Re: Ice industry ruined.

On 2025-04-01, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

I confess to certain lack of sympathy for people who complain about
doing the laundry these days. You sort the stuff, through in some
detergent, select a cycle, push a button and come back to put it in the
dry an hour or so later.  I remember how my mother used to do laundry in
the 1950s when we had a washing machine with a wringer. She had to load
it up, fill it with water and then start it up to let the agitator do
its thing. Then they stuff went through a wringer to remove the soapy
water, then the rinse cycle followed by wringing.  It was a lot of work.

People appeared to be in a lot better shape back then. Hard work and
smoking kept them thin.

"Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet!" Every room in the house had an
ashtray. The house stunk. Those were the days!

By the way, I'm not trying to imply that these days are any better. As
a species, we blunder from fad to fad. Some good. Some bad.