Tell us something we don’t know.

[2LaneCruzer]

Yeah. This what the original looked like.

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It's gorgeous!

 

[Jim Shooz]

I couldn't imagine there's someone in this country who doesn't actually know the significance of 867-5309('ein), but if there is, they should consider themselves lucky. T

But I'm not in your country

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Phone numbers.
Grandfather next door on the farm was a physician, D.O., surgeon. Before WWII he sent his patient gowns to Hill City Laundry in these cloth sacks, this one is in my garage.
Phone #604
Then he bought grandmother an electric mangle and washing machine (nice, wasn't he? ) so she laundered gowns at home.
Sometimes as a kid I helped (slave labor ). The curved part heated (temp. adj. knob on front), the cloth covered roll slowly turned, and your right knee pushed on a lever to contact iron to roll. You started gown in, push lever and it ironed. Fold gown, repeat.
"Doc" said he looked up from his desk one day and a lady was standing there naked except for hat, gloves, heels, purse..."you're all out of gowns" she said.

 

[MossRoad]

Phone numbers.
Grandfather next door on the farm was a physician, D.O., surgeon. Before WWII he sent his patient gowns to Hill City Laundry in these cloth sacks, this one is in my garage.
Phone #604
Then he bought grandmother an electric mangle and washing machine (nice, wasn't he? ) so she laundered gowns at home.
Sometimes as a kid I helped (slave labor ). The curved part heated (temp. adj. knob on front), the cloth covered roll slowly turned, and your right knee pushed on a lever to contact iron to roll. You started gown in, push lever and it ironed. Fold gown, repeat.
"Doc" said he looked up from his desk one day and a lady was standing there naked except for hat, gloves, heels, purse..."you're all out of gowns" she said. View attachment 809599View attachment 809600

My mom had an ironing machine very similar to that in our laundry room. It's the only one I ever saw in a house. This was the 60s and 70s.

 

[BravoXray]

I found this when we were cleaning out my parent's house after my father passed. I believe it belonged to my maternal grandfather, as he was a carpenter for years.

 

[dstig1]

My mom had an ironing machine very similar to that in our laundry room. It's the only one I ever saw in a house. This was the 60s and 70s.

Oh the Iron-y...

 

[stuckmotor]

Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born in Ulverston, Lankashire, England.

While his derby hat might make Oliver Hardy seem English too, he was a Georgia boy, born in Harlem, Georgia, USA.

 

[JasperFrank]

For many a year, my landline was listed directly below the local Safeway Pharmacy in the phone book. These were very interesting calls.

 

[MossRoad]

Oh the Iron-y...

 

[MossRoad]

At my previous employer we had CENTREX lines. Our numbers were like

235-6XXX

The city had CENTREX lines as well, and their numbers were like

235-9XXX

Our IT help line was the same as the police department's main desk, except for the 6 VS 9.

We'd get so many calls for the police department just from people hitting the 6 instead of the 9. It got to the point that we'd just tell people to please hold and we'd transfer them.