wringer washer

							                              WRINGER WASHER/MANGLE
Laurie White wrote:
Rick's story [see “Soap Suds”] reminded me of the old wringer washer. Was I the only
one who ever got a shock on that thing? I hated that thing -- and we had a toaster that
was always giving me a shock.
CHERI SCOTT wrote:
We never had a wringer washer. Mom used to go across the street and use the
neighbor's when we lived on Moran.
Many of Rick's problems, however, began with a crank record player which was about 4
feet tall. He would crank and crank (up over his head) and when he let go, the crank
would go spinning around thumping him on the head with each rotation. Russell
converted it to an electric machine, and then I think he used to get shocked on that???
We need to be sending these stories to the next generation. I know some of them are
interested.
Laurie White wrote:
Okay, so if Mom didn't have a wringer washer -- who was it that did? Nana? I was
always getting shocked on a wringer washer!
Colleen Janes wrote:
Remember the old mangle that Mom used to run her hand through every holiday? [I'll
give two bits to anyone below the age of 40 who can tell me what a "mangle" is without
looking it up. Heck! I'll give two bits to anyone under 40 who can tell me what two bits is
without looking it up!!!! I know a shave and a haircut's six bits, but I don't think I ever did
figure out what one bit was, let alone six!]
Cheri Wrote:
A mangle is not the same as a wringer washer. The mangle was to iron flat things like
sheets (although if you were good, you could do "most" of a shirt.)
A wringer washer was to squeeze the water out of clothes after you washed them --we
now have the "spin cycle." Mom never had a wringer washer.
Nana was always getting shocked on the garbage can because Pa "hot wired" it to keep
the dogs from knocking it over.

That reminds me of the time Nana was in the yard doing her dry cleaning with huge tubs
of white gas. (Before cleaners.) She forgot what she was doing and flipped her cigarette
over into the grass and nearly burnt down the neighborhood.

Mangle it was the mangle that everyone was getting a shot on when they touched it
because it had a black and white cloth/asbestosis cord which was frayed. However
Nana was also getting shocked on the garbage can due to the fact that Pa had it wired,
but he had a switch (like a light switch), to shut it off, but Nana was too stupid to
remember to turn it off. a) Kathy also had a mangle from prior to our marriage until
Winnemucca, where we left it in our storage. I used it faithfully to iron my uniform shirts
even after Mom got burt so bad on hers that year.

Wringer Washer, Cheri is right mom never had one, (at least for Moran St on), she did
use a neighbors when we lived on Moran St., and Art Remple also had one in his
basement for their family. a) In fact talking about washers etc. (Mom never had an
electric clothes dryer until we moved to Ives Ave., in fact we had lived there for quite a
while before dad got her a used dryer that only worked for a short while then quit, she
never had another one until they moved to Stead). ALSO: What does being alive during
the Korean Conflict have to do with anything, I am lost with that comment, but yes I was
alive during those years and remember only parts of living at Fort Lewis, Washington,
as I believe that I was only 2 years old when we moved there.

-- Rick Janes

Colleen Wrote:

Okay, let me get this straight. In the old days, the garbage cans were electric; but
everyone did their own dry cleaning. I am dumbfounded.

Cheri Wrote:
Only PA'S garbage can was electric. He ran electricity to it so if the dogs touched it,
they'd get knocked on THEIR cans! yuk, yuk!

Jodi Wrote:
Two bits = 25 Cents so 6 bits = 75 Cents.

Colleen Wrote:
You looked it up!

Jodi Wrote:
No I didn't! I remember Grandpa explaining it to me at the table at the cabin!