I always do it this way

Ooh JaneA I'm off to try that now

The only thing that seems to be ingrained is to iron shirts the way we were taught at school: collar and yolk, cuffs, sleeves, back, fronts in that order. I don't think I could do it any other way now if I tried.

Ha! I've always folded fitted sheets like that - seems the obvious way to do it. I loved the way she pointed out 'this is the unfolded sheet - and this is the folded one - duh!
I am a creature of habit and do the sock thing, fold underwear the same way, towels along their long side into half and then into 3, roll hand towels and keep on a shelf in bathroom with their smooth edge out-the-way, cutlery has to be in order with forks & spoons 'cuddling' the next one; ironing, I taught myself, same for cooking. As for the rest of the house, it is a complete guddle.

Always have to have a toast in a toast rack and cold liquids in a jug!

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hilda how do you iron a crease in trousers when they are inside out? This has been worrying me as I read all the other posts!

I always iron shirts the same way but have no idea why, same with hanging washing, always the same. When recently taking my DiL's washing off the line I found her method very odd but didn't say anything as she would probably think the same about mine.

I think I do most routine tasks on auto-pilot while thinking about something else.

I always fold fitted sheets the way that was shown on a leaflet in the 1st one I ever bought more than 40 years ago (and it isn't like the method on the link)!!

When I was married I won the Bride of the Week competition For the bride of the month we had to iron a shirt (It was the late sixties and no-one thought it was sexist!)

Anyway I looked up how to iron a shirt properly and continued to do it this way for many years.

Sleeves first, collar and back second and front last.

I didn't win the Bride of the Month which was a huge relief.

Sadly my OH passed away 3 years ago but by this time I had given up on ironing.

My mum used to iron in a laundry when she was a girl. They were taught how to iron everything properly, and she taught me too! Still do it! No creases in ladies blouse sleeves and always creases down men's shirt sleeves.
My bedding is immaculately folded and stacked in the airing cupboard but my dc are both hopeless!!

Like Indinana I have a tried and tested way to avoid doing most housework. Nothing gets ironed, everything straight out of the tumble drier and hung up or put away, dishes washed and left to dry, minimum hoovering and dusting before visitors arrive. Everything else, like cooking and tidying up, doesn't feel like housework.

What's ironing?

My late dh was an electrical engineer. I therefore left anything to do with electricity to him. This included the oven, vacuum, washing machine, ironing etc.
The hob being gas was mine!!

I always do hospital corners and pillowcase ends facing away from the door (as taught in basic nurse training).

I always hang the washing out the way my mother taught me.

I always clean the kitchen before baking or cooking as my domestic science teacher taught me.

I always drive off the way my golf pro taught me (ha ha)

DD3 doesn't own an ironing board.......

Why pillowcase ends facing away from the door, out of interest?

Ana, The ward looks tidier, without all the open ends on show as one walks through the door!

Oh I see, thanks Claudia! I thought it might have something to do with germs flying in from outside the ward through the door...

nanakate that is how I pair our socks too

NanKate

I had a friend who married very young and on the first day of their honeymoon was found sobbing over her new husband's shirt and a travel iron. A kind stranger showed her how to iron a shirt and they remained friends for life.

Teetime I always have pillowcase ends facing away from the door and I thought it was a touch of OCD but now I realise that may also have come from my Girl Guide Sick Nurse badge!
Galen You should have had electric ignition on your hob and you could have been a lady of leisure!
NanKate I had to go and get a pair of socks but yes I do this too. Where on earth did I learn that useful skill?

I always hear my old driving instructor's 'rules' as I drive along. His parting shot to me after I finally passed my test (3rd time lucky) was "Always drive good Jane and watch out for daft drivers." I try but fear I may have become one of the latter!

Can't remember which programme it was but saw someone roll towels up instead of folding them and often do that when I put them in the airing cupboard. And put shoes together in a one one way and one the other [because they take up less floor space...and if I'm somewhere else I have a tendency to rearrange the shoes in that way...I get a sort of Dr Strangelove moment [shock...]

My mother taught me to put the pillow slip opening away from the window, to avoid draughts blowing into them.
My driving instructor always said 'mind the policeman' when turning into a road, where the imaginary cop was standing at the centre point. I was also taught to 'start the turn' with the steering wheel when waiting to turn right from a main road. However, my father pointed out that if I was shunted from behind I would hit oncoming traffic, so that is something that I don't still do!

Same here with the steering wheel thing. Also my ex 's dad told him to always look right and left when going across a road junction even if the lights are green in case someone jumps the lights; something we both have always done and probably saved our lives late one night in Salford.

I always look both ways when crossing a one-way street - my Mum saw an American GI killed during the war because a lorry was driving the wrong way and he didn't look... So it was drummed into me from an early age, and at 67 I'm still doing it

Lona. How do you iron a blouse without getting a crease in the sleeves.

Reference pants. I used to work with a lady who was good fun. She said that her test as to whether her pants needed washing was this:- throw them at the wall. If they don't stick, they will do another day. ??