Laundry Hacks.What is up with that?!!

[amyswasher]

yogitunes is right

I have had to put clothes in a bathtub and stomp on them. It's one of those things in life when when money is tight. It is not nice to steal. Luckily, that was a long time ago. My kids would probably never believe that I ever did that. Fifteen years from now my kids will call and ask "no money what do I do" I will say stomp your clothes in the bathtub, and stop spending money on ring tones.

 

[sudsmaster]

Spelling

I think part of the problem with spelling is that many people never learned how to type properly. They still use a one or two finger approach, which is not conducive to correct spelling or punctuation.

I remember being rather shocked when I started working in the corporate world in IT in Silicon Valley in the 90's. Most the younger people there couldn't spell in an email if their lives depended on it. Even one of my supervisors regularly sent out mis-spelled memos, and I gently advised him to use the spell check in Word next time.

One of the most useful classes I ever took in high school was a typing class. I took it because I wanted to write, and now I can type much faster than I can write by hand. Some would argue that I type faster than I can think, but that's their problem ... lol ...

 

[amyswasher]

I took two and a half years of typing class(beta, pica, and elite). I got up to 65/0. I also took one year of Microsoft DOS system(it does a lot of good now, Ha Ha!!!) If I had misspelled words it was a big problem.

 

[logixx]

I actually tried the same on Maytag front load washers and dryers, which belonged to a dorm in Greater London. Not because I didn't have the money, but because they were absolutely and completely f'ed up with gunk! Now, I know that all these other careless students, who just throw detergent all over the dispenser and thus clogging everything up, are to blame BUT no one from the staff felt at all responsible to clean the machines. Nothing was ever done! This is why I eventually tried to get my laundry done for free - after all, I didn't feel like paying three Pound to have my underwear etc. infused with bacteria!

This was on my girlfriend’s semester abroad. On my semester abroad, I went to the Uni of Wolverhampton (also UK) and was luckier. The Speed Queen front loaders were equally disgusting but luckily, the drawers could be removed and cleaned in the laundry room's sink. And using the appliances was free.