Originally Posted by
bearisgray
I thought everyone knew how to make hamburger gravy!
I did not know that automatic washing machines had been around for as long as they had.
Oh, my gosh, Bear, thanks! I got curious and went looking for dates -- the first electric washing machine came out before my grandmother was born! Only for rich people, though. My mother (94 last Saturday) clearly remembers her mother boiling clothes on the stove, circa 1927.