Grandma Knows Best
Waste not want not...
Waste not want not...
Just found this brilliant UK site "Grandma knows best" jam packed with hints and tips on energy saving, resourcefulness, how to fix and take care of your stuff so that it lasts forever
Grandma Knows Best
Grandma Knows Best
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hi there
I have just checked out this site and its is super, there are great hints and tips on it on anything you could want
thankyou so much Trinity for the link.
maggie
I have just checked out this site and its is super, there are great hints and tips on it on anything you could want
thankyou so much Trinity for the link.
maggie
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The site is full of gems... but I laughed my socks off when I found this gem here!!! (a little off topic)
This is an ACTUAL excerpt from a 1950 home economics guide:
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal (especially his favourite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.
Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc and then run a dust cloth over the tables.
Over the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's' hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.
Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him.
Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late or goes out to dinner, or other places of entertainment without you. Instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure, and his very real need to be at home and relax.
Your goal. Try to make sure your home is a place of peace, order and tranquillity where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
Don't greet him with complaints and problems.
Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.
Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or have him lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low soothing and pleasant voice.
Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him. A good wife always knows her place.
This is an ACTUAL excerpt from a 1950 home economics guide:
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal (especially his favourite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.
Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc and then run a dust cloth over the tables.
Over the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's' hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.
Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him.
Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late or goes out to dinner, or other places of entertainment without you. Instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure, and his very real need to be at home and relax.
Your goal. Try to make sure your home is a place of peace, order and tranquillity where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
Don't greet him with complaints and problems.
Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.
Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or have him lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low soothing and pleasant voice.
Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him. A good wife always knows her place.
Yeah, but
"A good wife always knows her place"?
Oooooouuuuuch!
Nev
"A good wife always knows her place"?
Oooooouuuuuch!
Nev
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If you look back over 100 years, it's startling to see the social progess we've made.
100 years ago, married women were considered to be their husband's chattels - this was written into law. They had to defer to his superior right in everything, including property ownership, voting, business, child rearing... A divorced woman was considered bad, an unmarried mother was wicked, or even suitable for confinement in an asylum.
Some of the everyday assumptions that were made in those days seem now to be absurdly unjust - clearly so. But I can't help wondering what everyday assumptions we make even now, which will be seen in a similar way in years to come.
100 years ago, married women were considered to be their husband's chattels - this was written into law. They had to defer to his superior right in everything, including property ownership, voting, business, child rearing... A divorced woman was considered bad, an unmarried mother was wicked, or even suitable for confinement in an asylum.
Some of the everyday assumptions that were made in those days seem now to be absurdly unjust - clearly so. But I can't help wondering what everyday assumptions we make even now, which will be seen in a similar way in years to come.
Stew
Ignorance is essential
Ignorance is essential
Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
I'll wait till he has stoped moaning about the lack of jam tarts in the work canteen, the fact that the bus driver drew him a funny look and that it was chris' 40th today and we all sang happy birthday.
Then... I'll let him put his feet up and relax before I say in a calm and sweet voice that the cat dragged a huge rat into the house and devoured it on the kitchen floor, the wind blew the tree over smashing the greenhouse and little Jimmy broke his leg playing foot ball. After all his topics of conversation are ALWAYS more important...
Ann Pan
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some days you're the lamp-post"
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some days you're the lamp-post"
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Some photos
My eBay