AliceR: Thank God For Washers, Dryers

re: MamaJD’s question: What things do you take for granted as basics that others regard as luxuries?

Alice Rankin: An automatic washing machine and dryer. All my married life. And through five children, and to today. My grandmothers used wash boards when their children were young. They heated tubs of water over wood fires. When I was young, my mother had a wringer washer, where she had to wring the clothes into a stationary tub to rinse, then wring again into baskets to take out and hang onto clothes lines. So in three generations we went from wash boards to automatic washers and dryers. I am thankful I was in the third generation. I don’t take it for granted, but I am sure in many countries they would be considered luxuries.

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