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12 May 2015, 09:46 PM
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Most famous and best chefs seem to be men, for example. Ironing is doubtlessly the most tedious and brain dead job in the world. I'd rather watch the paint dry! 
12 May 2015, 09:57 PM
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Strange that, as I've always liked it and find it quite therapeutic, along with taking pride in my work, obviously your point of view is the reason I have always done my own, women are generally crap at ironing, in my experience, probably why my mum taught me to do my own when I was 9yrs old.
Your mum was a woman, and at least she didn't mind ironing. I bet she was mint at it, for she taught you how to do it to perfection. 
I'm certainly useless at ironing due to my unconscious process of finding it a terribly boring task. Therefore, our most clothes are non-iron, and we iron our summer clothes on their hangers with the steamer. Even that does my head in. Can't stand the task!
12 May 2015, 11:12 PM
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Good man. Your mum was a woman, and at least she didn't mind ironing. I bet she was mint at it, for she taught you how to do it to perfection.
I'm certainly useless at ironing due to my unconscious process of finding it a terribly boring task. Therefore, our most clothes are non-iron, and we iron our summer clothes on their hangers with the steamer. Even that does my head in. Can't stand the task!
Your mum was a woman, and at least she didn't mind ironing. I bet she was mint at it, for she taught you how to do it to perfection. I'm certainly useless at ironing due to my unconscious process of finding it a terribly boring task. Therefore, our most clothes are non-iron, and we iron our summer clothes on their hangers with the steamer. Even that does my head in. Can't stand the task!
I learnt how to do it properly from my dad. He never let her near his shirts and his taylor made suits were religiously dry cleaned, he let her take them there and collect them though.
13 May 2015, 02:22 PM
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Apparently their well-ironed trousers' crisp edges can cut a Granny Smith apple in two halves! 
13 May 2015, 02:41 PM
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We did ironing training (!) at Officer Training Corps - I'm quite a mean ironer although it's very rare I need anything smart so it retains a bit of novelty.
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My misses makes me a brew in morning to get up with, this is kind of a trade of though she gets me out of bed with a brew , I give her a lift to work, but then when you trade the price of a misses against a kettle thrown out of the 80s I may have been better to have got the kettle ...
28 May 2015, 10:05 PM
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I'm also a proud owner of a super-quick heating Breville kettle. It wasn't bought to cater for my laziness , although it p7sses out the boiling water by itself, in order to save energy. It rests in our kitchen for family use.
Mine's more stylish than yours, Joz. It's in stainless steel, lights up blue and looks a part.
, although it p7sses out the boiling water by itself, in order to save energy. It rests in our kitchen for family use. Mine's more stylish than yours, Joz. It's in stainless steel, lights up blue and looks a part.