Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

hjd

oldandhappy wrote: »

We have a long standing joke about irons and boards...we deny knowing what they are used for and have guessing games now and then for what they could possibly used for.....childish oh yeah...guilty

Can't help you on uses for an iron - but I do find an ironing board is the perfect height for present wrapping. I spend a few evenings before Christmas with my ironing board.
When we were first married, I (foolishly) offered to iron DH's shirts.
He complained about tramlines on the sleeves.
I've never ironed any of his stuff since.
DS started ironing his shirts for work but soon gave that up as a waste of his precious time. Now they are non-iron and draped over the back of a chair to air after drying.

ivyleaf

vivatifosi wrote: »

My iron cost about £60. I find it hard to use anything that isn't cordless. My last one was similarly expensive, but did last for over 20 years before being replaced. I have one of these:

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tefal-freemove-fv9965-cordless-steam-iron-purple-white/260-0384.prd?source=others

I do like the look of that. I currently have one which was an emergency purchase at Asda about 4 years ago - it was only about £15 I think. Still going strong, though I find it hard to fill without spilling.

ETA Re: Washing J-cloths - I remember at one time the company actually issued an advertisement reminding customers that although the cloths could be washed and used again, they were actually meant to be disposable.....they weren't selling nearly as many as they'd expected, because we were all washing them over and over again!

PasturesNew

oldandhappy wrote: »

knowing what they are used for and have guessing games now and then for what they could possibly used for

They are for Xmas day - as space for the food that won't fit on the table and/or as a nibbles/buffet bar

Pull the bed forward and you can put them behind the headboard too - as a handy shelf for your lamp/clock/book ....

Ditto, behind the sofa, as a place to put the remote, some snacks and stuff.

oldandhappy

PasturesNew wrote: »

They are for Xmas day - as space for the food that won't fit on the table and/or as a nibbles/buffet bar

Pull the bed forward and you can put them behind the headboard too - as a handy shelf for your lamp/clock/book ....

Ditto, behind the sofa, as a place to put the remote, some snacks and stuff.

taking lots of notes now ta very mucho PN...folded down a large two peeps foot rest...upside down lay across the two prongs for strengthening your middle back:eek:....any better ideas...like the snowboard/ windsurfing board even...and forgot the wrapping pressies idea...very ingenious I'm sure theres even more useful ones though....

silvercar

Put the TV on to hear the sad news from Munich and get a text from DS1, who'd forgotten to mention that he's in Germany for the weekend. I know Berlin is nowhere near Munich, but still...

SingleSue

hjd wrote: »

Can't help you on uses for an iron - but I do find an ironing board is the perfect height for present wrapping. I spend a few evenings before Christmas with my ironing board.
When we were first married, I (foolishly) offered to iron DH's shirts.
He complained about tramlines on the sleeves.
I've never ironed any of his stuff since.
DS started ironing his shirts for work but soon gave that up as a waste of his precious time. Now they are non-iron and draped over the back of a chair to air after drying.

I used to stand for hours doing now ex husband's shirts until one day he complained* I hadn't done one to his specification (there was a tiny tiny, hardly noticeable crease, you couldn't even see it when worn). I told him there and then that if he wasn't happy with what I was doing, then he could blooming well do them himself, he said he would and that was it, I never did iron another one for him.

His boss started complaining about the ironing on hubby's shirts less than a week later which coincided with when hubby started doing his own :rotfl:. Turns out ex hubby hadn't realised just how long it took to do a decent job and it was much more than just gliding the iron up and down once or twice and that amazingly, collars, shoulders and cuffs didn't magically do themselves.

*His version of complaining was never just a few moaning words, they would be full on angry words, thrown items and general confidence draining behaviour for days on end about how crap you were. On that occasion it also included taking most of the shirts I had ironed and scrunching them up, throwing them around, scrunching them some more and then throwing them at me, telling me to do them again (I didn't, cue more pontificating)

Generali

SingleSue wrote: »

I used to stand for hours doing now ex husband's shirts until one day he complained* I hadn't done one to his specification (there was a tiny tiny, hardly noticeable crease, you couldn't even see it when worn). I told him there and then that if he wasn't happy with what I was doing, then he could blooming well do them himself, he said he would and that was it, I never did iron another one for him.

His boss started complaining about the ironing on hubby's shirts less than a week later which coincided with when hubby started doing his own :rotfl:. Turns out ex hubby hadn't realised just how long it took to do a decent job and it was much more than just gliding the iron up and down once or twice and that amazingly, collars, shoulders and cuffs didn't magically do themselves.

*His version of complaining was never just a few moaning words, they would be full on angry words, thrown items and general confidence draining behaviour for days on end about how crap you were. On that occasion it also included taking most of the shirts I had ironed and scrunching them up, throwing them around, scrunching them some more and then throwing them at me, telling me to do them again (I didn't, cue more pontificating)

Why did you leave him again? :think:

I do my own shirts. Mrs Generali has done them in the past for short periods but I mostly do them.


Its perfect laundry weather today so I'm doing the laundry. It's lovely and warm and sunny and blowing a gale. Funny winter we're having this year, it forgets it's winter for a day or two and then all of a sudden remembers again.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

Funny winter we're having this year, it forgets it's winter for a day or two and then all of a sudden remembers again.

A bit like our summer - it forgets it's summer for a month or two and then all of a sudden remembers again for one day.

Today's starting off sunny.

Pyxis

I, too, gave up ironing donkey's years ago, but kept the board and iron, "just in case". Then one day got fed up with the board being in the way, so got rid of it and got a small table-top one, "just in case".
Still got the iron, "just in case", but can't remember when I last used it.
After several years, I decided to iron a few clothes before a holiday, but realised that my poorly wrists (they are damaged) couldn't stand it, so that gave me the perfect excuse to give up for good.

I also use the "hang it up and pull it straight" method of "ironing, like PN. However, there are one or two things that this doesn't work with.

Anyway, not long ago, I decided to try one of those steamer things, where you steam the clothes vertically. I thought that my wrists might be ok with that. God only knows why I decided to buy one; I must have been deranged. Anyway, it was useless; it took far longer than ordinary ironing, didn't even work as well as ironing, and the contraption takes up as much room as the ironing board.

So I used it once, and now I'm going to give it to a charity shop. £90 down the drain. I must have been demented.



On a nicer note, I've just experienced some brilliant service from a mail-order office supplies firm. Ordered some stuff this week, which came the next day as usual. On unpacking it, I realised that the box of 12 pens I'd ordered were ordinary ones with caps, and not the retractable ones I usually get. I loathe pens that aren't retractable, because I do a lot of crosswords, and if I don't retract the point while I'm thinking, I end up drawing on my clothes, myself, or my bedding.

Groan groan.

Anyway, I thought I'd ring the firm and see if they could exchange them, even though it was my fault. So I did, explaining that it was my error, and they said they would send me the correct ones, wouldn't charge me postage even though there's a £30 minimum spend for free postage, and in addition told me not to send the wrong ones back, but to give them to a charity.

I was astounded! And very pleased. (The charity shop will get the wrong pens too, as I really can't stand them!)

Doesn't quite make up for the steamer thing, but was nice to know I haven't wasted more money.

I think I need protecting from myself.

PN, be kind please!

SingleSue

Generali wrote: »

Why did you leave him again? :think:

I do my own shirts. Mrs Generali has done them in the past for short periods but I mostly do them.


Its perfect laundry weather today so I'm doing the laundry. It's lovely and warm and sunny and blowing a gale. Funny winter we're having this year, it forgets it's winter for a day or two and then all of a sudden remembers again.

He was asked to leave as he slept with my best friend...well not just that, it was more because of the way he spoke to me when I found out about the above.

I know it is hard for others to understand but my confidence had been completely destroyed, I thought I was the problem, that I wasn't good enough...domestic abuse does that to you otherwise he would have been kicked into touch (not literally, I abhor violence), years before. Unfortunately, he was able to start eroding that confidence when I got PND after James was born, the old me would never have allowed it to happen.

But you live and learn, that is now the past and it has been onwards and upwards since the day he left, not just for me but for the boys too. Think we may see a problem next year though when James graduates as he doesn't want his father anywhere near the ceremony and I also know that I will get it in the neck as he will be most displeased.