tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033463089097940392.post8190718302263313874..comments2024-01-23T09:12:29.238-05:00Comments on QUILTING AT THE COTTAGE: MORE MAINE ANTIQUES.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425123492444675750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033463089097940392.post-31574964329508882772012-09-04T23:17:16.164-04:002012-09-04T23:17:16.164-04:00I do remember how wringer washer and put rubber di...I do remember how wringer washer and put rubber diapers through that wringer diapers and explodes and I ruined a couple of shirts<br />Did you ever get anything caught in a wringer?or ruined a couple of shirts? <br /><br />Tell me the stories of you have, <br />the clothes you have washed with wringer washerAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261627868883178491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033463089097940392.post-66647943937361754092012-09-04T17:15:54.910-04:002012-09-04T17:15:54.910-04:00Happy birthday to Quincy! Oh my.....life in '...Happy birthday to Quincy! Oh my.....life in 'the good old days' was tough for women, wasn't it? Although even it was an improvement on what had gone before. My mother had a wringer washer, which I was allowed to use!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461697058136548513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033463089097940392.post-61780587594192464382012-09-04T13:23:42.554-04:002012-09-04T13:23:42.554-04:00My wringer washer was my first machine. I loved i...My wringer washer was my first machine. I loved it, but fingers and domes on baby clothes took abuse from it. All the diapers I put that machine. That goodness for automatic washers. A lot of water wasted now though.quiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373821588133189096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033463089097940392.post-84413013032265313272012-09-04T08:39:17.860-04:002012-09-04T08:39:17.860-04:00We had a washer just like that in the house when I...We had a washer just like that in the house when I was growing up. When you don't have indoor plumbing you heat the water on the stove in a big wash boiler, then fill the washer and rinse tubs with buckets carried in from the well. Then when you're done you drain the washer into buckets and carry it all back out again. It was a process that took most of the day. QuiltinLibraryLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392850776832804028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033463089097940392.post-21566355561943852662012-09-04T08:38:17.643-04:002012-09-04T08:38:17.643-04:00lol, yes my fingers went in the ringer also - brok...lol, yes my fingers went in the ringer also - broke a finger! many, many years ago.Karen - Quilts...etc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07293429657903986492noreply@blogger.com