An old friend was put to rest today - RIP
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
February 17, 2017 11:43am CST
I have said goodbye to grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and even cousins and friends. We all have to say goodbye at some point in time and it's never easy.
Today I said goodbye to an old friend...Row as I called her. Let me tell you about Row.
I discovered her many years ago and just had to have her in my home...by my side, working selfishly year after year. She looks like she's been through the wringer and she has. She's been burned many times.
She was badly burned when I left her sitting on a nylon garment years ago - the burn mark in the martial is in the shape of her. Yes, Row was my Rownta iron. Recently she's been acting up - she heats up and cools off right in the middle of things.
I used her a lot when I worked but since retiring she was able to rest a little too. But she always did as I asked, she was a good iron back then. So I ordered a new version of Row and put old Row out with the trash. She will find her way to the landfill where she will probably live on another thousand years or longer...
Goodbye old friend, I will miss you Row!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
I got my money's worth out of the old gal!!!
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
21 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill it helps to know you got your moneys worth when one of your appliances up and die.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
17 Feb 17
Good luck finding a replacement. They don't make them like they use to.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
I got another Rowenta so hopefully this is the last iron
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
Thanks, I hope it will be a good friend!! lOl
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
Really sorry....Many of my high school friends are gone.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
17 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill yes,and very hard to have new friends.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
19 Feb 17
Thanks for the laugh. i do own an iron but it doesn't get used often. its always happy to be dusted off to be used when I forget to get my husbands pants out of the dryer before they get wrinkled...Maybe two shirts and two pair of pants live in this house who have met my iron... Did I mention Iron and I are not friends...I try very hard to ignore him.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
19 Feb 17
My parents never owned a dryer so everything had to be ironed..I was taught how to iron and I enjoyed it. I don't mind ironing, but I don't iron a lot....so maybe once a month I iron for a grand total of 20 mins or so.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
19 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill I probably 
iron about 20 minutes a year...
iron about 20 minutes a year...1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Feb 17
Even this nice German iron is now made in China.
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@JudyEv (381952)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill Almost everything is made in China. When I was a child everything was made in Japan, now it's China.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Feb 17
Ah, that is so sad. I haven't used an iron in ages. I remember my grandmother using the old one on the wood burning stove when I was a young girl. Worked great.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Feb 17
I have two of those antiques....I use them to hold my cookbooks up
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill ......She used the old roller washing machine too. I used to help her.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Feb 17
@celticeagle My grandmother had one of those I guess they all did back then.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
I do iron a few things...some stuff needs it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Feb 17
I don't iron much but I do need an iron that works!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Feb 17
@valmnz When you find a comfy chair it's worth fixing it up - an iron is replaceable LOL
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Feb 17
lol, I hope Row Jr works just as well!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
Me too - this will be my last iron.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
17 Feb 17
LoL .
sorry yor your loss... I hope your new one gives you many years service ... 
sorry yor your loss... I hope your new one gives you many years service ... 2 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
Thanks - it will be here in a few days so time will tell!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
17 Feb 17
A good iron can be hard to find. The last time I went in search of a new iron they had then attached to the shelf in the store. How can you possibly buy an iron without trying it out for weight and comfort.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
I ordered online so I cant feel it - but I know they aren't heavy. Heck I could have gone to Wallyworld and bought an iron for the same money but not a good brand. Yeah Amazon.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Feb 17
Yes she did - well worth her price!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Aug 17
R.I.P. Row, may your time in the landfill be full of peace and hopefully, with durable nose-plugs:(
If you see our old washing machine, please give my dear friend thanks, for so many good years of service:(
If you see our old washing machine, please give my dear friend thanks, for so many good years of service:( @dgobucks226 (37621)
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16 Aug 17
I feel the same way about my 20 year old TV with the small (tiny) scene by today's standards. No bells and whistles, just an appliance that works reliably when turned on, always providing a clear picture, and a good friend to my out of date VCR. May Row find future happiness buried in that landfill
