Have you ever washed clothes by hand, wringer washer, used a clothesline to dry?

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I am only 42 years old, however as a young girl I used to wash clothing with my mother. We washed our clothes in my grandmother's old wringer washer. (My grandmother was born in 1897). We used to wash our clothes in the washer until one day in the 1970's it broke down. After that, we were forced to wash our clothes by hand with an old washboard. I mean the washboard was from the 1940's so it was an old washboard. We would was the clothes and then dip them into dishpans to rinse. After they were rinsed enough then we hung them out on the clotheslines to dry in the sun. The most aggravating thing is that the clotheslines were right underneath a very large Eucalyptus tree. The tree was very popular with both pigeons and sparrows. Usually those birds' favorite targets were our bedsheets hanging out there. They seemed to especially like the white items or lighter colored items in our laundry. When they would poop on the sheets my mother would get so mad! She would go out there and pull the sheets off the line and then start hand washing them again. Man, I remember how dry and chapped our hands would be after laundry day. Also, we did our dishes by hand but that's a whole other thing! I bet a lot of you are wondering what the wringer washer is still! Ok here it is, in a nutshell... A wringer washer had two rollers that were under spring tension and would squeeze water out of the clothing. You would then feed each piece of clothing through the wringer separately. The wringer would then be swung over the wash tub so that we could reuse that water for the next load. It a was a real pain doing laundry like this. So, how many myLotters out there have ever washed your clothes with a wringer washer or even know what I am talking about? How about washing your clothes by hand? Or drying your clothes out on a clothesline? Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!