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Recipe for Warshing Clothes

house_cat — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:32:40 GMT

It always makes me shake my head when someone says that life was better in the old days.

Which modern appliance are you most grateful for?

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Meowingkitty — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:35:20 GMT

I would have to say the washer and dryer.

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On It — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:41:06 GMT

Central heat and air conditioning

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Othereeeen — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:59:26 GMT

I just bought a Whirlpool HE washer that can be operated by a smart phone.

Ridiculous. Today, just because they CAN put a computer chip in some item that communicates with a phone, they DO. Even if it makes NO sense.

I can't wait for the "Wipe your Behind" App,,,that "communicates" with your toilet roll, which will automatically dispense the "correct" number of highly scented squares ..SO innovative!!!! No need to think about it!!!

....don't laugh...the Lume nether-odor people are probably working on it!!!

It's like I always say...(when people bray that something is thier "right"),,,,you have the RIGHT to pick your nose up to the third knuckle while parked waiting for the light to turn green... doesn't mean you SHOULD.

That is a feature I will never use, ever,much less understand the need for.

Fortunately, with all the so called "improvements" made since your grandmotherly piece, my BRAIN still works and I don't need a stupid phone to tell my when the "warsh" is done!!!

And Horrors!!!!.....living here in rural PA, I hang warsh out on the warsh line to dry!!!!

The sheets and towels come in smelling like NO chemical laden stuff could make them smell in a million years!!!

And, I like the physical act of hanging laundry outside....It may only take a few moments, but there's something calming about it.

And yes I realize there are places where one cannot do that, (hang warsh) but here we can thank goodness!!!

thanks for the look back!!!

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Desertdi — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:03:33 GMT

@On It wrote:
Central heat and air conditioning

@On It I have to agree with you on that one! I remember my mother shoveling coal into a furnace in the middle of the night, while my father was working overnight in a defense plant...

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Roscoe the Rascal — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:07:29 GMT

Washer and dryer and hated hauling everything to laundromat when we first got married.

Dishwasher next and when he would cook every dish got used. Glad those days are over. He still cooks but not for an army. Use to have huge holiday get together too.

Central air is a biggy too. Use to have one for bedroom only. Rest of house awful. Rented at that time.

We started out rough and so glad we have come a long way but we survived and made it through and still together 47 years married. 50 altogether. We have lots of memories and we always say wow how did we make it. No help and he worked two jobs and I always worked as well. I had two jobs for three years at one time.

I remember getting a microwave for Christmas and he had a friend who worked at Amana and he got a dent and scratched one but never knew where it was. Big thing. I got him a VCR for Christmas one year and put on layaway and put something down each week. Paid 500.00 for that. Crazy but best gifts ever. Can't even think of anything to give any more. Just go and get what we want.

This question sure got me thinking back. Washer and dryer top and would never be without again.

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Pezzie — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:30:58 GMT

Living in Arizona, hands down, central air.

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SloopJohnB — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:44:37 GMT

I would probably have to say indoor plumbing. 🚽🚿🛀

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:41:18 GMT

We have all the conveniences our mothers and grandmothers never had. Things can be taken care of holding a phone in your hand. We don't even have to vacuum ourselves, let the robot do it.

And yet, everyone says they have no time because they are so busy.

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LindaSal — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:47:09 GMT

I cannot name only one. I am thankful for ALL my appliances (when they are working properly)!!!! Life is so busy and difficult enough these days, I simply can't imagine what it was like back in the day........

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sometimesQVCaddict — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:48:28 GMT

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jackthebear — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:21:37 GMT

@Othereeeen wrote:
I just bought a Whirlpool HE washer that can be operated by a smart phone.

Ridiculous. Today, just because they CAN put a computer chip in some item that communicates with a phone, they DO. Even if it makes NO sense.

I can't wait for the "Wipe your Behind" App,,,that "communicates" with your toilet roll, which will automatically dispense the "correct" number of highly scented squares ..SO innovative!!!! No need to think about it!!!

....don't laugh...the Lume nether-odor people are probably working on it!!!

It's like I always say...(when people bray that something is thier "right"),,,,you have the RIGHT to pick your nose up to the third knuckle while parked waiting for the light to turn green... doesn't mean you SHOULD.

That is a feature I will never use, ever,much less understand the need for.

Fortunately, with all the so called "improvements" made since your grandmotherly piece, my BRAIN still works and I don't need a stupid phone to tell my when the "warsh" is done!!!

And Horrors!!!!.....living here in rural PA, I hang warsh out on the warsh line to dry!!!!

The sheets and towels come in smelling like NO chemical laden stuff could make them smell in a million years!!!

And, I like the physical act of hanging laundry outside....It may only take a few moments, but there's something calming about it.

And yes I realize there are places where one cannot do that, (hang warsh) but here we can thank goodness!!!

thanks for the look back!!!

love to hang my wash out on a sunny day, sheets feel so fabulous

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RedTop — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:27:44 GMT

I'm nearly 67 and am somewhat familiar with this old time practice of warshing clothes.

Mom and both grandmothers had wringer washers, but farm grandpa's overalls and railroad grandpa's overalls/coveralls were boiled in galvanized tubs over fires in the back yard. Mom drew water from the well outside, heated it on our cook stove to add to the washer and to fill the rinse tubs.

I was in 2nd grade when indoor plumbing was put in our house. Farm grandparents got theirs around the same time, but I was about 12 before my other grandparents got indoor plumbing, but they were the first to have a washer and dryer. My mother did not get hers until the 80's.

I appreciate all of my modern appliances, but would much rather cook and bake with my electric stove over a wood fired cook stove!

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vermint — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:17:52 GMT

@Othereeeen wrote:
I just bought a Whirlpool HE washer that can be operated by a smart phone.

@Othereeeen My GE also has that feature...I'll never use it either. BUT, because the "done" signal on this washer is so very faint, even though turned up as loud as possible, I do use the timer on my smart phone so I'll know when the wash is ready for the dryer!

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CatsyCline — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:52:06 GMT

happy to not have to go to a laundromat! and not handwash dishes!

when we lived in southern florida as little kids we rented a backyard cottage and the neighbor's Mamaw used to wash towels and bedding in big tubs and spread them out on the palmetto shrubs to dry. i was about 4 at the time. they had a beautiful 2 story home and a long sidewalk down the back where the Dad had set up a play village for the kids. i played with her grand-daughters and went over there for family pancake breakfasts on Saturdays with all the grandparents, cousins, aunts...etc. now come to think of it she cooked the pancakes too!

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coffee drinker — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 22:36:53 GMT

How I envy you @Othereeeen hanging your clothes outside. We live in a "community" where clothes lines are not allowed. Love living here and some of the "rules" work for me, but I still miss my clothes line. To be honest, if it's a very nice and sunny day, I'll drape my sheets over the patio chairs and let them dry. One neighbor is able to see, but she's such a doll, it doesn't bother her. No neighbor on the other side so I'm good to go. SHHHHH, don't tell anyone.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 23:37:50 GMT

@coffee drinker Hanging clothes out is one household chore I didn't mind at all.

I would fold things as I took them down and put them in the basket just to be outside longer.

Of course there was always that pop up shower and I'd make a mad dash to get them down. At 72 my mad dash days are long gone. lol

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Imaoldhippie — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:33:17 GMT

@house_cat ..............Thanks for posting. What a "recipe".

Im lazy, Im thankful for all the appliances.! lol

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coffee drinker — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:04:20 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 We sound like twins. I also enjoyed hanging out clothes and folding as I reeled them in. At almost 77, I may not "mad dash" as in the past but happy I can remember those days.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:45:41 GMT

@coffee drinker DH would even join me in taking clothes down and folding them. We had a lot of good talks over the clothes basket.