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Old 12-15-2010, 10:12 PM
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I remember my mother using those!
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:15 PM
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I have a couple of those myself from my grandmother. I also found a couple at an antique store that actually fit inside some old baby bottles. Wow ... the memories. :}
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:29 PM
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Yes, I am...they are sprinklers. Fill a bottle with water and put the top on and then sprinkle the clothes when they came off the line, roll them up and put in a plastic bag or pillow case, ater a while you ironed the clothes, the dampness made them easier to iron. If you didn't get around to ironing right way you put the clothes in the refrigerator so they didn't sour.
I remember bags of rolled up laundry in the fridge. :-D
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:45 PM
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Karen, I think you "win!" I don't remember Clorox in brown glass.

My mom sprinkled the ironing and put it in the freezer. She really hated ironing! :D

They make a plastic version of these things, now - I use them for watering seedlings, because they don't flood out the tiny plants. The new sprinkler tops screw onto any plastic soda bottle.
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:56 PM
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I remember my mom using those!! wow, what a memory jogger.........how I miss her!
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:58 PM
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Brings back memories. It was my job to iron and I had to iron Dad's shirts all linens hankerchiefs dresses everything got ironed and I hated doing it! But I so remember using these sprinklers on a pop bottle! Hadn't thought of them in a very long time!!
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Old 12-15-2010, 11:06 PM
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Yep and still have my grandmas.
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Old 12-15-2010, 11:10 PM
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I remember personally using them.

The dried clothes got sprinkled, rolled up, and allowed to get evenly damp, and then ironed.

I remember being so excited when I first got to iron handkerchiefs.

I remember being not so excited when I had to iron my little sister's starched dress with the puffed sleeves.
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Old 12-16-2010, 12:05 AM
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My mom used hers in a soda bottle. I remember it quite well.
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Old 12-16-2010, 02:01 AM
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maybe i remember. maybe i don't.
maybe i've used them. maybe they look like martian ears to me.

you'll never get the truth outta me, Copper.

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