Comments on Puzzle #19569: 1940's - 20 mule team
By Tom O'Connell (sensei69)
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#1: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 20, 2012 [SPOILER]
So...what it is? A coffee grinder? A pasta maker? Maybe a fondant roller? 'Cause you know how much mules like fancy cakes.#2: Minnie Fuerstnau (m.fuerstnau) on Aug 20, 2012 [SPOILER]
A wringer washer!#3: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 20, 2012
I love these blot puzzles. Thanks.
bingo Minnie & thx#4: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Aug 20, 2012
yep, i agree with minnie, that was my first thought :)#5: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 20, 2012
my grandfather had one of them. use it to wring out the cloth diapers he used to clean his car. thanks for the memory :)
very welcome, trav#6: Kathy (dragonfly) on Aug 20, 2012
I had no idea what this was and I bought a cabin that came with one....lol#7: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 20, 2012 [SPOILER]
hope its the electric one and not the hand roller type, Kathy#8: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 20, 2012
Looks like it has a crank on it. I guess it was a great improvement over kneeling by a stream with a rock.#9: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 20, 2012
especially in the winter time :)#10: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Aug 20, 2012 [SPOILER]
I never understood what mules have to do with soap. Do they haul it out of the mine? Why so many? 20 is a big team of mules!#11: Tom King (sgusa) on Aug 20, 2012 [SPOILER]
Borax?#12: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 21, 2012 [SPOILER]
don't know Bran, but i think it had something to do with its strength#13: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 21, 2012 [SPOILER]
yesss Tom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Mule_Team_Borax#14: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 21, 2012
Turns out they used 20-mule teams to haul the borax.
wow...thx K#15: Tom King (sgusa) on Aug 21, 2012 [SPOILER]
Borax is what commercial pest control companies brush into carpets to get rid of fleas (it dehydrates them). We did it once when my Golden was covered with them. Worked well, and smells good...FYI#16: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Aug 22, 2012 [SPOILER]
Phew,thx sgusa,i thought i might be the only one old enough to remember the 20 mule team commercials for Borax detergent. oh except for sensei of course.lol.:)#17: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Aug 23, 2012 [SPOILER]
I don't remember the commercials, but I thought Borax as soon as I saw the title.
We had one of these washing machines running about 20 years ago. With an electric mangle. It had a safety bar on either side that would release the pressure in case you got your fingers caught. That was very nice as I did a few times. On the other hand, though, it was on a hair trigger so sometimes it would just POP for no reason. Very annoying.
On a side note: borax is also in Boraxo, a powdered hand soap that is *excellent* for cleaning dirty and oily hands. We use it at the blacksmith shop.
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