[mountaineer]

my Mom used to sprinkle the dry clothes with water from a coke bottle.

Oh boy, my mother made a first-class ironer out of me, and I sure remember sprinkling the clothes (except we used a Pepsi bottle). We always had a mangle (how many people can say that?!) which made the job easier.

[Conservababe]

We always had a mangle (how many people can say that?!) which made the job easier.

Okay, what is a mangle? Evidently my mother did not buy one. LOL

[TruthNtegrity]

Mangle? Mangle? Can you believe that when I moved my Mom from the big ol' house I grew up in, in New York, I moved that darn mangle!? I had waaaaay too many memories of my Black Nanny sitting at that thing, ironing sheets, pillowcases, tablecloths, dinner napkins, and with great deftness, shirts! There was nothing she couldn't bring to a crinkle-less crispness with that machine. I can still remember the smell of those freshly ironed sheets!

[potlatch]

We had a 'mangle' too, I remember doing sheets, underware, tableclothes on it!!