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Alphascendant -> Wringer Washer Fetish (8/17/2010 8:48:45 PM)
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How many of you live without corporate electricity, with solar, wind, or a gas generator?
After deciding that a wringer washer is the direction to go, finding one in working order became the challenge. One is very old, with some work it can be converted to manual, or maybe a small engine instead of the generator. Still.... not getting clothes washed. Then, bingo.... found an old Maytag wringer washer in mint condition for fifty bucks, and another, exactly the same except for the missing agitator and a wringer, for ten. No more just tossing the clothes in, pushing a button and having clean clothes. That wringer action is awesome, it truly is a joy to do laundry. The simplest things in life can be the most rewarding, nothing should ever be taken for granted.
So, there are four wringer washers in my yard. There are not many wringer washer laundromats, could start one here. Free drying. Someone asked today if I had a "wringer washer fetish." Ouch, that agitator can really mess up somebody's hole, not to mention getting a nipple caught in that wringer.
Does anybody else here still use a wringer washer? The expression "chained to the cook stove" comes to mind.....
Thinking that the wringer washer might be the best invention ever, even better than the chain saw, resulted in questioning which came first, the washing machine or the chain saw? The scrub board, not really a machine with moving parts, invented in 1797. The first rotary washing machine to use a drum, 1851. The first chain saw? 1830. The chain saw came before the washing machine. The first wringers in 1862, electric wringers in 1911. The earliest wringers were separate from the machine and clamp to the drum. I have one of those wringers as well. Life in the big city? Haven't missed it for a minute.
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