One strange memory I have is for some reason mom and dad left us at grandma's overnight but I don't think we were supposed to stay longer.
I don't remember why but what I do remember is that we didn't have any clean clothes. I remember grandma saying that our clothes were dirty and they needed to be washed but we didn't have any others with us. So we took off the dirty clothes and all three of sat in the backseat of the car in our underwear with a blanket over our laps while we drove into town to the laundry mat. Grandma took the clothes in to the laundry mat while we sat out in the car.
I don't remember why we didn't do the laundry at her house. It could have been that we washed them using her old hand washing machine and we just took the clothes to be dried so we didn't have to wait while they dried on the clothes line. It is a strange thing to remember but that is the way the mind works.
Rick or Jeff, do you remember this?
Doug - this memory rings a vague memory - but I can't remember any details. It certainly makes one appreciate the modern conveniences of a washer and a dryer today.
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