When I was a new mom (16 yrs old) I would go to my moms house to use her automatic washer. She didn't have a dryer so I hung out the clothes. On very cold days I would put on a pair of long johns under my dress and head for the clothes line. The diapers would be frozen before I could hardly get them pinned up. I do remember going to the laundry with my mom tho. The laundry only had wringer washers. We would go once a week. I remember her going to the little store next door and buying me my first piece of bubble gum. I think I was 5 and I had never seen bubble gum. My brother would show me how to blow bubbles, by taking my gum I was chewing, and show me how to blow a bubble and then I would take the same piece of gum and try blowing bubbles. Then it went on the bed post for the night and back in the mouth next day. I think gum must have lasted much longer in the old days!