>> In their day an iron was a heavy piece of iron to be heated on the stove. <<
Yep, I've seen those, and even used one. You have to be a lot more careful not to burn things.
>> There was a period of gasoline powered washers too. <<
0_o
>> I'd think a wire rack for making toast might be the level of their appliances. <<
That may be true.
>> It's questionable as to how often they would have had more than a radiator or a gas 'stove' (these are between a woodburning stove and a virtual fireplace.) They likely lived in places that had been carved down and down and down, so someone is renting what had been a pantry. <<
That's one possibility. The other is that they were in places that were always big ratty apartment buildings with tiny hovels inside.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Getting Through
Date: 2014-04-26 06:30 am (UTC)Yep, I've seen those, and even used one. You have to be a lot more careful not to burn things.
>> There was a period of gasoline powered washers too. <<
0_o
>> I'd think a wire rack for making toast might be the level of their appliances. <<
That may be true.
>> It's questionable as to how often they would have had more than a radiator or a gas 'stove' (these are between a woodburning stove and a virtual fireplace.) They likely lived in places that had been carved down and down and down, so someone is renting what had been a pantry. <<
That's one possibility. The other is that they were in places that were always big ratty apartment buildings with tiny hovels inside.