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09/02/10, 08:07 PM
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We iron just about everything except socks & stopenfloppers. My front load washing machine sets very deep wringles due to the wrap 9 spin cycle.
Dryer died about 4 years ago. Previous to that I use to put the clothes in for a few mintues to knock the wrinkles out then hang either outside or indoors on hangers over heating vents.
Now that we have the wood stove and I have this need/obsession to make all things fugal we use sad irons heated on the stove - 3 to be exact to iron.
The 3rd is the heaviest and after a short while an old grain mill injury starts to flare up (right shoulder tendonitis) so that one I primarly use to crease a seam in heavy materials.
There is usually no problem getting children to use old fashion err let me clarify that non-electric irons since they enjoy the warmth. Using an electric iron in June is another story. Either way f&f think that it is old fashioned and barbaric.
DH likes to boost that his wife (child bride) is so keen on her duties that she irons his tee shirts and unders. Duh, I mean like all my posse knows where he works so I can't send him out the door looking all ragged. As to his drawers that is just the nurse in me. What if he went to the ER and had wrinkled underwear on ? I mean I use to work with those people. I know how nurses love to talk.
~~ pelenaka ~~
http://thirtyfivebyninety.blogspot.com/
Last edited by Pelenaka; 09/02/10 at 08:09 PM.
Reason: forgot to lie 'bout my age
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09/02/10, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Kmac15
I had a friends daughter over to teach her to sew, when I had her press the material out before putting the pattern on she had no idea what I meant. LOL I had to teach a 16 yr old how to iron, seems her mom doesn't even own one.
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Why does that not surprise me?
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09/02/10, 08:13 PM
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stopenfloppers???
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09/02/10, 08:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pelenaka
We iron just about everything except socks & stopenfloppers. My front load washing machine sets very deep wringles due to the wrap 9 spin cycle.
Dryer died about 4 years ago. Previous to that I use to put the clothes in for a few mintues to knock the wrinkles out then hang either outside or indoors on hangers over heating vents.
Now that we have the wood stove and I have this need/obsession to make all things fugal we use sad irons heated on the stove - 3 to be exact to iron.
The 3rd is the heaviest and after a short while an old grain mill injury starts to flare up (right shoulder tendonitis) so that one I primarly use to crease a seam in heavy materials.
There is usually no problem getting children to use old fashion err let me clarify that non-electric irons since they enjoy the warmth. Using an electric iron in June is another story. Either way f&f think that it is old fashioned and barbaric.
DH likes to boost that his wife (child bride) is so keen on her duties that she irons his tee shirts and unders. Duh, I mean like all my posse knows where he works so I can't send him out the door looking all ragged. As to his drawers that is just the nurse in me. What if he went to the ER and had wrinkled underwear on ? I mean I use to work with those people. I know how nurses love to talk.
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Do you have to go to antique auctions to find your sad irons? I've never seen them anywhere else. 
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09/02/10, 08:37 PM
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All my children, 2 sons and a daughter, are 23 or younger. They not only know how to iron, they also do their own laundry, sew on buttons and sew simple seams as well as cook and clean up after themselves.
Part of it was because I was a single working mother for over half their lives. I couldn't do everything and they had to learn some time.
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09/02/10, 08:55 PM
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I Iron 'dress up' clothes, for when we hit the town. It's not often, so I have to rummage to find said clothes along with my high heels LOL. Eldest knows how to iron, but I confess my youngest ones do not. I need to remedy that, but being boys, they don't care if they have slept in their clothes, let alone have them ironed  If it aint good for getting muddy, it aint good as far as they are concerned.
Both did a dance for joy when they outgrew their church suits.
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09/02/10, 08:59 PM
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Do you have to go to antique auctions to find your sad irons? I've never seen them anywhere else. |
Bought the big one at the Western New York Steam Show which has a flea market section. It's the only reason I go besides witnessing the smile on Wood's face. He loves those steam engines.
One I bought at a tag sale held in a brownstone. I remember because the apartment was furnished in Danish Modern and it had a service entrance in the kitchen. The other one more than likely from Aunt Sally's err Salvation Army.
~~ pelenaka ~~
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09/02/10, 09:06 PM
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stopenfloppers???
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It's like spanglish except german. There is still a huge German - Polish population here. Break the word down & it will come to u. Stop - en - floppers.
If you yell,"Bring me a stopenflopper off the line" to your children everyone will know you are wearing a clean bra. Air drying they will last years.
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09/02/10, 09:08 PM
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ROFL Pelenaka! My SIL used to call them 'over the shoulder boulder holders' 
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09/02/10, 09:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pelenaka
It's like spanglish except german. There is still a huge German - Polish population here. Break the word down & it will come to u. Stop - en - floppers.
If you yell,"Bring me a stopenflopper off the line" to your children everyone will know you are wearing a clean bra. Air drying they will last years.
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Sweet mercy.
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09/02/10, 09:46 PM
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Mine are all 20 and younger and I taught them to iron. 
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09/02/10, 10:12 PM
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I'm really amazed at the number of folks on here that use dryers! I did an experiment once. Turned absolutely everything off in the house, then turned on one thing at a time and observed the electric meter. The dryer and the electric oven were the biggest users of electricity. I LOVE clothes and sheets hung out on the line. They smell so good! My Granny taught me how to hang clothes out properly. You shake/snap pants and shirts to help get the wrinkles out. Hang them up properly and they rarely need an iron. I'm currently in a house with a dryer and no place to hang out clothes...I hate it.
No, I don't imagine the average young person knows how to iron or how to hang out clothes.
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09/03/10, 07:47 AM
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This morning, I stood and watched my 17 year old highschool senior iron his khaki shorts and button down shirt to wear to school. He did an excellent job, as he's been taught.
He looked simply gorgeous when he left, crisp sleeves rolled up to his elbows, shirt tail flapping in the breeze...
All three of mine iron beautifully and never look crinkled and 'just from the dryer'.
Old fashioned, yes... different, maybe, but is it part of being put together and does it make a difference,,, yep, it does.
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09/03/10, 09:01 AM
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yes, I know what a mangle is, however I am far from young! My Mother taught me to use the mangle when I was so little I had to sit on her lap - I did Daddy's handkerchiefs. Mom also taught me to iron "the right way."
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09/03/10, 09:11 AM
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I use to iron for my DH. That was until, he would critic my efforts, so I stopped ironing for him. I will occasionally iron a shirt that has been left in the dryer and it wrinkled. I have to admit that when I do iron it is a soothing activity.
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09/03/10, 10:00 AM
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Thank God for Shark Steam Pocket cleaning system! Just wave the steaming attachment along the length of the clothing and watch the wrinkles fall out.
Last edited by Jan Doling; 09/03/10 at 01:05 PM.
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09/03/10, 11:30 AM
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Speaking of us learning to iron on Dad's hankerchiefs when we young ...
Did anyone have a children's 'toy' iron complete with an electric cord that really got hot? I remember mine from the early 60's. It was a turquoise color. I was 3 or 4.
I can't imagine them being sold for children today. I'm still in shock that I can't find a walker for my almost-7-month old granddaughter. Too 'unsafe'  more like lazy parents who don't keep an eye on the children.
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09/03/10, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MullersLaneFarm
Speaking of us learning to iron on Dad's hankerchiefs when we young ...
Did anyone have a children's 'toy' iron complete with an electric cord that really got hot? I remember mine from the early 60's. It was a turquoise color. I was 3 or 4.
I can't imagine them being sold for children today. I'm still in shock that I can't find a walker for my almost-7-month old granddaughter. Too 'unsafe' more like lazy parents who don't keep an eye on the children. |
I'm actually surprised they still sell Easy Bake Ovens since they get hot. Most parents' attitudes today are "they wouldn't sell it if it could hurt the children", so manufacturers can't sell anything fun  When my kids were younger, about six years ago, you could buy an actual working vacuum cleaner but it had no real sucking power. I wonder if you can still buy those? My vacuum is still too heavy for my kids to use...
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09/03/10, 11:56 AM
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I taught both of my kids, not that there's much of a need for it these days with perm press etc. We do iron some things though... and it is a necessity when sewing.
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09/03/10, 12:18 PM
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Ohhh Ironing...My favorite chore! really!
I actually started an ironing service so I could spread the joy of starch and creases!  LOL!
I am not technically in the young crowd, I suppose (just turned 31) but I can honestly say that I am still in the minority in my age group (at least where I'm from!) No one else I know irons...and they certainly dont have the obsession with starch that I do! Ha! I liquid starch my husbands dress shirts and iron them diligently every week.
I once met a girl my age who had never heard of starch and had never owned an iron. I went to a yard sale and bought her one, LOL!
My girls both know how to iron, and my son will too, eventually. He's quite accident prone, so we're holding off for now. My six year old could probably run my laundry routine for me if I was not home for a week.
Sidenote, anyone ever see that documentary about ironing called "I always do my collars first?"
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