or use one when you were younger
2007-12-30 16:04:17 · 18 answers · asked by gggggg 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Woman have been known to get there breast in one before too
2007-12-30 16:10:52 · update #1
jan g thats so true
2007-12-30 16:53:01 · update #2
we had one when I was a kid And had to carry all the water from the outdoor pump Remember the coil heater? We had to use to heat it, then hang all the clothes to dry all over the house, Who would of thought 50 years later sitting at a computer and using spell check
2007-12-30 16:44:26 · answer #1 · answered by Jan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised by my grandparents in central Indiana and Grandma always used a ringer washer when I was a kid. They would build a big fire outside and heat the water in a big tub, they carry it by the bucket fulls and pour it into the washer.
I never got my arm caught in the wringer. Grandma also made her own lye soap. As I got older I had to help hang up the clothes on the clothesline but Grandma never did allow me to use the washer that I can remember. Finally....inside
plumbing when I was eight and no more carrying the water so far.
2007-12-30 17:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by Eve 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes as a matter of fact I did use one when I was younger. Mom had one and still does have it to this day. We just don't use it any more.
I really did enjoy using it to. I can't tell you how many times that I got my fingers caught in those rollers. Hurt like the dickens to! Never heard of any one every getting a breast caught in one, nor have no clue how that would even be possible.
We would go to great grandma's house and help her make a big pot of lye soap, cut it into blocks after it cool down a bit. Then take a few blocks of lye soap home to do our laundry.
I also remember very well of washing dads pants and then mom and I would put the stretchers in the pant legs to keep them stretched out while they were hanging on the clothes line to dry.
After the laundry was dry, we would bring the clothes in and with the pop bottle that had the cork and sprinkler on top, we would then sprinkle the clothes and iron all of them. Those were the good old days, that is for sure. Would love to do that again.
2007-12-30 17:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by SapphireB 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My grandmothers and my mother both used a wringer washer. Living in a rural area, there was no running water (a pump was used to bring up water from the well), so the water had to be heated on the stove and then the heavy tub was lifted to the machine to receive the water. (Imagine building a fire in a wood-burning stove, in the middle of summer to do laundry twice a week.) I saw the wringer washers recently in a department store, and the clerk told me that they are still bought by people who spend their summers at cottages, etc.
2007-12-31 02:20:05 · answer #4 · answered by SB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We had one when I was young. I am another person who got an arm caught in the ringer. What a shock that was and a lot of pain. The sad part is that this happened more than once.
2007-12-30 16:29:07 · answer #5 · answered by mydearsie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, thank goodness! When I was little my mom had one. I wanted to sit on the counter so I could see the clothes being washed inside. She said no, that I'd get hurt. Well, I thought that was the silliest thing. When she left to answer the phone, I crawled my little butt right up there....only when I tried to position myself better, I put my hand on top of the wringer so I could pull closer and of course, it caught my hand. I tried to pull my hand out by grabbing my thumb and pulling HARD. Nearly tore off my thumb. The scar still remains after all these years.
I'd like to say I did what my mom said from then on, but.....naturally I didn't. What a brat I was!!
LOL.....we still get our breasts caught in it, only now they call it a mamogram. LOL!!
2007-12-30 16:17:11 · answer #6 · answered by D J 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I used one when I was younger (I'm only 49): my mom had 2 in a row! And yes, I did put my hand into the wringer, and yes it hurt a little but I only did it on the wringer machine that had the emergency release in the top.
2007-12-30 16:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by blink_yawn 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would if I had a place to put one.
They are the best at conserving water & detergent & they are easy on your clothing if you know how to use them.
The electric wringers CAN be difficult to deal with if you don't pay close attention to what you are doing & how you are doing it!
Never heard of the breast dangers....thanks. I'l keep that in mind if I get another. They ARE getting a bit saggy these days. "No nudity in the laundry area" will have to be written in large letters above the sink!
2007-12-30 16:24:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not have one....My grand mother had one. I must of been around 5 years old,,,,My mother and I went for a visit and my grandmother was doing the laundry and my mom and I finished it up for her. When I was in college. One of my friends invited me to his grandfathers house. When we arrived his grandfather was sick so we did the laundry for him using a ringer washer. I can not image how your breast could get stuck in one....
2007-12-30 20:37:54 · answer #9 · answered by abuelamah 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's one sitting in a collapsed roof adobe at the edge of a village out near the malpais. Looks as though it would still function though it's been in the weather at least 30 years. It's the electric model, as opposed to the hand crank.
I'd love to own it and put it to use, but short of stealing it there's no way it will happen. That machine has been trying to make a thief of me for several years.
2007-12-30 23:30:54 · answer #10 · answered by Jack P 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋