11-04-2014, 05:14 PM
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Serendipitous or what?
I used to love ironing, when we lived in the Midlands I would spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon, listening to the local radio station which at that time played three hours of 'oldies' an hour for each time period. Made the time fly by. Then first they changed the programming, then my back problems became worse, then we moved anyway and somehow my Sunday ironing marathons became a case of ironing what was needed when it was needed, and discovered that frequently certain items could do without anyway.Then a few years ago, whilst surfing the shopping channels (used to love the various demonstrations and have often got a good bargain) when I spotted a table top 'press' but unfortunately it was way out of my price range. Over the years it has reduced in price, but never enough to tempt me to fork out for one.
BUT, yesterday was having a coffee and a sausage sarnie (brunch) and I thought to myself, 'have not looked at the shopping channels for a while, lets see if there is anything on offer', and the first thing was the table top 'press' which not only had come down in price again, but was on special offer (less a further 120 quids!), furthermore they claimed there were not many left. Well a quick check of the bank balance and yes could afford it. So it is to be expected within the next couple of days. There is a part of me itching to get stuck in and iron everything in sight
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11-04-2014, 06:27 PM
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Re: Serendipitous or what?
Originally Posted by daisymay
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I used to love ironing, when we lived in the Midlands I would spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon, listening to the local radio station which at that time played three hours of 'oldies' an hour for each time period. Made the time fly by. Then first they changed the programming, then my back problems became worse, then we moved anyway and somehow my Sunday ironing marathons became a case of ironing what was needed when it was needed, and discovered that frequently certain items could do without anyway.Then a few years ago, whilst surfing the shopping channels (used to love the various demonstrations and have often got a good bargain) when I spotted a table top 'press' but unfortunately it was way out of my price range. Over the years it has reduced in price, but never enough to tempt me to fork out for one.
BUT, yesterday was having a coffee and a sausage sarnie (brunch) and I thought to myself, 'have not looked at the shopping channels for a while, lets see if there is anything on offer', and the first thing was the table top 'press' which not only had come down in price again, but was on special offer (less a further 120 quids!), furthermore they claimed there were not many left. Well a quick check of the bank balance and yes could afford it. So it is to be expected within the next couple of days. There is a part of me itching to get stuck in and iron everything in sight
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I have some shirts if you want to practice DM.
I do fold everything to within an inch of its life though so no creases to speak of...I hate ironing!
12-04-2014, 12:55 PM
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Re: Serendipitous or what?
I've never ironed.I've heard some people even iron their bed sheets!
I'm not meticulous, I mainly wear jeans or shorts/T shirts or tank tops depending on the weather. Especially now out here in Trent Hills, no one sees us anyway, lol.
I'd never iron a t-shirt.
12-04-2014, 01:02 PM
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Re: Serendipitous or what?
Problem with T's is that they shrink slightly and thus need pulling and tugging back into shape before drying, ironing solves that problem. The same with jeans which also seem to 'drop' half a size after washing. Besides I always felt there was something both therapeutic and satisfying about ironing. A bit like the feeling you get looking at a line of pure whit nappies blowing in the wind.
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