Sunday 1/30/22
Celebrate National Croissant, Escape, Leprosy, Yodel for Your Neighbors, Inane Answering Message, and School Day of Non-Violence and Peace Day.
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Wondering what to make or looking for something different. There's a website that lets you input what you have in your fridge, and it will give you recipes. https://myfridgefood.com/
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Maybe it's time to shake things up, and take up EXTREME IRONING! How did this start? It could have been Englishman Tony Hiam invented it in England’s Yorkshire Dales National Park in 1980. The story goes that Hiam was inspired by his eccentric brother-in-law who ironed his clothes even when camping in a tent.
Others claim extreme ironing was started in 1997 in Leicester, England, by Phil Shaw in his back garden. In his book on extreme ironing, Shaw writes that he came home from a hard day working in a knitwear factory knowing he still had household tasks to take care of, one of which was ironing his shirts. But rather than succumb to the ennui of mundane domestic chores, Shaw took his ironing board outside where he could work out a crisp crease in the fresh air.
Two years later, Shaw decided to introduce the rest of the world to his small act of rebellion. He traveled with his board to the U.S., Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Eventually, a chance encounter with German tourists in New Zealand led to the formation of a group called Extreme Ironing International, and the German Extreme Ironing Section. In 2002, the 1st Extreme Ironing World Championships were held in Bavaria, where 12 teams from nine countries faced off in a steamy competition.
According to the BBC, the teams were judged on their creative ironing skills as well as the quality of the creases in the clothing, which included tea towels, T-shirts and boxer shorts. “Early on in the contest, James ‘Basket’ Ireson, a 24-year-old engineer also from Leicester, impressed the judges with a spectacular effort on the rocky section, which involved hanging upside down with his ironing board using ropes and a pulley mechanism,”
Seems you've been doing it wrong!
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