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Posted by Pogonip on April 21, 2009, 6:15 pm
mamahays@cox.net wrote:
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> wrote:
>> gpjt...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I remember blueing from when I was a little girl. I'm
>>> going on 72 now. If one used too much, it turned
>>> everything in the wash blue. It was added to the rinse
>>> water. But this was when we had wringer washers, and one
>>> had to change the water to rinse. That's probably when
>>> it lost favor. That would have been in the late fifties,
>>> I think.
>> I remember my mother using "bluing" stuff, I don't recall
>> whether it was liquid or powder. This thread had me
>> interested enough to google it:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(fabric)
>> I love this part:
>> "On the same principle, bluing is sometimes used by
>> white-haired people in a blue rinse."
>> When I was invited to join a women's educational
>> organization in 1975, one of the lovely older women had
>> lavender hair. It was ... unusual. ;-)
>> Beverly
>
> There's a lady I see at the grocery all the time that has a pink rinse
> put on her hair. Not pale pink. Close to fuchsia. Sure do see her
> coming. But all I can think of is Grandma Mazur in the Stephanie Plum
> novels. (yes, down to the track suit and tennis shoes usually.) I
> give her plenty of room when I pass her in the aisles just in case.
> lol
>
> Sharon
> ---
> Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just
> annoys the pig.
>
Kool-aid makes a great rinse. Good colors. If only my hair would turn
white instead of this gray.
--
Joanne
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>> gpjt...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I remember blueing from when I was a little girl. I'm
>>> going on 72 now. If one used too much, it turned
>>> everything in the wash blue. It was added to the rinse
>>> water. But this was when we had wringer washers, and one
>>> had to change the water to rinse. That's probably when
>>> it lost favor. That would have been in the late fifties,
>>> I think.
>> I remember my mother using "bluing" stuff, I don't recall
>> whether it was liquid or powder. This thread had me
>> interested enough to google it:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(fabric)
>> I love this part:
>> "On the same principle, bluing is sometimes used by
>> white-haired people in a blue rinse."
>> When I was invited to join a women's educational
>> organization in 1975, one of the lovely older women had
>> lavender hair. It was ... unusual. ;-)
>> Beverly
>
> There's a lady I see at the grocery all the time that has a pink rinse
> put on her hair. Not pale pink. Close to fuchsia. Sure do see her
> coming. But all I can think of is Grandma Mazur in the Stephanie Plum
> novels. (yes, down to the track suit and tennis shoes usually.) I
> give her plenty of room when I pass her in the aisles just in case.
> lol
>
> Sharon
> ---
> Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just
> annoys the pig.
>