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I remember mom had a corrugated washboard that she used on washday each week, and also the rollers on the wringer to get the rinse water out of the laundry. She sure worked hard around the house with all the chores.
I remember mom had a corrugated washboard that she used on washday each week, and also the rollers on the wringer to get the rinse water out of the laundry. She sure worked hard around the house with all the chores.
I have my husband's grandmothers wash board. It's used as decor in my laundry room.
I also have my mom's Maytag wringer washer. It probably 50 years old and it still works. It's stored out in our shed. I've actually used it a few times to wash big bulky rugs. I can remember mom doing a weeks worth of laundry in one. So different for throwing a load or two of laundry in each day. Things sure are easier nowadays.
I'm so old I remember... Growing up in rural New York. I knew many kids who's grand parents and parents churned their own butter fresh from the cow.. made Ice Cream again fresh from the cow .. and milk fresh from the cow.. strained it through cheese cloth.. the get the grass - and other solids that floated to the surface. It's a acquired taste.. only country people can appreciate.. The link below sells butter churns
I'm so old I remember... Growing up in rural New York. I knew many kids who's grand parents and parents churned their own butter fresh from the cow.. made Ice Cream again fresh from the cow .. and milk fresh from the cow.. strained it through cheese cloth.. the get the grass - and other solids that floated to the surface. It's a acquired taste.. only country people can appreciate.. The link below sells butter churns
My parents did that. And we lived in a residential area of Fort Worth! We had a cow that my mom or dad milked every day. We even had chickens. No farm animals allowed in that area of Fort Worth today and none for many decades.
My parents did that. And we lived in a residential area of Fort Worth! We had a cow that my mom or dad milked every day. We even had chickens. No farm animals allowed in that area of Fort Worth today and none for many decades.
Knowing what I know now... I think every child should spend time on a farm..
Remember Arid Under Arm Deodorant.. In the " White Glass Jar " sticking your finger in the goo and smearing it on your pit.. if you dropped the jar it shattered in a zillion micro shards.. and you always had bare feet..
My mother used to call me a changeling because I went without shoes as often as possible. Oh yeah, I cut my feet once in a while and broke some toes. The Doc used to tape my broken toe to a piece of Popsicle stick. It'll be better by the time you're old enough to get married.
Also OTC and prescription medicine bottles--not to mention milk bottles. Just about the only glass bottles I see anymore are spaghetti sauce and pickles and similar foods. The cobalt blue bottles that Milk Of Magnesia and other antacids came in are collectibles today. I have a couple of MOM bottles in a sunny window with artificial flowers in them. Very pretty when the sun shines through them.
I loved that blue glass! Yes, now it's just pickles and spaghetti sauce, and they're both clear. Not much fun in that. Even Clorox used to come in brown glass bottles. Lysol, too.
I'm so old I remember... Remember those awful " White Clam Digger" with the rope belt.. I was so embarrassed as a kid.. Mom bought them in Maine had to wear them... Think National Lampoon Vacation
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