The bell on our new washer really intrigued me. Around 1950 we finally got an actual automatic washing machine. You’d plug it in, turn it to “start” and then you could walk away while it swirled the ...

THE term, "wringer arm," was first coined in 1938 § to describe an accident occurring in early childhood in which the upper extremity is inadvertently caught between the rollers of a power-driven ...

'Whatever you do Eddie, keep your fingers away from the wringer!" As a little boy, I heard that warning often on Wednesday, which happened to be Mom's laundry day. We had an unfinished basement where ...