And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
They work pretty good, grew up using one, you can squeeze your close pretty close to dry, if you hang them in the sun 10-15 minutes all dry, clothes last longer not going thru a dryer, and nothing smells like fresh air sun dried clothes.
got my fingers in them one time. glad mom was quick on the save. late 50's.
ReplyDeleteWe had one until 1963. Moved & mom got a Bendix front loader.
ReplyDeleteMy grandma had one and it almost got me too. Curiosity can be a dangerous thing.
ReplyDeleteThis was common when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteOne of my classmates got her hand/arm caught in it when she was young. She still has the scars to show for it.
They work pretty good, grew up using one, you can squeeze your close pretty close to dry, if you hang them in the sun 10-15 minutes all dry, clothes last longer not going thru a dryer, and nothing smells like fresh air sun dried clothes.
ReplyDelete^^^ This. Nothing like the smell of line dried clothes, especially sheets and pillow cases.
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Visual aid in explaining the danger in the adage...tit caught in a wringer.
ReplyDeleteBeats banging your clothes against rocks down by the creek.
ReplyDeleteHope she don't get her tits in the wringer.
ReplyDeleteMy mom had a smooth spot scar because her hand was drsgged through the wringer in the mid-40s
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