tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post934137948276264131..comments2024-01-06T15:58:20.726-07:00Comments on Never Ending Journey: Days pastLyniluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-86029895399780720852010-12-17T11:30:49.247-07:002010-12-17T11:30:49.247-07:00Dave, I remember my mom using a wringer washer, to...Dave, I remember my mom using a wringer washer, too. I'd forgotten that!<br /><br />I discovered the phone thing during a power outage a year or so ago. I kept two old phones for the purpose of safety during power outages (what I use daily is cordless), so I got one out and plugged it in. When I tried to dial out to report the outage, it wouldn't work. I checked the other one, and it was touch tone, so I was OK. Isn't it interesting what we lose and don't even realize it?Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-41848684192302732322010-12-17T10:17:59.905-07:002010-12-17T10:17:59.905-07:00I remember my mother ironing and sprinkling first ...I remember my mother ironing and sprinkling first with the bottle with the cork top. She also had one of those clothes washers with the wringer on top<br /><br />My dad just described for me this past week how they had an ice box instead of a refrigerator. He described for me how it worked (the ice went in the top and drained through coils to the bottom).<br /><br />We still have a dial phone in our garage. When the power went out, it was the only phone that worked. I didn't realize that I couldn't call out on it, but I see now that you're right.Big Dave Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363712781308133633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-4014716630829644642010-12-17T07:22:09.322-07:002010-12-17T07:22:09.322-07:00Mimi, I'm glad you enjoyed the walk down memor...Mimi, I'm glad you enjoyed the walk down memory lane! I have, too, and it's even better with each person who adds another. I might have to do this again in a few months. BTW, do you remember how awful the color was on those early color tvs? The best part was the NBC peacock!<br /><br />Di, I used to do my ironing at night in the summer, especially when I was a newlywed in the mid- late 60s and we lived for a while in a house with no air conditioning. One of my friends and I used to get together, set our ironing boards up facing each other, put our babies in the playpen close by, and gab away while we ironed all day long. It was so fun!<br />If you think of the Jake-moment, come back and drop it in! And as for Miss Katie .... oh my! Hopefully, one day she'll "get it"!!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-57835994558101366872010-12-17T05:14:15.471-07:002010-12-17T05:14:15.471-07:00Oh Lyn I remember all of those things! My grandmot...Oh Lyn I remember all of those things! My grandmother taught me to iron and I remember her saying how much she loved to iron and that she had to do it barefooted or she would get too hot!<br />Jake and I were having a conversation the other day. He was talking about something that our grandkids probably won't even know about unless we tell them. And know for the life of me I can not remember what the heck it was!!<br />Katie won't even watch a black and white movie, so sad. Anyway, great post, I gotta get ready for work, Love Ya!!! Di ♥Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429812875586479256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-51086781991240757212010-12-17T04:55:04.956-07:002010-12-17T04:55:04.956-07:00I remember the sprinkle top pop.....plus my mom IR...I remember the sprinkle top pop.....plus my mom IRONED everything even our underware! and socks.....she used to say when she iron it was so relaxing.....my mom passed away when I was 16 so thank you making me think of her again.....and I remember when we first got cable.....my daughter was 6 weeks old....(she's 31 now) wow I am old.....lol and cell phone everyone has one now even 6 and 7 year olds...why do they need one......oh heck that's another blog......we had 1 tv in the house and I remember when we got a color tv....wow my dad sat the old tv next to the new one and we would watch the show and kept looking at the black and white one and the the color and wow .....lolMimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01487391785570138766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-21569426512847928562010-12-16T22:12:05.504-07:002010-12-16T22:12:05.504-07:00MM, I forgot to mention the sprinkle top! I though...MM, I forgot to mention the sprinkle top! I thought of it earlier! Yes, they plugged into a soda bottle, fitting like a cork would, with holes in the top, and you filled the bottle with water to sprinkle clothes. Did you ever have one fall out as you were shaking it over the clothes? All the water would gush out, and you'd have to re-dry the article and try sprinkling again. <br /><br />Your remarks about starch reminded me in the late '50s we starched our "can-cans" or some called the "crinolines." They were super full, mega thick net gathered into skirts or, as my grandma said, "petticoats," that we wore under our full-circle skirts to make them stick out very, very full and wide. We dipped them in a starch solution and dried them so they were stiff as possible. I used to dip in the thick starch, then spread the can-can out on the lawn to dry. You should have seen us trying to scrunch all that starched netting into school desks!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-49080852703613822492010-12-16T21:46:23.273-07:002010-12-16T21:46:23.273-07:00just addressing the ironing topic...
we didn'...just addressing the ironing topic...<br /><br />we didn't have a washer or dryer so had to go to the laundramat and hang the clothes on the the clothes line to dry. my Dad was a barber so his shirts were starched; a very thick paste like mess that they were dipped in and then the excess was squeezed out. then they were rolled and put in the fridge to be ironed after everything else. it seems that i recall them taking extra time and elbow grease to get dry and STIFF. the starch was to help the tiny fine hairs from the electric clippers getting into his skin. he would often have little infections from that happening. we also "sprinkled" with an attachment atop a pop bottle to dampen the other things that had dried on the line because this was before steam irons, don't you know!!!<br /><br />i have my Mother's first little toy iron...meowmommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01209824648988317879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-73780034054668402362010-12-16T21:33:03.327-07:002010-12-16T21:33:03.327-07:00Merikay, I don't remember being afraid of it, ...Merikay, I don't remember being afraid of it, but Mom expressed great respect for it. I was in a utility room, and we didn't really go there but to go out the back door. I can tell you she was glad to have it, but she was equally glad when no-press sheets came out!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-29452083024256503712010-12-16T21:08:43.538-07:002010-12-16T21:08:43.538-07:00My mother had a mangle too. I was afraid of it.
...My mother had a mangle too. I was afraid of it.<br /><br />There are/will be so many things that are coming to be common now that we won't really be comfortable with.<br /><br />Times change, things change, but people are still the same.Merikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378095339747943548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-81413965099242766822010-12-16T20:28:56.302-07:002010-12-16T20:28:56.302-07:00It's funny, isn't it, Ruth? I remember a f...It's funny, isn't it, Ruth? I remember a few times when I sprinkled the clothes and didn't put them in the fridge (not ice box n my case) and forgot them. Then in a couple days, I had mildew all through them. Yuck! <br /><br />I'll bet you had a party line, too. I remember when the phone rang, you had to listen for "your" ring, 2 longs and a short, or whatever. Nosy neighbors would pick up the phone and listen in!<br /><br />Good memories, for sure!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-27293739826655055652010-12-16T20:04:49.593-07:002010-12-16T20:04:49.593-07:00Oh my, this is hilarious, and my friend I DO remem...Oh my, this is hilarious, and my friend I DO remember all these things. Dont forget I have a few years on you LOL I remember sprinkling the cotton clothes and rolling them up and putting them in the ICE BOX to keep them cool before ironing. I also remember the days when showers were a luxury,and not available in most homes, and baths were once a week...same as washing ones hair. I could go on forever....everytime I think of something, something else pops in my mind. Life is way more complicated now, but much easier in lots of ways. I also remember cars with NO automatic transmision and NO signal lights. Roll down window and put arm out to signal, and who could see that arm in the dark? LOL Memory Lane is not always good!!RMcIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06495935556004254952noreply@blogger.com