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  1. My mom had a wringer washer, which was her mother's, so I don't know when it was purchased. I have very vague memories of her making sure my siblings and I didn't get our fingers anywhere near it. I can remember her putting diapers through it. She had a kid or two in diapers for about 15 years. We upgraded to a Kenmore washer and dryer in the mid 1960's and Mom thought she had died and gone to heaven. Our family was more than 10 people, so just imagine how many loads were done per week. That washer and dryer lasted 26 years. Now you're lucky if you get 10 years out of a washer or dryer. Of course, the dryer was barely used for at least half the year. We always hung clothes out on the line. I can't remember a backyard in our neighborhood that didn't have a clothesline. My grandparents bought a chest freezer in 1949 or 1950, which was brought to my parents' home when it was built in the mid 1950's, which is when my grandparents moved in with them. That freezer was still in the basement working just fine when my mom sold the house in 2015. It probably wasn't the most energy efficient but it never had any maintenance issues.
  2. I wonder if the handyman was exonerated. Otherwise how could someone who raped & murdered a 17 year old be out of prison? Someone who cut out the tongue of the victim? The guy looks like he's about 40, way too young to be paroled for such a terrible crime. But then why wouldn't Ormewood tell Angie that when she said she was locked in with John? Or was there some egregious investigative/prosecutorial misconduct which resulted in his release? I assume we have not seen the last of John. Does Nico have a job? They seem to have a lot of time to hang out and comment on Will's wardrobe choices, take care of Betty, take her to the vet, take her to visit Angie, etc.
  3. My grandparents farmed so my mom said they had plenty of food. My grandma always had a huge garden so they would have food throughout the winter; the war didn't change that. Beans, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet corn, cabbage, carrots, asparagus, onions, asparagus, berries, apples. Whatever you could grow in Wisconsin! My mom said the worst thing was sugar rationing and rubber rationing. Gas rationing (and lowered speed limits) meant a lot less driving which helped with the lack of tires, since the only non-military vehicles that could get tires were police, fire, buses, food transportation, etc. One thing I found amusing in what I read about rationing in England is that beer was not rationed. It was deemed a necessity! I think other types of alcohol were much more scarce though.
  4. Jimmy just wants to fit in with the rest of them wearing their knitted stuff, all the cardigans, vests, scarves, etc. The cow in Cranford fell into a lime pit which burned off the hair. Vets would have been given extra petrol rations, but they could only use it for official business. If found using it for non-vet work, they could get in a lot of trouble. I was glad to see them mention victory gardens in the first episode since that became part of daily life on the home front. The history geek in me wishes they mentioned other things that were rationed such as clothing, soap, and food. (I thought it was odd that Carmody was giving the dog cheese as a reward for performing a trick, since cheese was rationed.) Postwar studies showed that food rationing had unexpected health benefits because people ate much less fat and sugar and a lot more vegetables.
  5. I agree, she was involved in a conspiracy to commit murder and obtained the murder weapon. It seems unlikely that Scotland Yard would say never mind, you're free to go. I thought they were leading up to Ivy becoming Sophia Blake's new nanny. I am surprised that Eliza arranged for Ivy to be hired by Scotland Yard, since it seems inevitable that Blake will discover the connection between Ivy and Eliza. Malone talked about someone dealing with Fletcher's crap. That seemed a very modern phrasing and not what would have been said in the 1880s.
  6. It's every year. Our local/state elections are often held in off years. The Supreme Court seat is not the only thing on the ballot for our spring election this year. Also the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction (our elected "secretary of education"), appellate court judges, circuit court judges, and some county and municipal offices. In 2026, it's Congressional races, about half of the State Senate, all of the State Assembly, Governor, Attorney General, and county and municipal offices. Lather, rinse, repeat.
  7. Isn't Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Dem Chair, the front runner to lead the DNC? He's gotten tons of endorsements from Senators, Representatives, labor unions, governors, etc. It makes me very nervous because Wisconsin has a crucial Supreme Court election in April and I don't want to lose Wikler just as this campaign is really gearing up. To compare the judicial philosophy of the two candidates in the race, imagine Ketanji Brown Jackson is running against Samuel Alito. This forthcoming election means that my very brief respite from political ads is over. I watch a lot of sports (football & college basketball especially) and that means live TV, which means muting commercials once again.
  8. Occasionally Goff is going to goff it up and he's picked the worst time to have one of those games.
  9. I'm late to respond to this post but could someone tell this moron who was the president of the United States for 4 years that there's a federal agency called U.S. Customs and Border Protection? It's located within the Department of Homeland Security. That word "Customs" means it deals with trade, tariffs, etc. In other words, this new agency he is proposing ALREADY exists.
  10. I feel your pain - there is nothing more aggravating. Write to the company and complain; maybe it will be like New Coke, which was a colossal failure. I went through a lot of difficulty finding a soap I like; for the past 20 years or so I've used goat's milk soap, which is mild enough for my sensitive skin. I used to buy Lee jeans, then many years ago they changed the length of their petite jeans. They went from being exactly perfect to about 3/4 of an inch too short. Of course the regular length is about 4 inches too long. I haven't purchased Lee jeans since.
  11. I can remember registering for university classes by running around campus to get the classes I needed. Fortunately I usually just had to go to three or four different buildings, all within a few minutes walk of each other. However, one year I had to take a statistics class for my master's which was held in a building blocks from the others I needed to go to and that was a full-on sprint to get there before the class filled up. Now people register online in less than 5 minutes.
  12. Calvada

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    Euchre would be very appropriate spelling for a Wisconsin guy like Bob Uecker. Another guy who fits with Ueck and Harwell is Vin Scully. All gone now. I wish Ueck could have called a World Series win for the Brewers.
  13. Calvada

    MLB Thread

    It's a very sad day in Wisconsin. This news is not surprising, considering his age and the many serious health battles he's had. Ueck had cut back quite a bit in the last several years, only working home games. He also always had a broadcast partner, so he would call 5 of the 9 innings. I used to joke that being his partner was an audition for the other teams. Guys like Pat Hughes, Jim Powell, Cory Provus and Joe Block moved onto another team after working with Bob. Last year he worked just a handful of games and now we know it was because of his cancer diagnosis. There was no better way to spend a summer day than listening to Ueck call a baseball game. When the schedule came out every year, I would circle the day games on Monday thru Fridays and put them on my work calendar. It helped get me through those long summer afternoons when I wanted to be anywhere but the office. Even in the many less than stellar Brewers' seasons, listening to a game was great because Ueck was so entertaining. A game in which the Brewers were either down by 6 runs or up by 6 runs would be especially great because that's when the stories would start. Get up! Get Up! Get outta here! GONE! Thanks for all the great calls, Ueck. Editing this to add that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel currently has 11 articles about Ueck's life and legacy on their website. I cannot think of another Wisconsin sports figure whose passing would get this kind of coverage.
  14. Are the Vikings trying to kill Darnold?
  15. Deion and Jerry together - can both of their egos fit in the stadium in Arlington? Good thing the roof retracts.
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