tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post8804303616551818920..comments2024-03-28T14:57:02.446-04:00Comments on Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.: Thermor electric irons, 1921Mister Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663484841011868779noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-71069079948106695452015-08-01T13:54:34.106-04:002015-08-01T13:54:34.106-04:00She may be gauging the iron's temperature. Con...She may be gauging the iron's temperature. Consider this passage from "The A.B.C. Murders", by Agatha Christie, copyright 1936 -- Chapter XXVIII, p. 163 of a Bantam Books, April, 1983 edition:<br /><br />- - -<br /><br />"I hope she didn't have too bad a time of it, poor dear," thought Mrs. Marbury, testing an iron against her cheek before beginning to iron out Lily's silk slip.<br /><br />- - -Tom Gaspickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512002805129573697noreply@blogger.com