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'Whatever you do Eddie, keep your fingers away from the wringer!" As a little boy, I heard that warning often on Wednesday, which happened to be Mom's laundry day. We had an unfinished basement where ...

Way back in time I wrote a column about wash day in my family when I was a young boy. I recalled the log cabin that my father built back in the mid 20s and the fast moving spring running beside it ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- University of Florida engineers have developed a liquid rinse compound for washing machines that helps dry the clothes. The researchers say their "chemical clothes ...