Saturday, June 09, 2007

Wednesday, June 9, 1926

Wednesday, June 9, 1926
Fair and warm

Tried to iron but didn’t get near done. Mama came over and then when I tried to connect my iron after I bathed Marjorie I “blowed a fuse” so had to wait till the boys came back from their news routes to get me another. Then it was too late to start in again.

(I suspect blown fuses were quite common in th 1920's.)

2 comments:

  1. Hmmm. I need to remember that line next time I get too tired to finish something - I blowed a fuse! Ruth's generation probably never considered making up an excuse to get out of work - but we've come a long way, baby!

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  2. That excuse might not go over these days. All we would have to do is flip a switch. Of course we rarely iron anymore, nor do we have to

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