| User | Comment |
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Enheduanna  | | posted 4-Aug-2001 12:48pm |
Yes. I'm good at it. Except apparently I need a new cover for my ironing board, because the color on it is seeping off onto things I iron. |
| confetti | | posted 4-Aug-2001 12:53pm |
Yes, surprisingly. Some of my happiest childhood memories were ironing my dolls' clothes. I had a tiny iron from General Electric that actually worked. |
| Biggles |
I'm ashamed to say that I have never tried to iron  My Mum doesn't work (she left to have my older brother and it was 9 years before we were all in school and she could have gone back - difficult to get back into it then), so the housework is pretty much her domain. She does the washing, the ironing, the gardening, the cooking, the cleaning, the vacuuming..........She doesn't like housework but she feels it's her responsibility. My Dad works long hours, me and my younger brother are still at school and although my older brother's on his gap year, he's working. So my Mum does the stuff at home and I'm lucky to not have to. It gives me more time to relax after long days at school and get on with my homework (I'm doing A-levels which are pretty much the hardest thing you do in education - and they just made them harder - and I have *so* much work and so little time - last year I had one hour free a week; my brother finished his A-levels just before I started and had 12 hours free a week). |
| mandy |
Yes, I can. No, I don't! |
| jkiehart |
You should see what I DO to my shirts! It's horrible... |
| SueBee |
I'm pretty good at it. I was married to a military man for several years, and I even had a friend (another military wife) who paid me to iron her clothes and her husband's, so I got lots of practice. |
| kaleb777 |
Yes, I'm good at it, but I buy clothes that never need to be ironed because I hate ironing. |
| Maarten | | (reply to jkiehart) posted 4-Aug-2001 6:37pm |
Yes, but I don't iron, because I hate it. I even threw the damn thing away when I moved. |
| juliw |
I know how, but could use a little improvement. I hardly ever iron. I hang up my shirts as soon as they come out of the dryer, and dry clean some items. |
| jkiehart | | (reply to Maarten) posted 4-Aug-2001 7:58pm |
I'll never realize my dream of being a laundress... |
| iworshipblink |
i can do it, id rather walk around in wrinkly clothes tho |
LindaH    | | posted 4-Aug-2001 10:20pm |
I usually only iron collars that curl up or the parts of clothes that crease all funky at the seams. |
| darkshadowsseeker |
Yes. I've ironed since I was 10 (I'm 48 now). My grandmother made us iron sheets, pillowcases and hankerchiefs as well as the regular clothes. Thank GOD for permanent press. I don't currently own an iron and no longer buy clothes that need ironing. |
| jettles |
i am good at ironing but i could improve!! i don't iron that often but i do when i have to. |
| Jemmy |
Nope, not in the least. |
| jkiehart |
Your grandmother ironed her SHEETS?? Is Martha Stewart a member of your family, by any chance?  |
| NANNERMUFFlN |
Yes. I'm good at ironing. No. I don't want to iron your shirt for you  |
| Zang |
My experience is limited to ironing my shirt before a wedding. I only iron the parts that show when the jacket is on. By the time the jacket comes off, it is dark and everyone is well lubricated, so they aren't likely to notice. |
| darkshadowsseeker | | (reply to jkiehart) posted 5-Aug-2001 6:13pm |
No, my grandmother was born in 1905 and that's the way she was raised to do things. Thank God we didn't have to iron towels as well. She did let us stop ironing sheets when permanent press became available. |
| callen610 |
Yes, I'm quite good at ironing. My mother made sure of that!  I really only iron my husbands dress shirts though and a few of my things. A great tip though for those of you who hate ironing: Use Downy Wrinkle Releaser. I LOVE that stuff! Just spray it on your cotton shirts, smooth it out a bit and BAM!! No wrinkles! What a lifesaver on hot days or rushed mornings! |
| Oscar | | posted 5-Aug-2001 10:22pm |
Yes, I love ironing. |
| HareKrishna |
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| Cleo |
I hate ironing!! When I was 12 my mother made that one of my Saturday chores.I had to iron my play clothes,even. I just didn't get that concept.One day I challenged my mother & asked her, "Mom,why do I have to iron my play clothes,I'm only going to get it all wrinkled & dirty when I go outside to play?" her answer was simple, "Because I said so!" Now days I try to avoid clothe that require ANY ironing.Either that or take them out of the dryer as soon as they're dry & shake it & hang it immediately!I have an iron but I rarely ever usse it. I once had a friend who ironed all her sheets & pillow cases.I never got that extreme!  |
| Brian |
My mother freaked out after the birth of her third son. Yours truly being the eldest: 7 years old at the time.
"I will not be a slave to four men!" she announced.
Starting the next day, I learned to iron, cook, sew, vacuum, wash, fold, sweep, ad nauseum.
This skill came in handing during dating. My girl friends enjoyed coming up to my place...it was usually better kept than theirs.
Once inside the lair...
Aren't I a pig? |
| NANNERMUFFlN |
Hello there and thank you for the warm welcome. No I haven't visited the newer surveys yet, I'm too busy working my way through some of the older ones. I'll be all caught up eventually. I'm Jae and this past weekend was my first time on SC and it looks as if I got a little carried away  . I had no idea this could be so much fun! |
| HareKrishna |
That's ok. Please tell me more about yourself. |
| NANNERMUFFlN |
 Me...my favorite subject. Who said "But enough about me, tell me what YOU think of me"? Just kidding. I'll tell you about me if you tell me about you, deal? I'm 38, female, live in Texas, love a good laugh. Let's start off with that! |
| HareKrishna |
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| ASexyBabe |
yes but geez who would want to? |
| Pooh_Bear |
I can iron things like shirts and pants. But when you start giving me pleats and ruffles, I get into trouble. |
| Miaow |
Technically yes; unfortunately in practice I seem to have the effect of ironing wrinkles IN rather than out..... |
| Missalee | | posted 15-Aug-2001 7:15pm |
I have to iron my shirts, my mom leaves before I wake up so I can't ask her to... When she is home and I'm ironing she has to do it because I'm not doing it right... meanie.. |
| Burner_GK | | posted 29-Aug-2001 1:45pm |
Yes, but why would I iron when the dryer works fine? |
| autumnlight |
I'm fairly good at ironing. I have to iron all my clothes. |
| lerojist |
I had four children, I definitely learned how to iron. To me, I enjoyed ironing. I knew a friend of mine that ironed everything, I mean everything. She ironed underwear, dishtowels, everything. She and her husband had a bed with a canopy, and she washed and ironed it every day. Her house was spotless and she had 2 children, about 10 years apart. As a child she had a strict mother and father, and she and her sisters and brothers learned how to keep house, and also how to iron. All my children learned to iron. The two grandchildren that live close by, I'm teaching to iron, and cook. |
Iseult  |
Of course. |
| girl | | posted 26-Sep-2001 8:17pm |
yes |
