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Alli said:
Since it’s expected to rain all day, I guess I’ll do laundry.
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Don’t you do it on a dry day so you can hang it out to dry?

Here drove to my Mums. Five hours there. Stopped for four hours, then drove home, six hours.
Quite a long day!
 
DT said:
Laundry line? Is that like a landline? Yeah, we only use cell phones now ...
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In the summer we use ours almost exclusively so we don’t heat a house we pay to cool. Even in the winter we’ll hang clothes outside for a few hours if it’s sunny and not too cold.
 
Ahh, our washer and dryer are in a self-contained room with AC, doors on both ends, that opens into the garage, and of course, vents outside. So the slight temp increase in that room doesn't affect the rest of the house (and we can open the garage side door / garage door, to provide some extra fresh air as needed :)

It's so humid around here, it would take 3 days for clothes to dry outside :ROFLMAO:
 
In my condominium complex we are not allowed to hang laundry outside on our decks. Most homeowner associations in single-family dwellings also do not permit laundry lines to be set up anywhere on a homeowner's property. In America in most urban areas it's quite uncommon to see anyone hanging out laundry these days, as it is simply not permitted by so many communities. In some rural areas, though, especially in Amish country where the Amish don't use electricity, laundry lines are definitely part of the scenery.

I grew up with washers and dryers and can't imagine not having the convenience and speed of a dryer. Sure, it does heat up the house in summer (feels good in winter, though!) and yes, it is expensive, especially if someone has to pay for both their water and their electricity. Large families who do several loads of laundry several times a week must have to figure that high expense into their budget. For a single person or a couple it's not so bad, if they do laundry just once a week or maybe even only every ten days or two weeks.
 
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Clix Pix said:
In my condominium complex we are not allowed to hang laundry outside on our decks. Most homeowner associations in single-family dwellings also do not permit laundry lines to be set up anywhere on a homeowner's property. In America in most urban areas it's quite uncommon to see anyone hanging out laundry these days, as it is simply not permitted by so many communities. In some rural areas, though, especially in Amish country where the Amish don't use electricity, laundry lines are definitely part of the scenery.

I grew up with washers and dryers and can't imagine not having the convenience and speed of a dryer. Sure, it does heat up the house in summer (feels good in winter, though!) and yes, it is expensive, especially if someone has to pay for both their water and their electricity. Large families who do several loads of laundry several times a week must have to figure that high expense into their budget. For a single person or a couple it's not so bad, if they do laundry just once a week or maybe even only every ten days or two weeks.
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We tend to do laundry about twice a week. In winter we dry them in the house with a dehumidifier. Costs a fraction of a dryer. Better for the environment too.
 
Why the heck does a filling decide to fall out going into a long holiday weekend? I mean I get it's a 35 yr old silver filling & I'm lucky it lasted this long but AAARRGGH!!! Thankfully, it hasn't gone Defcon 1 with pain. Yet. Praying that lasts until my dentist appointment on the 6th.
 
Dryers are not that expensive to operate, based on our $/kWh and typical use, it's ~$92 a year for us.
 
shadow puppet said:
Why the heck does a filling decide to fall out going into a long holiday weekend? I mean I get it's a 35 yr old silver filling & I'm lucky it lasted this long but AAARRGGH!!! Thankfully, it hasn't gone Defcon 1 with pain. Yet. Praying that lasts until my dentist appointment on the 6th.
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Teeth know the worst possible time to act up :D

I lost a crown in NYC on a trip one time, at least the tooth had a root canal so it wasn't painful, just funky (and I didn't want to damage it anymore). I just chewed on one side :D
 
DT said:
Dryers are not that expensive to operate, based on our $/kWh and typical use, it's ~$92 a year for us.
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That depends on what you pay per kWh! Over here its double this year and is likely to do the same again in October. Just as well I charge the car at work!
 
DT said:
Teeth know the worst possible time to act up :D

I lost a crown in NYC on a trip one time, at least the tooth had a root canal so it wasn't painful, just funky (and I didn't want to damage it anymore). I just chewed on one side :D
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Sounds like all kinds of fun. I'm guessing my tooth is dead since there's no pain. Can't remember if we did a root canal or not.
You nailed it about bad timing teeth though!
 
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