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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2020-05-20 1:24 p.m., 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.Â* No, no, no!Â* That contraption is not
>>> coming
>>> in this house!Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* Lucretia would not approve of my
>> mother's way of doing laundry.Â* 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.Â* Why you didn't start the washer before you left the
> house is still a mystery...
>

???? Yes. The apparently have those smart washing machines now. They
did when my mother was still alive. We did not by a smart washer last
year. I guess we are just going to have to rough it for a while and
push that start button on our own.