Female-friendly Home PC

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:03 pm

where's the screen? I don't recognize that object at all.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:04 pm

......... oooooooooooo somebody's gonna get it good............

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:09 pm

flanum, you're on your own with this one...

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:11 pm

There is nothing good to say about such a blatantly sexist post...

flanum · Post by **flanum** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:12 pm

Sorry folks couldnt resist it.

I should have slipped it into the "jessica" thread!

missy · Post by **missy** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:01 pm

Nate has been doing his own ironing since age 12 (he was taught in encampment how to do his Civil Air Patrol uniform). Know what his one and only complaint was about Navy Basic Training?

Having to iron his underwear!

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:05 pm

The screen is probably off scene on the kitchen counter showing some sort of screen saver such as "Days of our Lives" or some other silly daytime program.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:51 pm

Do you know where I saw more ironing boards than I've ever seen before or since?

In the Army.

And every guy I knew spent time with one daily. And obsessively.

Men, mind you. Not women.

They treasured their irons. They debated the value of metal threads in the cloth board covers. They had collections of spray starch for every conceivable purpose. They cultivated the affections of the employees of laundries.

And once they got it all starched and ironed into board-like rigidity . . . they put the stuff on and refused to sit down or bend their knees. If they did, it would crack.

The ones from the academies were the worst. I tell you, neurotic beyond belief.

I did not know a single female officer who did this. Not one.

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:29 pm

*reaches for the rotting tomatos*

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:09 pm

Well, I lied. I knew it was an iron. We have a board like that in the basement. It's a good spot to set the cat food down while refilling the kitty's water bowl. I stink at ironing and pretty much avoid it. Everyone in the house does his/her own on a strictly desperation basis.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:25 pm

I actually minded ironing quite a bit less than most other household tasks, but I seem to have quit doing that too. Our cats spend a lot of time on our ironing board and I did have it covered with a blanket which fell on the floor some time ago so now there is kitty hair all over the ironing board which makes ironing impossible. I suppose I should do something about that.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:22 pm

Cynth wrote:I actually minded ironing quite a bit less than most other household tasks, but I seem to have quit doing that too. Our cats spend a lot of time on our ironing board and I did have it covered with a blanket which fell on the floor some time ago so now there is kitty hair all over the ironing board which makes ironing impossible. I suppose I should do something about that.

You could mention it in your will.

I'm pretty sure we own an ironing board, but I don't know where it is. I think jeans and T-shirts look funny ironed, anyhow.

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:35 pm

I tossed out my iron (a leftover from enlisted days) as soon as they came out with Dockers Wrinkle-Free, Teflon-Coated, Stretchy-Waist, Looks-Good-Even-Though-You-Gained-Weight pants. Power to the slobs!

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:47 am

Lambchop wrote:They treasured their irons. They debated the value of metal threads in the cloth board covers. They had collections of spray starch for every conceivable purpose. They cultivated the affections of the employees of laundries.

Facinating! I wonder if there's a Steam & Starchle message board where they discuss iron tweaking...