John B. Slocomb wrote in
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On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 00:03:46 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote:


I read somewhere on the Web that if you haven't got a wringer, you can
press water out of wet clothing with a rolling pin: Simply lay the
clothes out flat and roll the pin over them.

The source said "a plastic table" -- I'd use my wooden picnic table,
because the expressed water is going to drip all over, and it would be
nice not to have to mop it up.

I once stayed in a mountain cabin that had a wooden counter that also
served as the drainboard of the sink; that would be an ideal place to
roll water out of wet cloth.

This trick might be useful when you've come in out of the rain, or
when you come home dripping with sweat and rinse your clothes in a
bucket.

Better make it two buckets -- one for the black stuff and one for the
rest.

Way back when, they used to make a two roller "wringer" for those who
did the laundry by hand. Two rubber rollers in a frame with a hand
crank to turn the rollers and a clamp sort of thing to attach it to
the wash tub.

Just the thing, if they still make them :-)

My wife just reminded me that way, way, way, back when we were first
married and coin washers weren't invented she used to wash all our
stuff by hand, To get the water out, she tells me, just twist (wring)
the clothes and then give them several vigorous shakes to get the
wrinkles out.

The other day after cycling to my gym to work out, I rinsed my jersey to
get the sweat out. All I had to do was hand-wring it and, after 45
minutes, it was wearable--and it kept me cool in the 30 Celsius weather
until it dried.

It was a "Screaming Yellow" version of this:
http://www.mec.ca/product/5036-376/p...-jersey-mens/?
q=pearl%2Bizumi%2Bss%2Bjersey.
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Andrew Chaplin
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