On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:33:00 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:51:17 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 12:27:54 -0600, Jon Elson
wrote:
Sheesh, what a bunch of complexity, to do what used to be done with some
smooth rocks down at the riverside!

Praps y'all should pursue these 2 less technical devices?
http://tinyurl.com/ngmuzox and http://tinyurl.com/q57xduk

They sure beat rocks. (Well, a bit.)
Re the laundry tubs; have you ever taken a bath in a concrete bath
tub?

Thankfully, NO!


In 1946 my maternal grandfather came to live with us, he missed
his big city bathtub and disliked the Saturday night ritual in the
round, galvanized laundry tub so he built forms and cast his own
concrete bath tub -full size with three inch walls - took eight men to
move one. Idon't know if there are any left - he cast about a dozen
for neighbours - our developed a crack when it was moved from behind
the kitchen stove into the new fangled indoor bathroom in 1960 and was
replaced with a more modern unit. That tub taught me to appreciate the
rubber bath mat!

I can imagine.

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before
which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
-- John Quincy Adams