Veering off topic - steamers

Not to clean your carpet or run your car, but as an alternative to an iron?

Which one did you buy and do you like it?

Cheryl

On Aug 27, 6:27*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Not to clean your carpet or run your car, but as an alternative to an iron?

Which *one did you buy and do you like it?

Cheryl

No recommendations, but my first thought was actually clams LOL!

Linda

"lewmew" wrote in message
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On Aug 27, 6:27 am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Not to clean your carpet or run your car, but as an alternative to an
iron?

Which one did you buy and do you like it?

Cheryl

No recommendations, but my first thought was actually clams LOL!

Linda


I was thinking clams too. All the talk about Brooklyn reminded me of a
place called "Lundy's" where we would go for a bucket of steamers.

As far as a steamer is concerned, I have an old one that I rarely ever use.
It just doesn't do a good enough job to dig it out. If I need extra steam,
I just use the burst of steam button on my Rowenta iron.

I've had better irons in the past but this one does a decent job.

Lucille

On 8/27/08 11:28 AM, in article
, "Lucille" lzoltynospam@now at
comcast..net wrote:


"lewmew" wrote in message
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On Aug 27, 6:27 am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Not to clean your carpet or run your car, but as an alternative to an
iron?

Which one did you buy and do you like it?

Cheryl

No recommendations, but my first thought was actually clams LOL!

Linda


I was thinking clams too. All the talk about Brooklyn reminded me of a
place called "Lundy's" where we would go for a bucket of steamers.

Now two of you are making want a big old bucket of steamers with "broth" and
melted butter.

As far as a steamer is concerned, I have an old one that I rarely ever use.
It just doesn't do a good enough job to dig it out. If I need extra steam,
I just use the burst of steam button on my Rowenta iron.

I've had better irons in the past but this one does a decent job.

Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.

C

much snipping, hopefully I've got the attributions right

Lucille said:
I was thinking clams too. All the talk about Brooklyn reminded me of a
place called "Lundy's" where we would go for a bucket of steamers.

My father wouldn't let us eat seafood in his presence but every once in awhile
'rich' relatives would sneak us girls to Lundy's -- can't remember what we had,
just that it was doubly good because it was forbidden food.

Cheryl said:
Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.

As a teen every Sunday night, I was stuck doing the family ironing. This was
before the advent of permanent press. Many things got heavy spritzing and were
slightly damp after ironing but they were wrinkle free.

--
another anne, add ingers to reply

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.


Use the RAF ironing technique. Iron the cuffs, the collar and the centre
portion of the front.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3b54af

On Aug 27, 6:30*pm, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)"
wrote:
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.

Use the RAF ironing technique. Iron the cuffs, the collar and the centre
portion of the front.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3b54af

Lol Bruce , you naughty boy - okay I did it in winter when I could get
away with a 'wooly pully' all the time . I celebrated when they
withdrew 'hairy Mary's' as uniform even though I kept mine for fancy
dress !!!!
Jan

In message , "Bruce Fletcher
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Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.


Use the RAF ironing technique. Iron the cuffs, the collar and the
centre portion of the front.

That is similar to the Navy fashion.
First the sleeves, then the chest,
Leave the front and bugger the rest.

That is what DH taught me when I had to iron his uniform shirts when we
first got married. However I ironed them all over.
We got married and I went to Malta to join him there.
I had no running hot water, all water had to be heated on paraffin
stoves. No bathroom and a tin bath to bathe in.
We moved to a flat with a bathroom with a gas water heater, a rather
dangerous affair because of the fumes it made. Had to leave the window
wide open while the bath was running. Then turn the heater off before
going in the bath.
I used to wash clothes in the bath in mainly cold water, no washing
machines. No fridge just an ice box and a daily delivery of a large lump
of ice to put in it.
Used to cook on paraffin primus stoves. An oven consisted of a tin box
that was stood on top of the burners. Only regulator was adjusting the
wick, too low and the thing went out, too high and the whole kitchen got
sooted up. We used to call them black outs.
Still I would not have missed it for the world.
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone

http://www.allcrafts.org.uk

On 8/27/08 1:30 PM, in article ,
"Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.


Use the RAF ironing technique. Iron the cuffs, the collar and the centre
portion of the front.

More likely the collar, sleeves and back; I'll be wearing a apron over the
front.

Cheryl

On Aug 27, 11:48*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.

Do they *really* need ironing, or just touching up? Most of DH's work
shirts (so-called permanent press), if they're wrinkled, I'll toss
back into the dryer with a small, damp towel and make sure I take them
out as soon as the dryer's done, if not before. I rarely have to iron
his shirts, unless they're all cotton.

Joan