tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post3791242786182783688..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: TELLING IT ON TUESDAY (Part 15) 1953-1954Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-23099696287439576182014-04-19T17:17:29.297+08:002014-04-19T17:17:29.297+08:00Thanks Yam for your comments. I fortunately didn&...Thanks Yam for your comments. I fortunately didn't have any bad experiences with electric wringers but many years ago when Phil was a child in England his hand got caught in a mangle. Nasty experience for a young lad. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-4590932916758145882014-04-19T17:16:21.748+08:002014-04-19T17:16:21.748+08:00Thanks for your kind comments Buttons. Although I...Thanks for your kind comments Buttons. Although I believe we shouldn't live in the past I still have regrets about mum and dad separating as they did so late in life. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-35618226700790043992014-04-19T17:15:04.859+08:002014-04-19T17:15:04.859+08:00Thanks EC. For some reason this post if now showi...Thanks EC. For some reason this post if now showing in my list of posts and I can't seem to make it appear there. This happened a few weeks back with another post. No idea what goes wrong.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-28943641494945898782014-04-19T17:14:13.471+08:002014-04-19T17:14:13.471+08:00I'd not thought of it like that but it got us ...I'd not thought of it like that but it got us from A to B without too much fuss.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-11865343640925685092014-04-15T19:55:15.228+08:002014-04-15T19:55:15.228+08:00Hari OM
Oh those old wash tubs! I can recall moth...Hari OM<br />Oh those old wash tubs! I can recall mother using one when we visited her parents on the farm - they only upgraded to a twintub electrical thing when they had the 'new house' built in 1964... miany a finger got mangled!! Great reminiscenses again Mimsie. YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-27131618361693936152014-04-15T17:52:33.591+08:002014-04-15T17:52:33.591+08:00Another fascinating story of your life, I love rea...Another fascinating story of your life, I love reading about the different times and emotions you felt at the time. The separation of your Mum and Dad had to have been very hard I can grasp some pain still lingering in your writing.<br />Spitting on your clothes while ironing is very different but if it works why not:)<br />Thank you for sharing all this Mimsie. Hug BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-8237642747468703262014-04-15T12:33:50.192+08:002014-04-15T12:33:50.192+08:00Our Austrian neighbour used to spray her ironing i...Our Austrian neighbour used to spray her ironing in just that way, and my German father told me that all his aunts had done it too.<br />Another fascinating post Mimsie - and not a word too long. Thank you.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-82017854292796958262014-04-15T10:37:08.205+08:002014-04-15T10:37:08.205+08:00Love that old truck...sort of the SUV of the day.Love that old truck...sort of the SUV of the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com