Today my wonderful wife bought me a Rowenta Professional 1500.

It will come in handy next month when I go back in uniform.

:hyper:

Congratulations!! You will love it (so Tony says) and now we definitely have to plan an "iron off" when the Rowenta lovers cruise together - Joanna

Wow, I'm in awe.

MarnaLou

I am im"pressed" !!

Way to go Kimmi. John, you really will enjoy it. Does Masaki iron? I can't remember. He will be in 4 months if he isn't now.

I bet Kim read something about it being not only great on clothes, but hair as well.

um iron?

Arlene, I am with you. The joke at my house is that if Frank ever wants me to ask for a divorce then he will buy me an iron. Iron is a 4 letter word. I iron one thing - cloth napkins once a year for my Christmas Eve party. That's it.
All else gets dry cleaned or worn wrinkled.

Ironing is still not in Masaki's vocabulary although he did try to iron while we were on MINT...with some coaching from me. :)

It's tricky - frankly, it's a skill that I despair ever of mastering. I'm always afraid I'm going to burn the article of clothing that I'm trying to iron. I'm in awe of men who are good at it and profess to actually like the act. John, my hat is off to you!

Masaki

I must admit I try to iron, but usually end up with more wrinkles than when I started!

OR maybe, that is my way of getting Paige to do it???

I never did get lessons from the Rowenta Master Tony!!!

Anthony

I can't find the Rowenta Professional 1500 listed anywhere - does it have another name/nomenclature?

Maybe on our next cruise together Anthony - the girls can meet for a drink the "real men" (same ones that love quiche) can watch Tony instruct in the art of steaming and spraying and properly getting those wrinkles out! Wonder how John is doing with his new toy??- Joanna

Oh Joanna, can I sign Alan up for Tony's ironing lessons? One reason I like Chico's clothes...no wrinkles!

No problem signing up Alan and I agree about Chico's clothes they are so wonderful for traveling - Joanna

Won't Alan be thrilled to learn he is taking ironing lessons :app:

On Tony and Todd's recommendation, I have bought one for Sonja for Christmas. She irons EVERYTHING, and with three active children, she needs all the bells and whistles she can get. That is one BIG box!

Arlene and Kathy: I know, I would throw it at him, if he bought it for me....but, months back there was a thread (I think Joanna started it) about Tony's love of this iron. Tony was in the laundry room on board gossiping with the women, if I remember correctly. Well, my husband does the same thing! He would go in there every afternoon or so and iron (because he thinks his pressing skills are better than mine, which they are). We would pass women on the ship and he'd exchange small talk with them and tell me Oh, I met them while ironing. Well, he met ALOT of women while ironing, apparently. Still didn't stop me from letting him press my dresses, though. He RAVED about the stupid ROWENTA for months. Little did I know how expensive they are!! I was in Tuesday morning yesterday and they had the $89 one for $49, NO he didn't want that one, he wanted the $150 one, they had it for $89. Joanna, is that a good price??? I would never spend that much on an iron, myself. But he ironed every stitch of clothing he could find last night and kept calling me down to look the "steaming" ability it had. It was just thrilling.

Kimmi: I just read your post to Tony. He said the "steamiest" thing in his life right now is his Rowenta - and it is HIS!! Yes you got a great price T paid $139!! Tony would call me in to show off his freshly steamed and pressed items - I had the same experience passing women on the ship "oh we ironed together" ..a few of my friends have been dealing with their husbands spending time with women and they are NOT IRONING - so I encourage his love affair with his Rowenta - Joanna

Costco has the Rowenta too. Since I am not in the market, I did not notice the price.

Kimmi

If you could arange for John to hold ironing seminars on certain cruises - maybe you could get a deep discount, like the speakers get.

Joanna, is Tony's iron the 980? I just got that one from Allbrands and thought I paid a pretty good price (199. no shipping) but I see that you'all have paid a lot less so now I'm jealous!! I never thought I'd ask for an iron for Christmas but I truly thought it would help with my sewing, etc. So far it's been pretty good but a lot heavier than my old one so I'm having to learn new techniques. I'll be first in line at Tony's demo on the next cruise we're on! Merry Christmas all.

So I take it that an Iron is this year's "Chick Magnet?"

Maybe Tony and John could enlighten our fellow cruisers.... Gil, please...take my word for it....that is definitely NOT a chick magnet. Stick with your own charming personality and charisma....don't dare buy a women an iron!!!!

I love your post, Gil!

I agree with Kimmi - DO NOT BUY A WOMAN AN IRON! I think we women should turn the ironing over to the men - as well as a few other "chores."

Oh you are so right Denise - I do not want any appliances - one of my gifts is a Sony digital cyber shot camera - have not a clue how to use it - but "you know who" lovesssss cameras so guess who will be using "my gift" on our next cruise!!!

NO NO NO
I was misunderstood. I would never buy a woman an Iron. (Well, I NEVER say NEVER) To the contrary, it seems that men who use Irons seem to attract women - at least based on Tony's experiences. Thus the term "chick magnet."

Whew - I think it's a good idea that I clarified that.

Does it count that Frank just vacuumed because we had all those people we invited trampling all over the house? We bought a very nice Miele Vacuum because Frank wanted a new one and our cleaning lady didn't like our older Eureka. Never buy one of those as a gift either. Appliances are not gifts contrary to the Christmas Ads.

Close one, Gil. :)

Masaki

let's just say that for his own safety a certain gentleman should not get this lady an iron. :hug:

My mom had a huge thing we called an "ironer" when I was growing up but which I think is properly called a mangle. It was about the size of a chest freezer and it had a heated plate and a roller that dropped down and rolled the wrinkled item into pressed perfection. It was a dream for ironing tablecloths and napkins and made short work of such tasks, but my mom was a whiz with it on even blouses and slacks.

I have to say that if Rowenta makes mangles, I wouldn't mind getting one as a gift. There aren't many appliances I can say that about.

MarnaLou

MarnaLou

My mother had one of those ironers also. I was allowed to do pillowcases, napkins & handkerchiefs. I hated to iron but I loved to use the ironer. But it did take up a lot of room.