tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post6930940461473355768..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Laundry ObservationsWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71902230162063617412010-10-24T00:49:24.966-02:302010-10-24T00:49:24.966-02:30@Nick:
Is it very wet in Belfast? I do believe Cor...@Nick:<br />Is it very wet in Belfast? I do believe Cork is the wettest city in Ireland. A true challenge to outdoor drying indeed!<br />@Marcia:<br />I used a diaper service in Toronto when I had my babies. So I do sympathize with what you had to go through!<br />@Tessa:<br />What a truly awful summer job. It would win any nightmare summer job competition!!<br />@Friko:<br />Lucky you with the pulley thing. I know, I know I have a rich nostalgic fantasy life.<br />@OWJ:<br />You know a small part of me truly truly wants to starch the cotton pillowcases. But naaah<br />@Maggie:<br />A cupboard that was built over the hot water tank which was in turn heated by the kitchen stove. it had slatted shelves and was as high as the ceiling with a firm door which kept cold air out.<br />As to the ceiling rack, try this:<br />http://www.urbanclotheslines.com/store/1303325/category/437534 it might suit you.<br />@Laura:<br />I'd love to see a picture of the 2 line job. Borax is expensive, I was thinking along the lines of the generic which I never see anymore.<br />@MaryQ:<br />Thank you soooo much, I just ordered it, exactly what I need for in front of the stove and it collapses to nothing.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-59654444049479438662010-10-23T10:55:13.809-02:302010-10-23T10:55:13.809-02:30Many of those items are still available just not f...Many of those items are still available just not from your local big box store. You even have to do a little digging on line to find some of the other items you are looking for. I have been drying everything on this <a href="http://www.bestdryingrack.com" rel="nofollow">laundry drying rack</a>. I bought it because it was based on an antique design and it is made in the US. I thought that not only is it going to help save me money it may keep a few extra dollars in the us economy and not over seas.Mary Q Contrariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584539485118571553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82609997273958798712010-10-23T08:38:44.891-02:302010-10-23T08:38:44.891-02:30My friend lives in a tiny apartment in Shanghai, w...My friend lives in a tiny apartment in Shanghai, which boasts it's very own two-line pulley contraption. I will try to find a picture for you.<br /><br />I don't know what washing soda is, but could Borax do the job?<br /><br />Laura B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-33938380335410327192010-10-17T20:38:49.236-02:302010-10-17T20:38:49.236-02:30I'm in rural Ontario, Canada and haven't s...I'm in rural Ontario, Canada and haven't seen an "airing cupboard", what is it? <br />The ceiling cloths drying rack sounds fascinating, pulley and wooden rods? Is there a picture anywhere of these ceiling cloths drying racks? They sound practical enough and I could use something like that, because we heat with wood and the indoor air is dry, dry, dry in the winter.<br /><br />MaggieMaggie Turnerhttp://www.maggieturner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72646055333112037952010-10-13T18:21:59.882-02:302010-10-13T18:21:59.882-02:30Most of these things I have never heard of and I a...Most of these things I have never heard of and I am past 70. Is it because I live in the South - USA. I do hang clothes out as long as I can. Love the fresh smell. I use a spray starch of some items. Do not know of anyone else that still does this. But I love starched pillow cases. I can remember years ago - married and children at home. I would cook starch for shirt and dresses. I do keep a large drying rack in my utility room and garage that I use when weather is bad. Have a dryer in this new cottage but really do not like to use it !!One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-34584730287776580942010-10-12T20:00:34.855-02:302010-10-12T20:00:34.855-02:30www, your trouble is, you live on the wrong contin...www, your trouble is, you live on the wrong continent and in the wrong country. I have all those things the lack of which you are bemoaning easily available. Some of them actually live in my kitchen, including the pulley thing.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82447551801842615112010-10-12T15:44:24.966-02:302010-10-12T15:44:24.966-02:30I remember them all, WWW, especially the Reckitt&#...I remember them all, WWW, especially the Reckitt's Blue, and my mother feeding the laundry through the wringer in the scullery. My first ever summer job was hand-washing our next door neighbour's hankies, when I was 12 and too young to get a real summer job. I still have nightmares ... I love me my automated front-load washer and dryer.Tessahttp://www.nutsandmutton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-58430381781421487472010-10-12T06:57:00.950-02:302010-10-12T06:57:00.950-02:30I remember diaper washing day when my two oldest w...I remember diaper washing day when my two oldest were babies. I used a washer and a dryer but the smell was horrendous. I hadn't thought about that in a long time. By the time my third one came along, it was disposable diapers. That's before we knew what they were doing to the earth. I'm glad I don't have to make the moral decision now. I do worry over my plastic bags, though, when I forget my reusable ones. Oh wait, we were talking about laundry, weren't we?marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71513180400744384422010-10-12T05:03:47.357-02:302010-10-12T05:03:47.357-02:30I also remember the ceiling racks on pulleys and t...I also remember the ceiling racks on pulleys and the metal urn full of filthy handkerchiefs. I'm glad we've moved on from all that. As I'm sure you know, most homes here have hot presses (airing cupboards) to keep everything warm. And it's easy enough to buy wooden clothes pegs. Now if we could just have more sunny weather to dry the clothes....nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-24526216077397427882010-10-12T00:01:41.422-02:302010-10-12T00:01:41.422-02:30You can see how long my nostalgia lasted Nora, rig...You can see how long my nostalgia lasted Nora, right up to the handkerchiefs, that cured me!<br />there was absolutely no fun on washdays in my house. Far too many shirts that needed the blueing and the starch, including my school uniform ones.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-47714053257757547402010-10-11T23:22:08.173-02:302010-10-11T23:22:08.173-02:30I'm very happy with my second hand washing mac...I'm very happy with my second hand washing machine and the washing powder I use. It does the job and the clothes come out clean enough. I swear by wooden clothes pins, because they last forever and the plastic ones always break. I don't use washing soda or bluing, because I have very few white items to wash. Dishtowels are the exception, but I even get them clean. I'm not nostalgic about the olden days, because I do remember my mother washing out back with a very primitive washing machine on Mondays and clothes soaking in the tub. I don't think she had much fun on washing days. Life's much improved since then.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-3334195231598538612010-10-11T22:55:31.050-02:302010-10-11T22:55:31.050-02:30Hi Zuleme,
Walmart you say? I just might have to l...Hi Zuleme,<br />Walmart you say? I just might have to lift my ban on shopping there!<br />A drying closet sounds amazing.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-3487080150062210322010-10-11T22:19:40.289-02:302010-10-11T22:19:40.289-02:30our local Walmart actually sells decent wooden clo...our local Walmart actually sells decent wooden clothes pins. I hang mine out as late into the season as possible.<br />We had a drying closet when we lived in Stockholm.Sharyn Ekberghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987304898246173619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72453697116757634502010-10-11T20:11:26.168-02:302010-10-11T20:11:26.168-02:30Wow T!
I'd forgotten the globby starch on all ...Wow T!<br />I'd forgotten the globby starch on all my father's collars, what a frightening mess that was and all the ironing on top of it. <br />My grandfather had some spare collars (whatever happened to those?) with the collar studs, Granny often had to fix him up as he couldn't fit the studs in. It saved on fresh shirts every day.<br />You raised some more memories for me obviously!<br />Yes my machines are gorgeous, thanks to my lovely aunt.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-4964946116689869812010-10-11T20:03:02.265-02:302010-10-11T20:03:02.265-02:30Yes - I remember all of those items - some from ju...Yes - I remember all of those items - some from just a few years ago in Yorkshire - I had an airing cupboard, washing line, clothes pegs. I remember the ceiling racks from childhood years, and the "dolly blue" , soda, starch (ugh! starchy collars!)<br /><br />My grandmother lived in a tiny village, had a wash-house (next to their cottage) where she had a big clothes boiler under which a fire had to be lit each Monday (had to be Monday) and all dirty clothes and linens would be piled into the boiling water, boiled to within an inch of their life, then hung out to dry all day, and aired over the fire on the rack. There was also a dolly tub, dolly stick ( a 3-legged affair) - and a "posher"<br />all of which were used to crush, swish and generally force out dirt before the boiling.<br /><br />Your very mod-cons must be a shiny source of constant delight, WWW.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.com