Recently moved into a new apartment and was really excited about having laundry on premises for the first time in many years. My mood was deflated when I realized the machines are small, the washer loads from the top, and with the dryer you can't independently set heat level and drying time (like if you want medium heat you have to have a 40 minute cycle). Now I miss my old laundromat with its spacious machines, front-loading washers etc. where I could do more than one load at a time.
Fwiw I grew up in a pretty nice American neighborhood and still line-dried all my clothes until about 1980. So did the next-door neighbors.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
If I line-dried where I live right now everything'd end up covered in bird shit, so.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 05:45 (six years ago) link
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tumble dryers are pure decadence, first thing to get banned in the new world order
― ogmor, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 08:21 (six years ago) link
respect Lee626, truth bombs
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link
Also, getting back to the original article.. I have lived in London for about 10 years and have literally never seen a combo washer dryer. Is it possible the author is confusing the spin cycle for a dryer function? Its purpose IS drying... but only to the extent that you can hang your clothes up without them dripping all over the floor.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, July 24, 2017 8:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I had one in Ireland until the last one broke and i had it replaced with a straight washing machine. I think we're in the same market at least at the moment as the U.K. I think I saw them over there too.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:12 (six years ago) link
Also, getting back to the original article.. I have lived in London for about 10 years and have literally never seen a combo washer dryer. Is it possible the author is confusing the spin cycle for a dryer function? Its purpose IS drying... but only to the extent that you can hang your clothes up without them dripping all over the floor.― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, July 24, 2017 8:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
We had one at our when you stayed and it was shit, I think we used the dryer function precisely once.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 12:49 (six years ago) link
haha i guess that's why i never noticed!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link