| Dec 20, 2005 @ 2:54 PM |
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littlemom533
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Anyone out there ever use a Dish Towel for other than it was intended? If so, what?
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| Dec 20, 2005 @ 5:39 PM |
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kattsmeow
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Well, of course.
When I think of what I used them for I will be back. Oh I have used them for putting my cookies on when they come out of the oven. That was before I bought some racks.
To clean with, polish the car,,,,etc...
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| Dec 22, 2005 @ 8:32 PM |
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Angel54214
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Me too Ready...I have an antique small trunk just for those old towels and T-shirts. I do a lot of silver and brass polishing and they works so great....I use baker's towels also in the kitchen when I make breads and pastries to cover them up with when they done or when waiting for dough to rise.
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| Dec 27, 2005 @ 11:59 AM |
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littlemom533
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I have never liked the newer, Terry Cloth Dish Towels. I prefer the large, thick cotton ones like mom and grandmom use to use. Its hard to find them anymore. They were so much more versitile than the newer ones. Found one in an antique store that had a 1950's sticker on it for .39 cents. If anyone knows where I can find the older ones, or has some they just want rid of, let me know.
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| Dec 27, 2005 @ 12:59 PM |
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suthunsweet
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I have some that I used to drain things on like french fries or okra if I fry them. I lay them over bread or cakes while they cool. They dry my kid's faces, they dry my hands.....alot of uses!
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| Dec 27, 2005 @ 1:04 PM |
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littlemom533
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Do you use the old style or new ones?
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| Dec 27, 2005 @ 4:31 PM |
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pim1949
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Somebody PLEASE enlighten me. Are they called: Dish Towels, Kitchen Towels, Tea Towels or Cup Towels? I have even heard them referred to as "cum rags". I know they are all the same, I think, but how did they get so many names? Anyone else have any other name for them???
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| Dec 28, 2005 @ 9:25 AM |
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msdodie835
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littlemom....k mart sells the martha steward line and she has the old dtyle towels....i have some and they are very nice.
with old towels i get on my hands and knees once in a while and, get into corners, under edges of stove etc that the rag mop misses....woman hates sponge mops with a passion..lol 
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| Dec 28, 2005 @ 9:26 AM |
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msdodie835
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oops that would be style....need to cut the fingernails... 
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| Jan 1, 2006 @ 11:47 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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I love the flour sack ones...they just get better and better after each washing...
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| Jan 3, 2006 @ 10:15 AM |
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littlemom533
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Heaveninawildflower, what all do you use the flour sack dish towels for? The sound great. Most of the dish towels I have are 40-50 years old and still in great shape. They do not make them like that anymore, they are so useful for so many things. I even have a dress made of them and its gorgious.
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 12:01 AM |
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mejaneyoutarzan
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When I was a kid my Mom made my sister and I some sundresses out of dish towels...too funny! I use towels to cover my bread and pies when they need to cool. I have some great embroidered and vintage towels from both my great -grandmothers, that I only use as decorative pieces now...So Retro! And what about those old aprons? I have many of those also, and I wear them proudly remembering my Grammies who always wore them. Sweet memories!
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 9:58 AM |
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littlemom533
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You are so right, mejaneyoutarzan, I have very fond memories of those days. My mother would let me "help" her do the dishes, she would take one of the large dish towels, wrap it around me like an apron and let me get wet and sudsy. I even have some old aprons and pillow cases made out of the vintage dish towels, like you said, so retro and in style now. I remember they only use to cost about .39 cents each. Now on ebay, they are around ten dollars each. I don't think we will ever see that with the terry cloth in the future.
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 1:24 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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I once had to use a Dish Towel as a diaper on my baby until I could get to the store....sure looked cute lol 
Oops...so there is no ummm misunerstanding...my babies are all grown up now 
[Edited on 1/5/2006 1:25 PM]
[Edited on 1/5/2006 1:25 PM]
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 2:57 PM |
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littlemom533
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If you look at the material the old diapers were made of, it was almost the same as the old dish towels. I think the old dish towels would have made better and more colorful diapers than the old diapers. I have had to use them in a pinch for diapers also.(lol)
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| Jan 18, 2006 @ 2:47 PM |
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LuvIsGrand
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HEHEHE I've used it to mop the floor... does that count??!!! Oh I have heard of them being used for tie ups... blindfolds and such..... but for me they haven't been used for kinky stuff..... YET!!!!! 
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| Jan 19, 2006 @ 2:33 PM |
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swingpup
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Anyone out there ever use a Dish Towel for other than it was intended?
Shining shoes....Roll it up and flick someone on the butt.....they become rags quickly. 
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| Feb 9, 2006 @ 11:35 PM |
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BadgerMe
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I used one when I got too much filling for my cumkin pie.
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| Feb 14, 2006 @ 3:41 PM |
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richmondcowgirl83
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I use them as pot holders. I've used them as a whip. There is always the favorite cumrag. I've done the diaper deal. When my neice was born she was too small for a diaper (under 4lbs). They wrapped her in towels for the first month.
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| Feb 22, 2006 @ 9:33 AM |
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littlemom533
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No one has ever used dish towels in a senual way but me
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