our finished basement. I'd
>forgotten that she also did my dad's shirts on it too.

My mom had an Ironrite. Scroll down this page until you see:

The Wood-tone Ironrite Model 88

The one in the photo is not in good shape at all, but that is close to
it. Everything in that room was mahogany, so I assume her Ironrite
was, too. When it was closed up, it had a doily and a bowl of wax
fruit on it!

Boron

Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 08:03:42p, Boron Elgar meant to say...

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:54:43 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 07:46:04p, Boron Elgar meant to say...
>>
>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:30:54 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 03:23:10p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>>>>
>>>>> The Cook wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked
>>>>>> me if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no
>>>>>> iron.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
>>>>> anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
>>>>> to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
>>>>> or beds or something?
>>>>>
>>>>> And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
>>>>> I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
>>>>> time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
>>>>> section at a time. If it's a large sheet
>>>>> (king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that in
>>>>> ironing-board-length swathes. Utter insanity!
>>>>
>>>>My mom ironed every fabric in the house except towels and underwear.
>>>>For large flat items, she had an "electric ironer" similar to this:
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/2nr8k9
>>>>
>>>>It made pretty fast work of flat pieces.
>>>
>>>
>>> My mom's mangle was actually quite a thing to look at. It came in a
>>> beautiful wood cabinet that, when closed, looked like a high legged
>>> sideboard. Quite lovely.
>>>
>>> I have early childhood memories of her late-night ironing sessions.
>>> She did sheets in a flash and my dad's shirts almost as fast. I loved
>>> to watch. I liked the steam that arose from the damp clothes and the
>>> hissing sounds and fresh smell.
>>>
>>> Boron
>>>
>>
>>That does bring back memories! My mom's mangle wasn't in a fancy
>>cabinet, just white enamelled steel, but it was kept in our finished
>>basement. I'd forgotten that she also did my dad's shirts on it too.
>
> My mom had an Ironrite. Scroll down this page until you see:
>
> The Wood-tone Ironrite Model 88
>
> The one in the photo is not in good shape at all, but that is close to
> it. Everything in that room was mahogany, so I assume her Ironrite
> was, too. When it was closed up, it had a doily and a bowl of wax
> fruit on it!
>
> Boron
>

Very nice! I can see why one like that could have it's place in a room
full of nice furniture.

At the time my mom had the mangle, she was still using a wringer washer and
double laundry tubs for rinsing. It was a large old house, and we had a
"drying room" in the basement as well. Clothes lines strung from end to
end, and hotter air piped from the furnace. Of course, in better weather
the clothes were hung outdoors.

Laundry was really an all day job back then.

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:40:23 -0600, Andy <q> fired up random neurons
and synapses to opine:

>For strawberries, I use the tip of an old fashioned potato/carrot peeler.
>After pulling off the leaves I stab into it, twist it around and pop it
>out. Safe enough to make it a kid's chore.

Now we're talkin'. I happen to be in occasional custody and control of
4 year old and 13 year old granddaughters. So, Andy <pulling up a
chair with a notebook and pen> how do we add cherry pitting and apple
coring/peeling to the "safe list" for the little darlings?

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines


To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:57:26 -0500, Boron Elgar
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
>now plastic.
>
>http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121

OMG, that's exactly it - except Mother's was aluminum. Now, where are
we going to find an old glass Pepsi bottle? And where did I put my
iron. Do I actually still *own* an iron? I know I have an ironing
board, because I saw it...recently. Since I moved to California,
anyway. Or at least since early in the Clinton Administration. Or was
that the Reagan Administration...

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines


To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:23:10 -0800, Mark Thorson >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>The Cook wrote:
>>
>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
>> if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>
>Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
>anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
>to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
>or beds or something?

<snip>

My mother also had a mangle. This was back in the day when sheets were
100% cotten and wrinkled like hell even after being strung out on the
clothes line to dry. I remember it as a long drum, maybe 10" in
diameter and 18" wide, covered with a tightly stretched cotton "sock,"
for lack of a better word. There was a correspondingly wide metal
presser. She fed a width of sheet (or doily or handkerchief, etc.)
between the drum and presser, then closed the presser onto the drum
which rotated, feeding the fabric through.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines


To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 08:34:34p, Terry Pulliam Burd meant to say...

> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:57:26 -0500, Boron Elgar
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
>
>>Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
>>now plastic.
>>
>>http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ID=1121&itemTy
>>pe=PRODUCT&iMainCat=673&iSubCat=729&iProductID=1 121
>
> OMG, that's exactly it - except Mother's was aluminum. Now, where are
> we going to find an old glass Pepsi bottle? And where did I put my
> iron. Do I actually still *own* an iron? I know I have an ironing
> board, because I saw it...recently. Since I moved to California,
> anyway. Or at least since early in the Clinton Administration. Or was
> that the Reagan Administration...
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> --
> "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
> old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
> waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
>
> -- Duncan Hines
>
>
> To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"
>
>
>
>
>

LOL, I have a steam iron and ironing board, both of which hang on wall rack
made for the purpose. They have hung on that same rack in our last 3
houses, and I "think" I ironed a linen tablecloth once in that period of
time. <g>

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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:52:24 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>priscilla curtains

LOL! I had to google that image.... I never knew that kind of curtain
had a name! My mom wasn't much of a home decorator. We had drapes
from the Sears catalog. They opened and they closed, they had some
sort of pattern - but darned if I can remember what it was.


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Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 09:07:55p, meant to say...

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:52:24 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>priscilla curtains
>
> LOL! I had to google that image.... I never knew that kind of curtain
> had a name! My mom wasn't much of a home decorator. We had drapes
> from the Sears catalog. They opened and they closed, they had some
> sort of pattern - but darned if I can remember what it was.
>
>

The ones we had were those that fully cris-crossed each other at the
top...a lot of fabric. In the LR, DR, den, and library we had traverse
drapery with upholstered cornices. My mom wasn't much of a home decorator
herself, but my parents had a decorator "do" the house. <g>

I remember, at one point, the LR was done in "Chinese modern". A lot of
lacquered wood pieces, wood framed upholstered pieces, and draperies were
in an Asian pattern, gray rough textured fabric with a deep red pattern.
(Not really as bad as it sounds.)

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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:21:48 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 09:07:55p, meant to say...
>
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:52:24 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>
>I remember, at one point, the LR was done in "Chinese modern". A lot of
>lacquered wood pieces, wood framed upholstered pieces, and draperies were
>in an Asian pattern, gray rough textured fabric with a deep red pattern.
>(Not really as bad as it sounds.)

I have to ask: Did your mother know Michael's mother??? You two
sound like you came from the same sort of background.

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Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 09:46:00p, meant to say...

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:21:48 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 09:07:55p, meant to say...
>>
>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:52:24 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>
>>I remember, at one point, the LR was done in "Chinese modern". A lot of
>>lacquered wood pieces, wood framed upholstered pieces, and draperies
were
>>in an Asian pattern, gray rough textured fabric with a deep red pattern.
>>(Not really as bad as it sounds.)
>
> I have to ask: Did your mother know Michael's mother??? You two
> sound like you came from the same sort of background.
>

Probably pretty close in some respects, but mine was from the "Old South".
<g> The "ladies who lunch" at the CC, travel, etc.

--
Wayne Boatwright

(to e-mail me direct, replace cox dot net with gmail dot com)
__________________________________________________ ____________

Any time, any place, our snipers can drop you.
Have a nice day.

Terry Pulliam Burd said...

> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:40:23 -0600, Andy <q> fired up random neurons
> and synapses to opine:
>
>>For strawberries, I use the tip of an old fashioned potato/carrot peeler.
>>After pulling off the leaves I stab into it, twist it around and pop it
>>out. Safe enough to make it a kid's chore.
>
> Now we're talkin'. I happen to be in occasional custody and control of
> 4 year old and 13 year old granddaughters. So, Andy <pulling up a
> chair with a notebook and pen> how do we add cherry pitting and apple
> coring/peeling to the "safe list" for the little darlings?


I'm not that clever. I still wonder about 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie
conundrum.

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:18:48 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Wed 14 Nov 2007 08:03:42p, Boron Elgar meant to say...
>

>>
>> The one in the photo is not in good shape at all, but that is close to
>> it. Everything in that room was mahogany, so I assume her Ironrite
>> was, too. When it was closed up, it had a doily and a bowl of wax
>> fruit on it!
>>
>> Boron
>>
>
>Very nice! I can see why one like that could have it's place in a room
>full of nice furniture.
>
>At the time my mom had the mangle, she was still using a wringer washer and
>double laundry tubs for rinsing. It was a large old house, and we had a
>"drying room" in the basement as well. Clothes lines strung from end to
>end, and hotter air piped from the furnace. Of course, in better weather
>the clothes were hung outdoors.
>
>Laundry was really an all day job back then.


My mom had an automatic washer from at least the early 50s. Never had
a dryer until the 70s, though. There was a room strung with
clothesline in the basement and the backyard had lines, too. That was
the way it was done.

The house I grew up in still have the remnants of wringer or hand
washing. There were two huge tubs and next to that a gas ring that
could take a massive vat of water for heating.

Of course our moms were busy....now we all have the Internet to keep
us busy.

Boron

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:34:34 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:57:26 -0500, Boron Elgar
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
>opine:
>
>>Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
>>now plastic.
>>
>>http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121
>
>OMG, that's exactly it - except Mother's was aluminum. Now, where are
>we going to find an old glass Pepsi bottle? And where did I put my
>iron. Do I actually still *own* an iron? I know I have an ironing
>board, because I saw it...recently. Since I moved to California,
>anyway. Or at least since early in the Clinton Administration. Or was
>that the Reagan Administration...
>
>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd


All ironing duties fall to The Hub. That man can iron with the best of
them.

Boron

Boron Elgar wrote:
> All ironing duties fall to The Hub. That man can iron with the best of
> them.

In this house too

Dee.Dee wrote:
>> I'm not that clever. I still wonder about 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a
>> pie
>> conundrum.
>
>
> Yeah, what the h--- was that poem all about?
> Dee Dee
>
>

I have no idea, but on the show "The Tudors" on Showtime, Henry VIII
gave a pie as a gift to the king of France and a bunch of birds flew out
of it. I never thought it was a literal thing, but maybe it was.

--
-Gina in Italy

http://www.myspace.com/ravenlynne1975
I'm a blogger: http://ravenwolflodge.blogspot.com

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Terry Pulliam Burd said...
>
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:40:23 -0600, Andy <q> fired up random neurons
>> and synapses to opine:
>>
>>>For strawberries, I use the tip of an old fashioned potato/carrot peeler.
>>>After pulling off the leaves I stab into it, twist it around and pop it
>>>out. Safe enough to make it a kid's chore.
>>
>> Now we're talkin'. I happen to be in occasional custody and control of
>> 4 year old and 13 year old granddaughters. So, Andy <pulling up a
>> chair with a notebook and pen> how do we add cherry pitting and apple
>> coring/peeling to the "safe list" for the little darlings?
>
>
> I'm not that clever. I still wonder about 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a
> pie
> conundrum.


Yeah, what the h--- was that poem all about?
Dee Dee

Oh pshaw, on Thu 15 Nov 2007 07:39:32a, ravenlynne meant to say...

> Dee.Dee wrote:
>>> I'm not that clever. I still wonder about 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in
a
>>> pie conundrum.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, what the h--- was that poem all about?
>> Dee Dee
>>
>>
>
> I have no idea, but on the show "The Tudors" on Showtime, Henry VIII
> gave a pie as a gift to the king of France and a bunch of birds flew out
> of it. I never thought it was a literal thing, but maybe it was.
>

It was a surprise presentation, and supposedly happened for real. It would
have been a real pastry, with the birds hidden inside until it was cut
open.

Much like the girl popping out of a cake.

--
Wayne Boatwright

(to e-mail me direct, replace cox dot net with gmail dot com)
__________________________________________________ ____________

'I think not,' said Descartes, and promptly
disappeared.

Dee.Dee wrote:
>
> Yeah, what the h--- was that poem all about?


http://www.snopes.com/lost/sixpence.htm


Thanks for a great question that led to a great answer!


--Lia

"Julia Altshuler" > wrote

> Dee.Dee wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, what the h--- was that poem all about?
>
>
> http://www.snopes.com/lost/sixpence.htm
>
>
> Thanks for a great question that led to a great answer!

There's a book on that whole subject, fascinating. The rhymes
were usually political.

nancy

Julia Altshuler said...

> Dee.Dee wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, what the h--- was that poem all about?
>
>
> http://www.snopes.com/lost/sixpence.htm
>
>
> Thanks for a great question that led to a great answer!
>
>
> --Lia


Well, OK, but... back in the 1700s they could only count to 20? They
couldn't add them up to 24 blackbirds baked in a pie?

Andy's Evil One and another?

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> There's a book on that whole subject, fascinating. The rhymes
> were usually political.


And then there are the ones that are fascinating because they DON'T have
hidden meanings:

http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.asp


--Lia

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:07:55 -0800, sf wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:52:24 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:
>
>>priscilla curtains
>
>LOL! I had to google that image.... I never knew that kind of curtain
>had a name! My mom wasn't much of a home decorator. We had drapes
>from the Sears catalog. They opened and they closed, they had some
>sort of pattern - but darned if I can remember what it was.

are you sure they weren't shower curtains?

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:32:35 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
wrote:

>
>"The Cook" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:42:45 -0500, Goomba38 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The one my brother made out of an empty dish detergent bottle was
>>>>> decorated with glitter, which had long worn off and just left a hint of
>>>>> its earlier presence. I wish I had that bottle now just for sentimental
>>>>> reasons. Heck, I wish I could still find the cork-sprinkler top and I
>>>>> could make one myself.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
>>>> now plastic.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121
>>>
>>>Wow..who knew they were still made? Thanks!
>>>I do prefer the aluminum one if only for sentimental reasons and
>>>nostalgia over the dents it had over time.
>>
>> I can't be too sentimental about those sprinklers. I spent too many
>> hours sprinkling and ironing clothes. My own clothes starting when I
>> was in my teens through 1960's Air Force uniforms.
>>
>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
>> if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>> --
>> Susan N.
>
>
> I've used full cotton sheets since late 1950's. I've never ironed one set.
>
>Ironing Clothes? I've not touched the iron in 10 years, except to use while
>I'm hemming my pants/slacks. They are alway 7" to long.
>
>If DH wants the wrinkles on front button part of a shirt or the flaps of a
>shirt ironed -- well, I have the board and iron set up -- just bought him a
>new one about 5 years ago. Obviously he doesn't care too much either.
>
>Oh, dear, all those years of ironing -- where was I when they announced (on
>the one and only TV station in Roswell, NM) that JFK was killed -- behind an
>ironing board!
>
>Dee Dee
>

at least you have an alibi.

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:32:35 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"The Cook" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:42:45 -0500, Goomba38 >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> The one my brother made out of an empty dish detergent bottle was
>>>>>> decorated with glitter, which had long worn off and just left a hint
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> its earlier presence. I wish I had that bottle now just for
>>>>>> sentimental
>>>>>> reasons. Heck, I wish I could still find the cork-sprinkler top and I
>>>>>> could make one myself.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here ya go, although the sprinkler part is no longer aluminum, but is
>>>>> now plastic.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...ProductID=1121
>>>>
>>>>Wow..who knew they were still made? Thanks!
>>>>I do prefer the aluminum one if only for sentimental reasons and
>>>>nostalgia over the dents it had over time.
>>>
>>> I can't be too sentimental about those sprinklers. I spent too many
>>> hours sprinkling and ironing clothes. My own clothes starting when I
>>> was in my teens through 1960's Air Force uniforms.
>>>
>>> In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
>>> if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>>> --
>>> Susan N.
>>
>>
>> I've used full cotton sheets since late 1950's. I've never ironed one
>> set.
>>
>>Ironing Clothes? I've not touched the iron in 10 years, except to use
>>while
>>I'm hemming my pants/slacks. They are alway 7" to long.
>>
>>If DH wants the wrinkles on front button part of a shirt or the flaps of a
>>shirt ironed -- well, I have the board and iron set up -- just bought him
>>a
>>new one about 5 years ago. Obviously he doesn't care too much either.
>>
>>Oh, dear, all those years of ironing -- where was I when they announced
>>(on
>>the one and only TV station in Roswell, NM) that JFK was killed -- behind
>>an
>>ironing board!
>>
>>Dee Dee
>>
>
> at least you have an alibi.
>
> your pal,
> blake


And there were only a few of us that did!
Dee Dee

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> The Cook wrote:
> >
> > In the mid 1960's no iron sheets became available. Someone asked me
> > if I had used them. I replied that my sheets had always been no iron.
>
> Yup. I can't imagine ironing sheets. Why would
> anybody do that unless it was for a photograph
> to be used in an advertisement for selling sheets
> or beds or something?
>
> And how would you do it, even if you wanted to?
> I suppose you'd have to do it a section at a
> time, advancing it by one ironing-board-width
> section at a time. If it's a large sheet
> (king or queen size), you'd have to repeat that
> in ironing-board-length swathes. Utter insanity!

In many parts of Europe large-bed pressers are common in homes. Flat bed
and the lid pulls down over whatever is being pressed. Sheets,
tablecloths and quilts are easily done. Will do a properly-laid out
shirt in one go. They are sold in the US as well, presumably meant for
quilters.