Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
it makes out that as soon as the new gadgets came out, they
become commonplace - what a load of ******** that is.

When my great-grandmother got a twin-tub on HP she got
her brother-in-law to add another tap and drain in the
kitchen so she didn't have to drag it out and hook it
up to the sink. She still had it when she died in 1984.
My school girlfriend's parents inthe 1980s didn't have
a fridge.

And I've always wondered how valid this "men never went
in the kitchen" thing was. Most of my ancestors on my
mother's side were fishermen, and if you couldn't cook
you starved.

JGH