Pumpkin390:

I have had problems finding belts for it in the past - It'll need one again soon and the store I got it from has closed.  Anyone know of a supplier?   

www.newarkdress.com They have belts for about $4.00 and are a very good company for sewing supplies. E

wvtrailseeker:

think that if we lived in town, and we didn't have to spend all out time washing cars, mowing grass, cutting firewood, repairing fences, etc. we would feel better and have more energy.

I've been there and I know what you mean, but you don't feel better and have more energy if you quit working so much. Instead you get weaker and have less energy. I made that exact mistake - at first my idea of moving to town was so I could "rest up," and then I intended to buy another place in the country. Now just the thought of having to haul wood and mend fences and clean out the chicken house makes me cringe. Not that I wouldn't want to do it, but I don't think I could.  

elovestea-  Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You!!!

I agree with Pat. A certain amount of work actually makes you feel GOOD and is good for you.

are you folks talking about the electric wringer washers or the nonelectric? I'd like a non electric for power outtages and such, but an electric wringer washer seems like more work than an automatic. Although I do love to toss the clothes in my automatic and forget about 'til later...!

My grandma used the electric wringer washer, but she was pretty proficient with it. Didn't take her that long to do her laundry. I remember that when I was a kid, if my mom had a stain she couldn't get out she would send it over to my grandma to work on. I don't think there was hardly a stain she couldn't get out.

The wringer washer my mom used didn't have a pump to empty the water, or it didn't work, in any case we had to lower the drain hose into a bucket to fill, then pull the hose up fast enough so as not to flood the floor, dump the bucket in the sink and do that over and over until the tub was empty. Fortunately we didn't do it for every load as we used the same wash water for all loads. We washed whites first, then coloreds, after that I don't remember if we did towels next or jeans. I hated it when the wringer got stuck from something too thick going thru and we had to smack the release bar to make it stop. I always thought sure I would smash my fingers in that wringer. We rinsed the clothes in the laundry tub next to the washer and then fed the rinsed clothes back thru the wringer. It was a labor intensive way to do it all compared to now. I don't remember if the clothes came out any better then than now. They sure got the wrinkles put in them from that wringer though. E

"I hated it when the wringer got stuck from something too thick going thru and we had to smack the release bar to make it stop. I always thought sure I would smash my fingers in that wringer."

Oh, Been There Done That. LOL

 I was about five years old, was helping a neighbor lady wash clothes, I thought it was fun. Ran my hand thru up to my elbow. It didn't break, but boy did it look bad for a few days, and boy was my Mom mad that the lady had allowed me to help. I also had my hair caught in a wringer when I was first married, MIL and I were washing clothes, and when the sheets were going thru, my hair also went with them, My MIL was so surprised to see all that dark brown stuff on the sheets and was trying to figure out what it was, when I yelled. She quickly hit the release bar and my head was saved. LOL I think she was trying to get rid of her only DIL, don't you? LOL

I still would like to have a Wringer washer and will continue to look for one, and then be happy to use it and get rid of this auto one. I think the clothes came cleaner in it, and you could let them wash as long as you thought was necessary to get them clean.

We also used the water for most of the loads, unless it got too dirty and then you could use the rinse water as your wash water and get clean rinse water that way we weren't using as much water as the auto machines use today.

I have a clothesline up and use it when the weather allows, and could use it more but am just too lazy to use it in the winter, I guess. I do like the smell of those clothes after they have been hanging on the line. There is no substitute for that smell and you can't buy it in a bottle.

I've noticed that since my dryer broke almost 3 years ago that I have much more lint flying around in the house then with the dryer. All that fabric lint went on the dryer filter before, now it just flies off of the the dry clothes, no matter how much I snap them outside before bringing them in the house. E