derwendolly · Oct 23, 2023

The Dolly Blue was not the soap. It was a small cylinder of blue dye wrapped in a piece of muslin tied at the top with a piece of string and dropped into the rinsing water so that the white laundry looked brighter. The soap was a very crude soda- based concoction which was bought as an unwrapped ,roughly-sawn up bar. It was very hard and had to be grated into a seperate bowl of boiling hot water to melt it before it was put into the dolly tub with the dirty clothes

WhiskyLassie · Oct 23, 2023

The

Def90man said:
I‘ve been in the one at Linwood many times but I’m still to see a ‘yummy mummy

They think they are yummy mummy/full time mummy but like you I tend to disagree

DanClarke · Oct 23, 2023

DanClarke said:
Losing the will to live.
Struggling to get my new Logitech X52Pro H.O.T.A.S to work properly and "as advertised".
Logitech support is about as useless as can be. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

Well, at last, I seem to have got it working (mostly).

However, I have been here before and the very next day I loaded up all the same things and...NOPE! So I am holding fire on any celebrations until I have had it working reliably after several re-boots and reloads of all of the software and associated paraphernalia. If it fails again, I shall have to take off and nuke it from orbit.

Stanleysteamer · Oct 23, 2023

derwendolly said:
Modern! The stage up from the Dolly.

It was, then came the square tub with the spinning agitator in the side and the mangle that folded into it when not it use. THEN the twin tub.
As far as I know.

doriz · Oct 23, 2023

Falling to pieces with cold/flu. I think that L322 has given it to me for dismantling its dashboard and calling it junk

Feel dreadful, me that is not for hurting its feelings

Stanleysteamer · Oct 23, 2023

doriz said:
Falling to pieces with cold/flu. I think that L322 has given it to me for dismantling its dashboard and calling it junk Feel dreadful, me that is not for hurting its feelings

Done a covid test ?
Our gardener's got it.
There is a lot of it about sadly.

doriz · Oct 23, 2023

Stanleysteamer said:
Done a covid test ?
Our gardener's got it.
There is a lot of it about sadly.

Does anyone remember when a cold was a cold a flu was flu? Best wheel the oxygen tent out from under the stairs

Wimblowdriver · Oct 23, 2023

Stanleysteamer said:
It was, then came the square tub with the spinning agitator in the side and the mangle that folded into it when not it use. THEN the twin tub.
As far as I know.

My mum had one of those single tubs with a vertical reciprocating paddle. And a power take-off for the mangle. Noisy thing it was, the Land Rover of washing machines. I remember as a wee nipper, pushing a matchbox car (remember them?) into the mangle - and it trapped my fingers. Bluddy 'urt anorl.

Wimblowdriver · Oct 23, 2023

Thank gord somebody invented automatic washing machines and tumble dryers.

Stanleysteamer · Oct 23, 2023

derwendolly said:
The Dolly Blue was not the soap. It was a small cylinder of blue dye wrapped in a piece of muslin tied at the top with a piece of string and dropped into the rinsing water so that the white laundry looked brighter. The soap was a very crude soda- based concoction which was bought as an unwrapped ,roughly-sawn up bar. It was very hard and had to be grated into a seperate bowl of boiling hot water to melt it before it was put into the dolly tub with the dirty clothes

Soz, of course you are right.
I'd forgotten they were two different things.
My Granny never used any Blue product, despite Reckitts in Hull being where she had worked as a shorthand typist before getting married.
I have a feeling soaps in those days had some sort of a blue type thing in them. In fact many soap powders did contain blue specks in them or were coloured blue. Even today they contain stuff that causes bluing sometimes. So just using too much can leave blue stains, ditto fabric softeners.

What Causes Blue Stains on Clothes After Washing?

Wondering what causes blue stains on clothes after washing? Learn all the possible causes and practical solutions in this complete guide.

inthewash.co.uk

Wimblowdriver · Oct 23, 2023

doriz said:
Does anyone remember when a cold was a cold a flu was flu? Best wheel the oxygen tent out from under the stairs

A cold is just a bunged up snot box. And called flu when 'er indoors is around.

doriz · Oct 23, 2023

Wimblowdriver said:
A cold is just a bunged up snot box. And called flu when 'er indoors is around.

Ter be honest this could be early onset man flu and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. Fingers crossed it ain’t.

Stanleysteamer · Oct 23, 2023

doriz said:
Does anyone remember when a cold was a cold a flu was flu? Best wheel the oxygen tent out from under the stairs

Most people very rarely get real flu.
I've had it twice. It stinks. I was either freezing and shivering, or asleep.

derwendolly · Oct 23, 2023

Stanleysteamer said:
Soz, of course you are right.
I'd forgotten they were two different things.
My Granny never used any Blue product, despite Reckitts in Hull being where she had worked as a shorthand typist before getting married.
I have a feeling soaps in those days had some sort of a blue type thing in them. In fact many soap powders did contain blue specks in them or were coloured blue. Even today they contain stuff that causes bluing sometimes. So just using too much can leave blue stains, ditto fabric softeners.

What Causes Blue Stains on Clothes After Washing?

Wondering what causes blue stains on clothes after washing? Learn all the possible causes and practical solutions in this complete guide.

inthewash.co.uk

When soap powders first came out I think they did have blueing in them but that was another step up in 'doing the washing'. If my mmory serves me, I think that Persil and Omo where the first ones available.

Stanleysteamer · Oct 23, 2023

Wimblowdriver said:
Thank gord somebody invented automatic washing machines and tumble dryers.

Long live the "keymatic"!!!

WhiskyLassie · Oct 23, 2023

@kevstar

doriz · Oct 23, 2023

Nearly 26k licks for this drivvle, keep ‘em coming :vb-party2:

DanClarke · Oct 23, 2023

Stanleysteamer said:
Done a covid test ?
Our gardener's got it.
There is a lot of it about sadly.

Covid is for wimps. Real men don't get covid.

My Old Landy · Oct 23, 2023

doriz said:
Nearly 26k licks for this drivvle, keep ‘em coming

Rookie, I have over 47k

Stanleysteamer · Oct 23, 2023

derwendolly said:
When soap powders first came out I think they did have blueing in them but that was another step up in 'doing the washing'. If my mmory serves me, I think that Persil and Omo where the first ones available.

Persil was the very first, 1907 invented by the Germans. Tide was an early one, '46 and believe it or not Dreft came out very early on, '33, wasn't good for really dirty clothes! Omo came out in '63.

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