Good to hear that you are enjoying nice weather.
Thanks for the reply Bob.
Wow, Steve, you were really busy today! That’s a week’s worth of “doing” for me; the grandkids get most of my time and energy these days
I have an iron that my grandmother used early on. You laid it on the stove until it got hot enough to be effective.Wow, Steve, you were really busy today! That’s a week’s worth of “doing” for me; the grandkids get most of my time and energy these days
When I worked, I’d do a week’s worth of ironing in one shot, usually on a Sunday afternoon with a ballgame on the tube as my companion. It took hours! Yes, it was my chore 99+% of the time, not Gayle’s. Once she learned I did a better job at ironing it became my permanent gig. 5-6 shirts and two or three pairs of trousers for me, 5 sets of outfits for her. Every week for over 35 years. When she retired my workload was cut in half! To be fair though, Gayle was the chef. She was great in the kitchen and enjoyed it passionately. I rarely cooked, she rarely ironed. It was a mutual win-win
Yeah, my grandmother talked about how difficult it was back then. Electric appliances made a huge difference in people’s lives. I remember my mom bought an iron clothes iron way back when, for its kitschy antique factor. It kicked around my parents’ home until my dad sold the house when he remarried. After that, I vaguely recall seeing it in my basement at various times over the next 35 years, but don’t remember coming across it when I sold my house and moved last summer.
FDR supported a bill called the Rural Electrification Act in the mid '30's. The Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA was in the beginning of its hydroelectric production on the rivers of the Tennessee Valley. I cannot imagine the days where kerosene and wood were the primary energy sources. I have their lamp and Embury lantern. It was a different time. When someone would talk about the good old days, Papaw would say, "the good old days were not all that good". He would say they were so poor they did have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out. Nothing like using the out house where the seats were smooth from hundreds of bottoms.Yeah, my grandmother talked about how difficult it was back then. Electric appliances made a huge difference in people’s lives. I remember my mom bought an iron clothes iron way back when, for its kitschy antique factor. It kicked around my parents’ home until my dad sold the house when he remarried. After that, I vaguely recall seeing it in my basement at various times over the next 35 years, but don’t remember coming across it when I sold my house and moved last summer.
Going to be very boring here with the story of not having a pot to pee in.
to finish off.
Bless him. At least he's proud of being a decent driver!
Self-evaluation often isn't a good indicator, though.
