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So for today:
Monday was wash day and Ironing on Tuesday. For many of our early married years
of course we did not have a washing machine. WE saved quarters because the washers
and dryers took quarters, at the Laundromat.
If I remember right the washer was 2
quarters and Dryers were 25¢ for 10 minutes methinks.
Of course at times Sherry washed by hand or we had a washing machine and no dryer, so we hung the laundry out. I had no idea there were unwritten rules for hanging clothes, I learned quickly. NO underwear is hung so it can be seen from the sidewalk or road. Sheets and big stuff are hung in front of all undies. Did You know that?
Once we saw a couple men doing their washing in Biloxi Ms. They were foreign troops in school at Keesler AFB. The washers were front loaders and the soap powder was put in on top just above the door. They put too much detergent and suds started coming out the soap hole. They took turns trying to look nonchalant and holding their hands over the hole which didn’t work of course but they were embarrassed. Suds every where, we all got a good laugh, even those men
(It wasn't this bad)
The last time we saw someone hanging
clothes was on a walk in a small town in Kentucky. A lady was hanging clothes on
her clothes line in the back yard.
Clothes that were hung to dry, did smell the best. BUT
the ironing day was not fun.
Nite
Shipslog
PS:
Think of the good things in life, we tend to forget those things in
trouble-times. BUT they are still there.
AGAIN THANKS for
reading the Shipslog.
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4 comments:
I remember the days of going to the laudromat. We didn't have a washer and dry right away. First we got a washer and hung things on the clothes line, then after some time we finally bought a used dryer. It was wonderful' and so convenient.....
I was probably in high school before my parents got a clothes dryer. Oh how I remember my poor mother outside hanging wet clothes on the line in the dead of winter. I still use a big drying 'rack' in the sun room, for no other reason than I try and keep our electric bill to a minimum.
That's too funny about the soldiers trying to stop all those suds.
My MIL hung clothes - but my parents did not - in fact Jack - I don't remember anything about my mom doing laundry - I wonder why not.
I still hang my clothes outside to dry. I don't even own a clothes dryer. I do have a washing machine though. :). On windy days the wind blows the wrinkles out. :)
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