Originally Posted by bobbie1
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
I had a neighbor who ironed her sheets. But the oddest thing I ever seen was my Uncle Randy, he would iron his boxers.....LOL
lightly starched.....LMAO
We had to iron my dad's boxers and handerchiefs when we were kids. We also used an old roller iron that you sat in a chair and operated. Did sheets, pillowcases.....ironed just about anything cotton. Thank goodness for poly-cotton now :-)
Sounds like an old Ironrite. I sit to do my ironing. A mangle is a "roller iron" . Takes only about 30 minutes a week to do everything. Nothing beats the Ironrite for performance. I bought this one from Craigslist several years ago. Two years ago I found another in a yard sale not far from my home. I bought it immediately for spare parts. Cost only 20 bucks and I've never had to use any of it. The original one I bought just goes and goes. I just love it and I wouldn't trade my 100 perscent cotton sheets and napkins for any poly cotton ever.
I have a really nice Laura Star iron now, one that my hubby brought me from Germany. Oh my word, do I love that iron. Best quilting iron in town. I don't iron anything else with it but my sewing projects.