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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 734218" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p><span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">Was just giving additional thought to this topic... and how young I was when I started doing so many of these things.</span></p><p></p><p>Have you ever hung laundry on an old-fashioned outdoor clothesline? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">I remember hanging certain things for my mom when I was really young. Maybe age 6. Not entire laundry loads, just something like a damp tea-towel when my mom was doing dishes, or maybe a pair of rubber pants that had just been changed on one of my siblings, etc.</span></p><p></p><p>Have you ever washed laundry in an old-fashioned wringer washing machine? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">Many, many times, and by age 7-8, I was helping my mom with laundry, using her old-fashioned wringer washing machine (which she loved and swore by)!</span> </p><p></p><p>Have you ever changed an old-fashioned cloth diaper with safety pins and rubber pants? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">By age 8, I was changing the diapers of baby siblings - and regularly may I add. Changing and folding. My mom taught me to use two diapers at a time when diapering (for added absorbency), and to always keep a couple of fingers between the baby and the diaper when pinning. Also used to babysit two cousins when I was around age 10-11, and my aunt used cloth diapers and rubber pants, too. I still tease both cousins to this day about changing their diapers!</span></p><p></p><p>Have you ever given a spanking? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">Many. If my memory serves me correctly, I would have been around age 16 the first time I handed-down a real spanking.</span> <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">I was babysitting.</span></p><p></p><p>Have you ever washed floors on your hands-and-knees using a bucket and cloth? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">While my mom never had me wash floors by-hand, I do remember using moms mop at a young age. It was one of those soak in the bucket, then press the handle to squeeze-out the cleaning water from the sponge head.</span></p><p></p><p>Have you ever canned fruit and vegetables? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">I was barely the height of the kitchen counters when I started helping my mom with canning.</span></p><p></p><p>Have you ever starched and ironed a shirt? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">Only thing I didn't do at an early age, but I remember watching my mom do it.</span></p><p></p><p>Have you ever started a fire using two sticks? <span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 255)">Yuppers, and gave myself such nasty and painful blisters, I never tried again. I would have been no more than age 8-9</span>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 734218, member: 21572"] [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]Was just giving additional thought to this topic... and how young I was when I started doing so many of these things.[/COLOR] Have you ever hung laundry on an old-fashioned outdoor clothesline? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]I remember hanging certain things for my mom when I was really young. Maybe age 6. Not entire laundry loads, just something like a damp tea-towel when my mom was doing dishes, or maybe a pair of rubber pants that had just been changed on one of my siblings, etc.[/COLOR] Have you ever washed laundry in an old-fashioned wringer washing machine? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]Many, many times, and by age 7-8, I was helping my mom with laundry, using her old-fashioned wringer washing machine (which she loved and swore by)![/COLOR] Have you ever changed an old-fashioned cloth diaper with safety pins and rubber pants? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]By age 8, I was changing the diapers of baby siblings - and regularly may I add. Changing and folding. My mom taught me to use two diapers at a time when diapering (for added absorbency), and to always keep a couple of fingers between the baby and the diaper when pinning. Also used to babysit two cousins when I was around age 10-11, and my aunt used cloth diapers and rubber pants, too. I still tease both cousins to this day about changing their diapers![/COLOR] Have you ever given a spanking? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]Many. If my memory serves me correctly, I would have been around age 16 the first time I handed-down a real spanking.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]I was babysitting.[/COLOR] Have you ever washed floors on your hands-and-knees using a bucket and cloth? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]While my mom never had me wash floors by-hand, I do remember using moms mop at a young age. It was one of those soak in the bucket, then press the handle to squeeze-out the cleaning water from the sponge head.[/COLOR] Have you ever canned fruit and vegetables? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]I was barely the height of the kitchen counters when I started helping my mom with canning.[/COLOR] Have you ever starched and ironed a shirt? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]Only thing I didn't do at an early age, but I remember watching my mom do it.[/COLOR] Have you ever started a fire using two sticks? [COLOR=rgb(77, 77, 255)]Yuppers, and gave myself such nasty and painful blisters, I never tried again. I would have been no more than age 8-9[/COLOR]. [/QUOTE]
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