Do you own an iron?

[Ax^]

oddly enough more than likely the most grown up thing i own is the iron board and the iron

can use it for making toasties as well

 

[pogofish]

For some reason, I have somehow accumulated three irons, although these days, I only iron for smart/special/funerals.

The last one was a gift - a fancy steam generator iron. Maybe they were dropping a hint..?

Oh, I also have a print iron from work - rectangular!

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes, but I don’t use it. I pay a cleaner to.

 

[Epona]

For some reason, I have somehow accumulated three irons, although these days, I only iron for smart/special/funerals.

The last one was a gift - a fancy steam generator iron. Maybe they were dropping a hint..?

Oh I do have a steam cleaner that has an attachment for doing clothes. Because there is nothing more satisfying than putting on slightly warm damp clothes

(I use the steam cleaner for doing the sofas and cleaning the windows).

 

[Looby]

I have two. One for clothes I never use but Mr Looby does. Then I have another for sewing projects. Also two ironing boards, a big one and a table top one which is again, for sewing.

 

[weltweit]

There is an old salesman's trick I used to use on the road. You just need a hanger.

Before bed put your shirt on a hanger hang it from the rail near your shower, run the shower on hot for a few minutes so that it generates some steam and all the creases just fall out of the shirt.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Fuck no.
Although tbf I don’t wear shirts.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I do, but fuck knows where it is.

 

[WouldBe]

Yes, but for the last few years since I moved I have no idea where it is.

And I don't own an ironing board anyhow so the point is moot

First place I lived I just put a towel on the floor and ironed stuff on that.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Terrible admission…I have an iron but I don’t really use it…my lovely cleaner does

 

[Ax^]

jebus got some posh people in here


my cleaner uses it for me

for shame

 

[Looby]

Someone I know just used her hair straighteners to iron until recently. She has announced she’s bought an iron.

 

[DotCommunist]

ironing is just make work.

 

[Cid]

I have an iron for ironing clothes, but it pretty much exclusively gets used for ironing out dings in wood. I believe I have used it to iron a tie once.

 

[Orang Utan]

jebus got some posh people in here


my cleaner uses it for me

for shame

No shame in it. I pay for stuff I can’t or won’t do for myself, whether it’s maintaining my body, mind, bike or home.

 

[Ax^]

i'm taking the pish fella but still as long as your paying the cleaner a decent wage

still 3rd up against the wall after tories, landlords and ....

 

[Orang Utan]

Best thing I ever did was to no longer live in squalor

 

[Ax^]

you have arms right?

don't need a cleaner to make that happen

 

[Orang Utan]

you have arms right?

don't need a cleaner to make that happen

I have arms but have neither incentive nor organisation.
I do need to pay a cleaner because I’m terrible at doing most household chores as I find them a huge challenge, so prefer to pay someone else to do it instead of living in filth.
It also makes me take care of myself and my surroundings better as I feel more accountable to prevent the squalor getting out of control.

 

[Ax^]

so posh

again i'm take the pish fella

 

[krtek a houby]

so posh

again i'm take the pish fella

Sure that's minor stuff, there's someone boasting about their share prices on another thread.

Have one iron, and three Iron Maiden albums.

 

[Ax^]

the iron maiden albums are a worse crime...

 

[Boudicca]

I have 7....

 

[JimW]

I have 7....

Different dressmaking purposes or do you run a laundry company?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Yes but it's rarely used. At least by me. Mr.QofG's sometimes irons his shirts with it.

 

[The39thStep]

Different dressmaking purposes or do you run a laundry company?

Golf?

 

[gentlegreen]

I grew up in a house where hankies and probably sheets and towels were ironed.
I had one in the days before I discovered tee shirts.
I also used to use it to weld scavenged polythene for the allotment and garden.
Then I acquired a replacement with some other stuff but probably never used it and eventually had the plug off it/
It recently left my life as electrical scrap.

 

[Stig]

Never ironed anything, never owned an iron.

My mum used to spend two or three evenings a week standing up ironing things all evening in front of the TV when I was small, it's one of my strongest memories, watching her doing that and hearing the ski sunday theme tune.

I asked her why a few years ago and she said she always enjoyed it and found it theraputic and calming.

 

[moochedit]

I think my mum bought me one once in the naive hope that i would use it. No idea where it is though

 

[tony.c]

Rarely use iron since I retired. Had to iron work trousers and shirts when working.
Ironing board is a bit of a nuisance to try to keep out of sight.
Someone should invent a collapsible/folding ironing board which can be hidden away.