Kookaburra2011
RETROSPECTIVE: The pogo stick laundry pilot of HMAS QUICKMATCH, 1961 - Photo GKAC.
3285. Skills for life. A cross between a dhobi-wallah and a Westinghouse is sailor Andrews, seen here doing a tub of washing for himself on HMAS QUICKMATCH, 1961.
Not only was this 'pogo stick' and suds bucket method effective, but Graeme has held onto the pogo stick and wielded it twice to the astonishment of his wife Win in later life. In fact, when the washing machine broke down last year.
Graeme explains his technique: 'The pogo stick was a copper pipe with a copper h andle. At the bottom was a funnel point upper, with many small perforated holes therein. Weilded with vigor in a bucket of hot water, clothing and soap flakes it did a great job of washing. I still have the pogo stick. Last year when we were without a washing machine for about a week I used it twice to my wife's astonishment.
The techinical term might be as follows - the Armstrong Washing machine and Weight Reducer.'
The Kookaburra remarks: 'By God! Cheap. Quiet. Environmentally friendly. Admirable - totally bloody admirable. I'm thinking of getting one for Lady Kookaburra today.'
Photo: Collection of Graeme Andrews, RAN 1955-1968, from a private disc, with permission.
RETROSPECTIVE: The pogo stick laundry pilot of HMAS QUICKMATCH, 1961 - Photo GKAC.
3285. Skills for life. A cross between a dhobi-wallah and a Westinghouse is sailor Andrews, seen here doing a tub of washing for himself on HMAS QUICKMATCH, 1961.
Not only was this 'pogo stick' and suds bucket method effective, but Graeme has held onto the pogo stick and wielded it twice to the astonishment of his wife Win in later life. In fact, when the washing machine broke down last year.
Graeme explains his technique: 'The pogo stick was a copper pipe with a copper h andle. At the bottom was a funnel point upper, with many small perforated holes therein. Weilded with vigor in a bucket of hot water, clothing and soap flakes it did a great job of washing. I still have the pogo stick. Last year when we were without a washing machine for about a week I used it twice to my wife's astonishment.
The techinical term might be as follows - the Armstrong Washing machine and Weight Reducer.'
The Kookaburra remarks: 'By God! Cheap. Quiet. Environmentally friendly. Admirable - totally bloody admirable. I'm thinking of getting one for Lady Kookaburra today.'
Photo: Collection of Graeme Andrews, RAN 1955-1968, from a private disc, with permission.