On Wed, 20 May 2020 13:24:39 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 5/16/2020 1:44 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2020-05-16 12:18 p.m., wrote:
>>
>>>> Her sister hung on to the old tub washer with a mangle much longer; I
>>>> remember seeing it in her basement in the 1960s.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>> When my mother's wringer washer finally gave up and died my dad said
>>> it was
>>> time for an automatic washer.* No, no, no!* That contraption is not
>>> coming
>>> in this house!* I think after the first full load of clothes and how
>>> quickly
>>> it did its' job and the clothes were clean she was in heaven.
>>>
>>
>> House work has changed over the years.* Laundry used to be an all day
>> job when the machines were manually operated. These days you can pop a
>> load of laundry into the machine, add detergent push a button and come
>> back when the machine stops. Take the laundry out and put it in the
>> dryer and come back in an hour.* Lucretia would not approve of my
>> mother's way of doing laundry.* The laundry room was downstairs so she
>> went over to the rec room and watched TV.
>
>Apparently nowadays you can start your SMART washing machine using an
>app on your phone. Why you didn't start the washer before you left the
>house is still a mystery...
>
>Jill

I never run the washer or dryer without being home and closeby... at
times washer fill hoses burst and dryers have lint fires.