These metal boxes still hang in many old houses and sometimes their owners don’t even know what they’re meant for. These things look like a fishing reel with a rope and are supposed to be installed on the wall. It turns out that people used to use them to dry washed clothes inside the house. Very few people could afford automatic dryers throughout the ’40s and ’70s so this device was pretty popular.
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Devoted 4 year s ago
Love these posts!
I've sung all my life; I especially love 16-century choir music and plainsong (Gregorian) chant. But I had never seen anything like the knives in #19. Note the older music script, which is no longer in use, but which some people find easier to read.
#3 I believe that in the US, a majority of people had dryers by the 60s, and that by the 70s, very few people did not have them.
I've sung all my life; I especially love 16-century choir music and plainsong (Gregorian) chant. But I had never seen anything like the knives in #19. Note the older music script, which is no longer in use, but which some people find easier to read.
#3 I believe that in the US, a majority of people had dryers by the 60s, and that by the 70s, very few people did not have them.
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Solution 4 year s ago
#9 is bad a$$!
#14, "woolen socks", perhaps and I have toes on my feet, not sure about Romans though.
#14, "woolen socks", perhaps and I have toes on my feet, not sure about Romans though.
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Back 4 year s ago
#14 woolen = wool (from sheep)
#15 Now why would they be reading multiple books at once???
#15 Now why would they be reading multiple books at once???
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Groom 4 year s ago
Ahem. All inventions are from the past..
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#15 They are NOT reading multiple books at once but the same at the fastest pace without stopping to change the page.
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Alive 4 year s ago
It's "woollen" in English.
I've sung all my life; I especially love 16-century choir music and plainsong (Gregorian) chant. But I had never seen anything like the knives in #19. Note the older music script, which is no longer in use, but which some people find easier to read.
#3 I believe that in the US, a majority of people had dryers by the 60s, and that by the 70s, very few people did not have them.
#14, "woolen socks", perhaps and I have toes on my feet, not sure about Romans though.
#15 Now why would they be reading multiple books at once???