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Bet you haven't seen one of these today. Or this year. Or maybe ever...
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The steam iron or the ice box?
Both are neat
Both are neat
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And YES YOU ARE CORRECT
YOU win the bet
YOU win the bet
protoolman
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I think my mother has that exact iron, same color.
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The deluxe Coleman Instant Lite gas-powered iron. No more having to heat up sad irons on the wood stove over and over, this one stays hot!
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And yes that's a Gibson ice box, probably from the same era.
Have seen more than one of the ice boxes but never the iron. Very intresting.
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The ice box is now an ammo safe.
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Why am I thinking of Van Alden in Boardwalk Empire when he is trying to sell steam irons door to door?? That was a classic scene!
Yaworski
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You got me. I've never seen a Coleman pressing iron.
Used a GREEN One in 1962 to Iron my Boy Scout Uniforms.
NOW I want an old icebox for ammo.
DANG IT!!
DANG IT!!
Looking at that Ice Box and the hinges and latches on it and realized they really don't make things like they used to for sure.
Man I'd love to have a 'cabinet' like that... but as for the iron... I'm sure I'd blow myself up with it.
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Man I'd love to have a 'cabinet' like that... but as for the iron... I'm sure I'd blow myself up with it.
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Nostalgia !!
From a simpler time!
Thanks for sharing.
Terry
From a simpler time!
Thanks for sharing.
Terry
Looks kinda empty.
My dad had an old icebox that he put a 40 watt light inside for his welding rod. It kept everything nice and dry. Of course it grew feet after he died along with everything else.
pisgah
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Thanks for reminding me the little lady told me to buy some kero for the iron this morning when she was wringing out the laundry and hanging it on the line...
Time I get home she'll be finished with making the soap and ready to start the ironing.
Time I get home she'll be finished with making the soap and ready to start the ironing.
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If there's a whistling tea kettle hiding somewhere outside the frame of any of those pictures, I'll give you whatever you are asking for it. Last Thursday, a family member burned one up and I am now being told to "Pick up a new one the next time I go to the store." I warned him two weeks ago that they don't sell those things anymore and they want a couple hundred dollars for a used one...
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Oh, that's not all the ammo, by any means.Looks kinda empty.
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I have one, but hardly ever use it. I find that the hot water setting on my Keurig coffee machine works just as well for tea as does boiling water in a teapot, and is much faster.
My icebox and portable record player. I also like the fly reel you have. I have caught a bunch of Trout with my Medalist. Now I need to store ammo in my icebox.
A little history for you. After the war and probably until 1947/8 our family was still using an icebox. The reason being is that the manufacturers had not caught up to the demand for refrigerators, yet due to making war material. Therefore, they were hard to come by.
A little history for you. After the war and probably until 1947/8 our family was still using an icebox. The reason being is that the manufacturers had not caught up to the demand for refrigerators, yet due to making war material. Therefore, they were hard to come by.
Does keeping your ammo cold make it more fresh? 
Yes.Does keeping your ammo cold make it more fresh?
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Cool that you noticed the fly reel, Jim. I bought that when I was about 15 years old. I was really into fishing at the time. I need to get a new rod for it, although I don't fish a lot these days - but keep thinking I'm going to start. My son and I were talking yesterday about how we both went through a period from about age 14 to young adulthood where all we studied about was fishing. Now guess what? My oldest grandson is on the same path. He graduates from high school in a couple of weeks, and my son asked him what he would like to do for his senior trip. Lane's quick answer - fishing. So he and dad are booked for a two-day Florida bass fishing trip with a guide who produces some real hogs, fishing with live shiners.
Where in Florida will they be fishing?
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