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Ah! the memories. I don't remember that far back, having to build a fire in the backyard, but I do remember having to build a fire in the bucket a day stove in order to have hot water and I do remember the old wringer washer we had and the wringer was broke so did the wash and had to wring it out by hand, then rinse it a couple of times. And using the scrub board when the washer finally crashed. Remember hanging wash outside in the winter and the sheets would almost freeze before I got them on the line, and when we finally got a new washer, still had to rinse the clothes and then lug the big basket up the celler steps to hang them on the line, and when I took them down the clothes pins were frozen to the sheets and the clothes line. and even when I was married and had kids, still no dryers and had to hang dozens of diapers on the line, and I boiled them after washing them to be sure there was no soap in them. Oh man, what fond memories. NOT. Wonder if any young girls would do that today if need be. Thanks goodness for laundramats. but they cost and arm and a leg now.
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