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[Pqfan]

A big mouse trap?

[Say Nay]

On 12/7/2014 september said: I know what they are, and the answer has been given. But just have to ask the OP...were you Emma Bunting when you posted here, in the past?

I'm thinking of another person.

[september]

On 12/7/2014 Typo Quean said:

On 12/7/2014 september said: I know what they are, and the answer has been given. But just have to ask the OP...were you Emma Bunting when you posted here, in the past?

I'm thinking of another person.

I can't think of who that would be. there was a bit of a nic similarity and we haven't heard from emma in a long time....was just curious.

[cody2]

On 12/7/2014 september said:

On 12/7/2014 Typo Quean said:

On 12/7/2014 september said: I know what they are, and the answer has been given. But just have to ask the OP...were you Emma Bunting when you posted here, in the past?

I'm thinking of another person.

I can't think of who that would be. there was a bit of a nic similarity and we haven't heard from emma in a long time....was just curious.

Mellie.

[Allegheny]

Yes, pant stretchers. I remember my mother using them, so I bought two pairs. Before I retired, I wore Dockers to work and these really eliminated a lot of ironing. I'll still occasionally use them with my jeans.

[madzonie]

On 12/7/2014 Emmy Nems said:

Pants hanger is not the same thing as pants stretcher.

We always used the terms interchangeably when I was growing up - what is the difference?

[NoelSeven]

No one called them a stretcher in this area. Their function was not to stretch, you would ruin the shape of the pants by stretching them.

[JustJules]

What SpongeBob squarepants hangs his clothes on?

[madzonie]

On 12/7/2014 NoelSeven said: No one called them a stretcher in this area. Their function was not to stretch, you would ruin the shape of the pants by stretching them.

Well, my mom didn't actually s-t-r-e-t-c-h my dad's Levi's. She called them stretchers, but they were used to help dry the Levis as wrinkle-free as possible. We had no dryer other than the clothes line out in the back. The pants were pulled on to the "stretchers" to basically stretch out the wrinkles as they dried...not change the size of the pants.

My dad (a farmer) would buy a new pair of Levis back in the '50s & 60s, and the style he wore was not pre-shrunk...they were always a bit too large. So he'd put them on and go get in the irrigation ditch and completely soak them while on (this was during the summer), and then let them dry on him and they'd fit perfectly.

[NoelSeven]

On 12/8/2014 madzonie said:

On 12/7/2014 NoelSeven said: No one called them a stretcher in this area. Their function was not to stretch, you would ruin the shape of the pants by stretching them.

Well, my mom didn't actually s-t-r-e-t-c-h my dad's Levi's. She called them stretchers, but they were used to help dry the Levis as wrinkle-free as possible. We had no dryer other than the clothes line out in the back. The pants were pulled on to the "stretchers" to basically stretch out the wrinkles as they dried...not change the size of the pants.

My dad (a farmer) would buy a new pair of Levis back in the '50s & 60s, and the style he wore was not pre-shrunk...they were always a bit too large. So he'd put them on and go get in the irrigation ditch and completely soak them while on (this was during the summer), and then let them dry on him and they'd fit perfectly.

ITA, the function was to make the pants wrinkle free. I do remember hearing about wearing them wet fo fit!