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Wolf Frankula

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43. For a couple years in college I lived in a basement apartment
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 01:45 AM
Jan 2020

that had one of these in the laundry room. I was glad to have it. I didn't have to go to a public laundry and I could sip a coffee and write a column while my clothes washed.

Wolf

We were still using one the year of our first born - 1976 WheelWalker Jan 2020 #1
1972...we used a wringer washer with our new baby and for a year more. Tikki Jan 2020 #42
I have a girlfriend who lived for the wringer. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #2
"lived for the wringer." mitch96 Jan 2020 #4
I recall that when putting shirts and blouses through the wringer you had to be careful Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #9
Yep. Got my finger, too. More than once. Midnight Writer Jan 2020 #18
Have had/used a number of them...nt 2naSalit Jan 2020 #3
My parents had one when I was little. I remember putting the clothes through the ringer rsdsharp Jan 2020 #5
We still have a clothesline on the T posts.... lastlib Jan 2020 #59
Yes, my grandmother had one on her back porch in Alabama in the 1950s csziggy Jan 2020 #6
Yep I have one under my basement stairs mikeysnot Jan 2020 #7
our next door neighbor when i was a kid had one. mopinko Jan 2020 #8
There was one in Grandma's basement Freddie Jan 2020 #10
My grandmother had one in her basement as well. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #64
We have a Maytag Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #11
Wringer in action at 2:20. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #12
Our was on the "back porch" which is also where the water pump was at. Runningdawg Jan 2020 #29
they didn't do the rinse? juxtaposed Jan 2020 #35
That's what my grandmother dreamed of compared to their washtubs. I think they finally Hoyt Jan 2020 #13
I remember helping my mom do laundry Bayard Jan 2020 #14
back when i was playing bridge, i asked an older woman who was very good what her secret was unblock Jan 2020 #15
"Tits in the wringer": An oldie, but goldie sarge43 Jan 2020 #16
My Grandmother had one. She had a "suds saver" to go with it MiniMe Jan 2020 #17
I don't recall ever seeing one of those. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #19
It was pretty cool MiniMe Jan 2020 #21
my mother had a couple of other tubs and you placed them around demigoddess Jan 2020 #61
Yep! Got my arm caught in the wringer. Took off a couple of layers of skin. Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #20
Yes, we had one in the '50s. I was afraid of the wringer. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #22
Sold one at the antique mall a few years ago. safeinOhio Jan 2020 #23
Got my hand caught in one DiverDave Jan 2020 #24
Me too! At about the same age. Raven Jan 2020 #25
Me. The Maytag one blm Jan 2020 #26
1960's talk of my town was when the neighbor boy sagesnow Jan 2020 #27
You bet! And I still have a brand new washboard, bucket, clothesline and pins. Runningdawg Jan 2020 #28
I remember a program in the 50's called "Queen for a Day." dhol82 Jan 2020 #30
OMG! I remember that show and I watched that episode. It must have been during summer Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #31
He really was creepy! dhol82 Jan 2020 #37
Yep, that's him. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #38
My mom and grandmother both had those, when I was young Siwsan Jan 2020 #32
We had one when I was a little girl. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #33
The one one the right, yes. juxtaposed Jan 2020 #34
A friend's mother had one, probably into the 1970s. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jan 2020 #39
My grandmother had one until the day she died. TomSlick Jan 2020 #40
last one I saw in use was in Chihuahua in the late 90s. you could still buy them new then. Kali Jan 2020 #41
For a couple years in college I lived in a basement apartment Wolf Frankula Jan 2020 #43
Yes. Mom and dad had on on the back porch and I helped mom..... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #44
Yes, my grandmother had one. I lived with her when I was 12. sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #45
My aunt had one of these in her basement. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2020 #46
No, but I got my fingers stuck in the rollers once... malthaussen Jan 2020 #47
In Australia bikebloke Jan 2020 #48
Just the wringer. Aristus Jan 2020 #49
Oh, yes. I remember it well. llmart Jan 2020 #50
My grandma mid 70s TEB Jan 2020 #51
Yup! Gramma had one in her basement. I remember it well. Guilded Lilly Jan 2020 #52
No... I only popped in to see if you'd posted a Flowbee... Harker Jan 2020 #53
in the 50s at my grandmas house.. samnsara Jan 2020 #54
When my dad was MFM008 Jan 2020 #55
Got my finger pinched in one WestLosAngelesGal Jan 2020 #56
I remember that stick that Mom used. It was smooth as silk by the time she went automatic. Frustratedlady Jan 2020 #57
There is just no duplicating that smell of wringer-washed clothes and sunlight drying WestLosAngelesGal Jan 2020 #66
I used these ... when I visited my grandmother and great grandmother, they would do their ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2020 #58
yes, I helped my mother do the laundry with one in the 50s and demigoddess Jan 2020 #60
Used one growing up mid 50's-60's. zeusdogmom Jan 2020 #62
We had one of the round ones.. and it was outside on some bricks. Baked Potato Jan 2020 #63
Mother used them until '69 benld74 Jan 2020 #65
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