tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post8936074042198705175..comments2023-10-17T06:22:37.908-07:00Comments on Rockin' Chair Reflections: W is for Wash Day, a Three-Wring Circus - A-Z ChallengeSharleneThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-88613547804253605972012-08-22T10:00:20.434-07:002012-08-22T10:00:20.434-07:00It WAS too much work, but volunteers were scarce a...It WAS too much work, but volunteers were scarce and it had to be done. We had nothing else so they were luxuries, then. The new GREEN movement is discovering our earlier days and sort of updating them to make them easier to use. Still need elbow grease and back labor, though. Thanks for stopping by.SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-27361612530124989072012-08-22T09:57:55.099-07:002012-08-22T09:57:55.099-07:00It can be quite scary when that happens. I always ...It can be quite scary when that happens. I always wondered why those rollers had so much give in them to let an arm go through. Thanks for stopping by.SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-4719272014478990452012-08-22T09:56:30.173-07:002012-08-22T09:56:30.173-07:00Hey, Lo! Finally getting around to answering some ...Hey, Lo! Finally getting around to answering some of this years Challenge comments. Where has the year gone? One of my first childhood jobs was emptying the water tray under the icebox! We couldn't wait for him to come so we could get big slivers of ice to suck on on those hot summer days... and, it was horse-drawn... can't answer your question 'cause those good old days were just plain hard work and I rather enjoy meeting folks like you online.SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-86859072768822457212012-08-22T09:52:39.353-07:002012-08-22T09:52:39.353-07:00Yeah, a bare-bottomed baby would be difficult for ...Yeah, a bare-bottomed baby would be difficult for me to adjust to, too! That meant they could relieve themselves, anywhere, and that could very easily be on MY mattress! I've washed in streams, too. Used vinegar and salt in my rinse water to get rid of the suds. Clothes were still pretty stiff, though. I think we've gotten soft -- which is a fine way to spend old age! Thanks for stopping by.SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-8538641324344388282012-08-22T09:50:34.600-07:002012-08-22T09:50:34.600-07:00Thanks, Stephanie. Those were the days -- loved an...Thanks, Stephanie. Those were the days -- loved and hated, at the same time. Hard to believe we lived those times and did so much by hand. Fogot to mention the boiling starch. Thanks for stopping by.SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-32776145890990074092012-08-22T09:49:11.511-07:002012-08-22T09:49:11.511-07:00Lordy, totally forgot about the mangle wringer. My...Lordy, totally forgot about the mangle wringer. My Mother bought a Mangle Ironer back in the 40s for doing sheets and other flat items. I loved using it to make everything crisp and pretty! Those were much slower times. Thanks for stopping by. SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-57737712988605059872012-08-22T09:47:11.421-07:002012-08-22T09:47:11.421-07:00Yup, we lived according to the days, to get the ch...Yup, we lived according to the days, to get the chores done. Don't know why, but always loved ironing. Thanks for stopping by.SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-4164652966551307002012-08-22T09:46:18.797-07:002012-08-22T09:46:18.797-07:00It certainly demanded a learning curve, that's...It certainly demanded a learning curve, that's for sure. Sorry you had to lose a favorite blouse. Most of us did, in the beginning. Now, we don't even think about throwing clothes in a washer and doing other chores waiting for it to finish. Thanks for stopping by.SharleneThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180247939829055069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-80751412747442720832011-04-27T19:05:00.054-07:002011-04-27T19:05:00.054-07:00oh dear...that sounds like too much work!oh dear...that sounds like too much work!mymyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584222749695629013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-72782714925217032992011-04-27T17:15:01.307-07:002011-04-27T17:15:01.307-07:00What a great post! I'm too young to have ever...What a great post! I'm too young to have ever used the wringer rollers - but I'm old enough to remember my cousin getting her arm caught in them! Her arm was broken, and shortly after my Aunt got a new roller-free machine...Laurie Peel, CRA-RPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183309517577568914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-26114421358970035602011-04-27T13:55:50.858-07:002011-04-27T13:55:50.858-07:00Ah, Sharlene......my memories of wash day pre-date...Ah, Sharlene......my memories of wash day pre-date the wringer.......we also had irons that were just ovoid shaped iron thingies with a strange latch on the top for it's handle....you latched in the handle, put the iron on a lighted stove burner, removed the handle and let it heat..... and when it was hot enough you latched the handle back on, removed the iron from the stove and ironed like crazy till it got too cold to remove wrinkles. <br /> Then you put the cool one back on the stove and latched the handle onto the 2nd iron which was already heating on a burner......etc.<br /><br />We also had an ice box and every Friday the Iceman delivered several blocks of ice to stock it. And one had to empty the melted ice water pan too frequently<br /><br />But at least a person didn't trip over electric cords and wires every six inches through thru the house.......and you didn't need to remember your password to accomplish anything......<br /><br />I dunno......hard to tell which is better......Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398370059689865989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-10459886498185692011-04-27T09:38:07.255-07:002011-04-27T09:38:07.255-07:00Sharlene, thanks for your visit and comment at my ...Sharlene, thanks for your visit and comment at my blog. I loved this post! We lived in Brazil for almost 30 years and the stories I could tell of doing laundry there! The most difficult was washing in the stream when we lived in an Indian village. We would go in with our clothes on, soap up, rinse off and walk back to our home in wet clothes, change into dry and hang out the wet ones. The Indians used bushes, we used a clothes line made of parachute cord. Diapers were the real challenge though. My baby lived with eternal diaper rash since it was impossible to get all the soap out of the diapers. The Indians were more practical. Their babies all went bare bottomed. I couldn't quite get the hang of that though.<br /><br />Sharon<br />http://grandmaisawriter.blogspot.comSharon Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315316958986428740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-84204888570075880662011-04-27T08:11:31.976-07:002011-04-27T08:11:31.976-07:00Oh, this was a wonderful post. Took me back to my...Oh, this was a wonderful post. Took me back to my childhood kitchen, helping my mother with the washing. You've perfectly captured all those little details that I had (almost) forgotten.Stephanie Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206167025245206754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-30228095411279634472011-04-27T06:03:30.289-07:002011-04-27T06:03:30.289-07:00At home back in the 1940s and 1950s we had a wash-...At home back in the 1940s and 1950s we had a wash-house with a big copper heate by coal to get hot water for washday and fo use in a tin bath. My job was to turn the handle on a big cast iron mangle to wring out the clothes.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491777258337612223.post-66436475926298098962011-04-27T05:35:55.458-07:002011-04-27T05:35:55.458-07:00I could remember my mother on wash days, nothing l...I could remember my mother on wash days, nothing like we have to day. Mondays was always wash days when I was a child and wednesday's was for ironing.<br />Loved reading your W word.<br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.com