Topic: Gas Iron
started by: Liberal
Posted by Liberal on Feb. 13 2005,6:09 pm
Everytime you start to think torte reform is a good idea just refer back to this photo.
Posted by Liberal on Feb. 13 2005,6:10 pm
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Posted by Liberal on Feb. 13 2005,6:14 pm
another one
Posted by ICU812 on Feb. 16 2005,2:04 pm
I printed the pictures of the irons posted and brought them to my dads. He went in the house and brought out each one that I showed him. Then we snapped a picture of his collection, funny part is all his clothes have wrinkles.
Posted by hairhertz on Feb. 16 2005,2:27 pm
Liberal,found & kept one like it when we cleaned out grandma's basement years ago.....had a distant relative who died from the burns when one exploded while she was ironing....the joys of being a house wife in the "good old days"
Posted by Liberal on Feb. 17 2005,7:01 pm
Does anyone know what kind of gas they used and how they worked?
Posted by Newbie on Feb. 17 2005,7:08 pm
Here's a < site > you might find some info. on . from the site
-antique irons that were heated by gasoline, kerosene, alcohol, natural gas, carbide-acetylene, or over a gas-jet or lamp, etc.
Posted by Slashin on Feb. 18 2005,3:18 pm
Some used white gas like what is burned in a camping stove.
Posted by Expatriate on Feb. 20 2005,9:25 am
the Senate voted for the "Class Action Fairness Act" (love those cute names they keep giving rotten bills) 72 to 26. There is no "flood of frivolous lawsuits" -- in fact, tort claims are declining and only 2 percent of injured people ever sue for compensation to begin with. Public Citizen did a study showing that corporations themselves file four times as many lawsuits as do individuals, and they are penalized much more often by judges for pursuing frivolous litigation. "Corporations think America is too litigious only when they are on the receiving end of a lawsuit,"
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Posted by Botto 82 on Feb. 21 2005,2:09 am
If only some idiot hadn't put a cup of McDonald's coffee betwixt their knees while driving.What a world, what a world...