tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post4214917194987760223..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Remembering the Farm - Monday Morning Washday BluesThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-39562346699413735272016-01-01T07:15:33.217-06:002016-01-01T07:15:33.217-06:00My friend John Jackson writes:
Mom also had such w...My friend John Jackson writes:<br />Mom also had such washing machine, as you discussed recently. My younger brother was holding a hose to fill one of the rinse tubs and stuck it in the wringer. Roger would not let go of the hose and was sucked in, up to his elbow, hose and all. Mom, in her panic, did not think of the release but hit reverse and wrung him back out, hose and all. Not the bestThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-88678349641670292032015-12-24T20:29:52.203-06:002015-12-24T20:29:52.203-06:00Our part of Manitoba was about 20 years behind the...Our part of Manitoba was about 20 years behind the times! (And I'm not sure *all* men can be taught to use an automatic washer - it hasn't worked on Hubby yet.) ;-) <br /><br />When I was a kid our house didn't have running water, so when Dad put the plumbing in and moved the wringer washer into the basement it was a big step up. We weren't exactly poor, but my parents didn'Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-62263965460485336302015-12-23T19:02:17.645-06:002015-12-23T19:02:17.645-06:00You sound so old, instead of 20 years younger than...You sound so old, instead of 20 years younger than I am. Yes, the automatic washer and dryer freed so many women from hard labour. Men can even be taught to use them.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-61893075008181427992015-12-23T18:58:28.405-06:002015-12-23T18:58:28.405-06:00You were lucky someone got there before you lost t...You were lucky someone got there before you lost the arm. Farmers lost arms the same way in round balers. I don't even want to think about it.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-83881255071318076382015-12-23T17:47:47.021-06:002015-12-23T17:47:47.021-06:00I did laundry for years on the kind of wringer was...I did laundry for years on the kind of wringer washer you describe. Even our washtubs were just like your photo. It was an all-day chore by the time everything went through the washer, the wringer, the hot rinse, back through the wringer (ours was a 'deluxe' model where the wringer was on a swivel so we didn't have to move the washtubs), then out to the line, then back from the lineDiane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-21846855562631589682015-12-23T16:40:28.314-06:002015-12-23T16:40:28.314-06:00I wasn't going to school yet so it is one of m...I wasn't going to school yet so it is one of my earliest memories, guess I was about four or five and the washer was out in the yard, don't recall if washing was being done that day or not but I was screwing around with it and it grabbed my hand and went about halfway up my forearm and then just set there spinning until someone came along and unplugged it and released me. The scar is BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-16308005542753946662015-12-23T12:51:09.908-06:002015-12-23T12:51:09.908-06:00Tanya and I same. Saturday. But she will run a l...Tanya and I same. Saturday. But she will run a load any time if necessary. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-9814272892843468322015-12-23T12:50:10.070-06:002015-12-23T12:50:10.070-06:00I'd love to hear some of the stories about wri...I'd love to hear some of the stories about wringer accidents and how they happened. We were warned constantly about that wringer. I don't think Mom ever let us even help with the laundry.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-1322256234996829492015-12-23T12:48:12.067-06:002015-12-23T12:48:12.067-06:00One of the things I miss about my folks is the fac...One of the things I miss about my folks is the fact they were the repository for memories of our community. There is only one person left now in his 90's that might remember. I never pumped my grandparents when I had them. My cousin did with my dad's father and has a great deal of knowledge of Grandpa's childhood in Ireland. WE get too soon old and too late smart.<br />The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-35739270800894430882015-12-23T11:10:26.310-06:002015-12-23T11:10:26.310-06:00I still have a scar on my right arm thanks to an o...I still have a scar on my right arm thanks to an old ringer washer when I was a kid. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-11200528272392499152015-12-23T10:06:49.480-06:002015-12-23T10:06:49.480-06:00Monday is a fairly common washday in the Western w...Monday is a fairly common washday in the Western world. I don't know why. I usually do it on weekends.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-57516098940116319182015-12-23T08:31:39.885-06:002015-12-23T08:31:39.885-06:00When I retired from the military in 1980 my wife a...When I retired from the military in 1980 my wife and I attended college. In one history class we taped local people, then - my age now, for the oral history archives. In the native village where we taught school the college in Fairbanks was always compiling history from elders of the village. It is a shame memories such as those you have mentioned will be lost in a few decades. <br />My Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-33539424996248014682015-12-23T03:52:47.957-06:002015-12-23T03:52:47.957-06:00The original mammogram? Now you wear a "36 l...The original mammogram? Now you wear a "36 long"?The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-27472939602698742162015-12-22T10:41:48.543-06:002015-12-22T10:41:48.543-06:00I'm embarrassed to say..I have got my tit caug...I'm embarrassed to say..I have got my tit caught in a wringer..and let me tell you..it smarts..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com