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Ana

@robb
My great aunt used to iron her bedsheets πŸ’€

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Clarissa πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ±πŸš²

@robb @ana My mother still does. She also ironed my slouchy tops full of holes when my washing machine was broken. I think she enjoys it tho.

Katy KingInTheTron πŸ‘ΈπŸ»

@ana @robb my mum still does iron sheets. And tea towels. And my dad’s hankies

Shantell Powell

@KingInTheTron @ana @robb my grandmother ironed underwear and socks. Whyyyyyy

rixx

@CodieneC @Shanmonster @KingInTheTron @ana @robb Ironing tea towels and bedlinens was part of my childhood chores and jfc never again

acm

@Shanmonster wow, mine once ironed my jeans -- with starch! try stretching out cardboard!! 😱

Dr. Tineke D'Haeseleer

@KingInTheTron @ana @robb
TBH it's about the only thing I iron, and it's the closest thing you'll find in our house to a sterile cloth. Learned from my nurse SIL this is really handy in medical emergencies to have on hand.

I trained mum away from ironing many, many things in the 2 months I've been here, so I think I'm balancing things out πŸ˜‚

Baron Henrik von Boyage

@ana @robb

My mother ironed even my briefs. I love her but sheesh that's just crazy.

martin

@ana @robb I occasionally iron my bedsheets. Makes them feel fancy. πŸ’…

Kim Spence-Jones πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ˜·

@ana @robb My parents had a special β€˜rotary iron’ β€” a big padded rotating drum with a curved hot plate pressing onto it β€” which was used for sheets and similar. 😱 It was actually quite fun to use.
Something like this, though ours was a table-top model.
miele.co.uk/e/rotary-ironer-b-

toooobeeee :verified:

@betschart @KimSJ @ana @robb well, let me contribute to this glorious thread: when I was a young boy my mother would collect all the newly washed bed linen and table cloths, and wander down the street to some place that was called a "Heißmangel". The quarter's female population would gather around the gargantuan ironing appliances there, and take turns...

three women working on a huge mangle, pressing/ironing bed linen
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