On 11/16/2011 11:34 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as
>> a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore,
>> lol, Lee
>
> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of
> a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>
> Cheri

weren't they the worst!!!!!!!!
and they were an improvement? LOL
everyone in gym class knew exactly what was happening

then there were the swim classes you missed (again everyone knew why,
you just never spoke of it!)

and now they have these uber thin, uber absorbent amazing stick on
pads....... and i don't need them LOL

kate