wgm
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posted on January 10, 2003 04:10:28 PM
It's on the tip of my tongue and I just can't get it out...
Remember back in the "old days" (lol) when women would hang their quilts on the line and beat them with a tool specially made for that? What is that thingy called??? I have tried "quilt beater" and "quilt wand" and get no results.
I would appreciate any help on this! 
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
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earthmum
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posted on January 10, 2003 04:19:37 PM
Hi,
Try "carpet beater." They were used for that, too.
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wgm
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posted on January 10, 2003 04:25:49 PM
thank you, earthmum! that's it!!!
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
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bear1949
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posted on January 10, 2003 04:28:00 PM
I thought they were called "Husbands"
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wgm
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posted on January 10, 2003 04:34:39 PM
ROFLMAO!!! bear, that is tooooo funny!!!
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
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inot
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posted on January 10, 2003 05:02:00 PM
Sounds like question for FETISH! 
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toolhound
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posted on January 11, 2003 03:04:41 AM
My wife has a collection of these and they are called Rug Beaters.
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rarriffle
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posted on January 11, 2003 05:10:21 AM
toolhound is right, they are Rug Beaters, they predate carpets.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on January 11, 2003 07:39:25 AM
Well, carpet is a pretty old word too. Its use predates the modern wall-to-wall shag or Berber floor covering as we know it. (And aren't we all happy shag carpet is no longer in vogue.)
Remember "carpetbaggers"? Post Civil War era speculators from the North?
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earthmum
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posted on January 11, 2003 02:11:40 PM
Thanks Fluffy ... I just had a thought - have you ever seen a flooring ad for "wall-to-wall rugging?"
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bear1949
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posted on January 11, 2003 02:18:24 PM
I remember a apartment I once lived in. Red shag carpet. Back when my wife want me to wear bellbottom jeans & platform suede shoes.
harvest gold colored appliances, fondue pots & waiting in line to buy gas.
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sanmar
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posted on January 11, 2003 02:42:27 PM
Well, back in the old days it was known as a carpet beater. Heck, I have even used one, we didn't have one of those new fangled electric vacuums, we didn't even have electricity until I was 10 or 11 & the REA came through. I was just a "po Iowa farm boy"
[ edited by sanmar on Jan 11, 2003 02:43 PM ]
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rarriffle
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posted on January 11, 2003 03:20:48 PM
my grandma used to use one, i always thought it looked like a snow shoe with a tail...
don't knock shag carpeting...my apartment still has it...god love my cheap landlord
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