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Yep some shops actually kept Borax in the wash room .i used borax/palmolive dish soap mixture for years on my hands , before they discouraged the use of borax for hand cleaning- but it's still ok for laundry
Yep some shops actually kept Borax in the wash room .i used borax/palmolive dish soap mixture for years on my hands , before they discouraged the use of borax for hand cleaning- but it's still ok for laundry
When I walk down the aisle that sells the bar bath soap I get nauseated. My Mama washed my mouth out with a bar of Ivory soap when we had company over one Sunday afternoon. My brother would not let me get on our hourse and I *&^))(($$##@@ him out. She came outside got me by the ear and drug me into the bathroom and ground that ivory soap on my teeth. I still cuss like nobody is listening. but I sure as hell don't use Ivory soap. My daughter uses it and when she comes to visit soon after taking her bath I just want to gag...Lava soap was required for camping when I was in Boy Scouts (1980s). It was allegedly more environmentally friendly for washing at the campground spigots. Ivory bar soap was my parents soap of choice when I was growing up.
I haven't bought bar soap in... hmmm, not sure if I've ever bought bar soap since moving out on my own. Dawn dish soap and orange hand cleaners with pumice are what I've used for oil and grease as long as I can remember. In high school shop classes they used powdered soap, maybe Borax.
I spent hours looking through the World Book Encyclopedias my Mama had. I loved those things. Also Popular Science and Popular Mechanics and National Geographic. And how about the Readers Digest?Your picture reminds me that encyclopedias have gone the way of the rotary phone also
Me and my brother hand milked 7 cows every morning before catching the school bus. Milking by hand will sure build up your hand and arm muscles. Now I can barely hold anything without dropping it. Regardless of how you do it Dairy farming is hard work. Round bales of hay did not exist. Every bale was heavier than I was. The cow pens were lovely green soup after a good rain. Nobody even mentioned the smell it was just part of the job. Now we have the highest paid politicians in the world trying to control Cow Farts!Someone mentioned the milkman, My grandparents milked about 15-20 cows, and of course when the power was out we milked by hand. The first automatic system we had though, was the cow to can, those 15 -20 gallon cans were then lifted up into a cold water chiller for storage until picked up. We always used the chiller for watermelons on the holidays, they would be so cold , your teeth would hurt.
Ha! Mentioning the smell reminded me of a story my grandpa told, about a nephew who was staying with them, and helping milk one morning. He said " Uncle choc, I believe Aunt Jewell is cooking christmas candy", everytime grandpa would tell that, he'd just about get in the floor, laughing.Me and my brother hand milked 7 cows every morning before catching the school bus. Milking by hand will sure build up your hand and arm muscles. Now I can barely hold anything without dropping it. Regardless of how you do it Dairy farming is hard work. Round bales of hay did not exist. Every bale was heavier than I was. The cow pens were lovely green soup after a good rain. Nobody even mentioned the smell it was just part of the job. Now we have the highest paid politicians in the world trying to control Cow Farts!
My grandparents milked about 15-20 cows, and of course when the power was out we milked by hand.
Me and my brother hand milked 7 cows every morning before catching the school bus.
We recently donated two encyclopedias... both current to recent year... just collecting dust. We did not wanted to move those over to the new house.Your picture reminds me that encyclopedias have gone the way of the rotary phone also