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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-16-2006, 09:50 PM (1 of 23)
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Here is another question that is used on a personality questioneer. Like the one about the shower. We all have laundry, one of the facts of wearing clothes. Now mostly women answer this, due to the fact that more women do the laundry than the men. Now there are men who do their laundry, or the family laundry, but it comes out more women. So the question goes like this. Do you do the laundry for your home? If yes go to question 1B. Question 1B reads---is there a set way in which you do your laundry? Example, all the white first, then the light colors, then the darks? A load a day, or one day devoted to laundry? If there is no set way then answer none. Okay so do you have a set way that you do the laundry?
Summer
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From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 01-16-2006, 09:52 PM (2 of 23)
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I do separate my loads, but I don't necessariily do one kind before the other. And I normally do one or two loads per day. We have a septic system, and it's not really good to do 10 loads right in a row and flood the system.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-16-2006, 10:16 PM (3 of 23)
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I do the laundry too....I also have a septic tank. I do 3-4 loads in one day and if anything else needs to be done, I do it another day or let it go till the next time I have a FULL load. I used to do whites first, now it's whatever pile I get to first. (although I find with a front load machine, my septic tank doesn't complain that much anymore...) :::burbble burbble:::  
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-16-2006, 10:19 PM (4 of 23)
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My husband does the laundry most of the time. When I do do laundry it is one of the few things I have no set pattern for. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-16-2006, 10:44 PM (5 of 23)
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Heheheheh I have a septic system now too and mine is running over all the time. IT's the new kind that is called "overland" I do so many loads everyday my poor septic system doesn't stand a chance. I usually do at least 3 a day and then a load of dirty dishes and hand wash dishes also. I do whatever my hand grabs first to go into the washer. I'd rather do the darks first I tend to forget the dryer is on by the time the second and third load is finished and that way I can hang them up on the first buzzer.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
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From: Magot
Date: 01-17-2006, 12:21 AM (6 of 23)
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I do the laundry - if anybody complains - they can do it! I'll genearally do a darks wash and a lights wash - no specific oder - which one I have most of. I don't have a day to wash - when there is enough to put a load on I'll do it. Generally about 3-4 washes a week. You don't get top loading machines in England except at launderettes - so most of our machines are the " we are so economic with water" variety. I prefer to put stuff on the line than in the dryer but being in a hard waterearea I have to admit my towels are like brillo pads. Npthing like a brisk rub down with a crunchy towels after a shower - exfoliation comes free! love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-17-2006, 12:45 AM (7 of 23)
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I have to admit my towels are like brillo pads. Npthing like a brisk rub down with a crunchy towels after a shower - exfoliation comes free! I now have to wash my shirt due to the spray of diet coke all over my chothes and my pants due to another near accident when I read this post from you Jan.   My sinus's are now clear due to the coke flushing they just recieved. I can just picture you sitting there rubbing your body and then having skin as if you just fell off your bike and kissed the sidewalk several feet.  exfloiation????????? more like a good sanding. gggggggggggheheheheheh
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-17-2006, 01:02 AM (8 of 23)
I was thinking the same thing...I haven't put clothes on a line since I was about 8 when we got our first washer and dryer combo at home. I used to hang out the wash and watch the dogs see how much of it they could pull down and drag around the yard...usually the sheets and towels first.  Don't you have fabric softener in the U.K. ??? I'd take ALL my skin off if I didn't use it. Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 01-17-2006, 07:31 AM (9 of 23)
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Since I have enough underwear and clothes in my closet to clothe an army of women...I don't have a set day for laundry...can and have waited 2 weeks between doing loads. When I do decide to do it, I usually do whites, colours then darks. I have a long closet rod set-up in the basement along one end of my laundry room and I also have a wooden clothes rack. I use the clothes rack to dry the underwear, and always hang my blouses, t-shirts, etc. on hangers and put on closet rod to dry. Basement is heated in winter so they usually dry overnight. I dry my jeans and pants in the dryer both summer and winter - I don't like the stiff feeling when dried hanging on the line. In the summer, I have an umbrella clothes line so try to dry things outside esp. the sheets & towels on nice breezey days...love the fresh smell when using them afterwards. PS Jan...I use fabric softener in the wash or softener sheets in the dryer...so no brillo pads or exfoliation for me
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From: pretnichols
Date: 01-17-2006, 08:45 AM (10 of 23)
I do laundry whenever the hamper overflows....which is pretty often in the winter. Today I've done a load of darks, then a load of whites. Darks are always first, since there is usually at least 1 1/2 loads of them. I try not to do half loads, since it isn't efficient and water is expensive (like everything else lately). The community we live in does not allow outdoor drying -- it's unsightly!  I use fabric softener for everything but the towels. Fabric softner is a water/stain repellent. Since I want my towels to absorb water, I don't use it on them. This is a tip from my mother, from her mother, etc. And while I do love the smell of sheets that have been hung out to dry in the breeze, allergies have prevented this for years. Sniff, sniff -- sneeze!!! 
Peggy
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User: pretnichols
Member since: 10-16-2005 Total posts: 342 |
From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-17-2006, 08:48 AM (11 of 23)
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I do my laundry about 3 days a week. I try not to do any on weekends if I can help it. I do darks first because that is what DS runs out of first (jeans). They all have plenty of underwear & socks to last a month I think. I do 2-3 loads of darks then a light load then towels. I use my dryer but do like the feel of towels dried outside in the summer but between the dog & the sanbox they usually have to be rewashed so I don't bother hanging them unless I am home alone.I don't like my clothes dried outside unless it is very windy. That seems to soften them. I used to use liquid fabric softener until clothes started getting stained from it. I tried everything to keep it from staining. (using dispenser, not putting it in until the tub was full, 2nd rinse cycle) I would still end up with stains occasionally & they would end up on the best clothes. so I went to dryer sheets. If anyone has seen that post about dryer sheets causing dryers to catch fire because they clog the filter, I tried it & mine isn't blocked. I use 12-15 dryer sheets a week.
Barb
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User: Mom of Six
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-17-2006, 10:03 AM (12 of 23)
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I do all my laundry on Monday. Occasionally if I get sidetracked I finish up a few loads on Tuesday. I do about 9 loads. First is blue jeans, then sweats and other knit pants, then its the pants that don't fit in either of those catagories. Then I go on to colors, blacks, then blues, then reds, and then lights. After that is done I run the whites with the bleach and then comes towels just to make sure the bleach is all gone. I used to hang my laundry all the time but I have a bad habit of leaving my clothesline hanging and this horrid Texas sun destoys my line. I have yet to buy a new one. So everything goes in the dryer for now. I too have hard water like Jan so anything that needs to be soft comes in for a little tumble in the dryer to soften it up. Well I guess I should be off to get those few loads done that I forgot yesterday.
Gina
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-17-2006, 11:08 AM (13 of 23)
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I have no set days or ways I wash. I do the wash when it needs it and whatever gets sorta first goes in first. Since it is just me and mom I wash for it doesn't need to be done every day. Usually I have to wash mom protective bedding every morning. When I was caring for my family I did a load every day. Having 5 kids and 2 adults, made washing all in one day a little much. I would hang as much as I could outside to dry. I like the fresh smell of the clothes. At moms house they have the same rule, no clotheslines allowed.
Summer
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User: SummersEchos
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From: Magot
Date: 01-17-2006, 12:08 PM (14 of 23)
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I do use fab. con. I do, I do! It doesn't work when you wash in chalk.
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-17-2006, 03:45 PM (15 of 23)
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I do use fab. con. I do, I do! It doesn't work when you wash in chalk. Something I do NOT miss about living in the South East is the water! Our water is so soft we don't need salt in the dishwasher. Towels are only rough if dried on the radiator. Washing - hubby generally does his own and then it revolves around colours and dirty PE/hocky kit with the whites fitted in between. School blazer on a Friday night as it takes most of the weekend to dry (who invented school uniforms that can't be tumble dried? must have been a man!) |
User: Domestic Goddes
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From: debsews
Date: 01-17-2006, 04:42 PM (16 of 23)
| I do laundry when it's ready to overflow the hamper. I have one that you can separate the clothes into three different colored net bags. I've finally trained dh to put his clothes into the proper bag so I don't have to sort through everything to wash a load of light colored clothes. Also we tend to take a lot of showers in the south and have a lot of towels every week and sometimes I'll do the white stuff twice a week. Anyway no set day but I will not start laundry if I won't be there to take it out of the dryer and put it away while it's warm. I can't stand clothes pushed into a basket and left to get cold and wrinkly!!! I only buy white towels and wash cloths because I am a bleach fanatic and can't stand to have towels I can't bleach!!! |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-17-2006, 09:27 PM (17 of 23)
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The water here is really soft but I use about ½ cup of baking soda in my wash and it seems to clean the clothes better and make the clothes smell nicer also. Lets the washing detergent do a better job and I use less also.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
Member since: 06-25-2005 Total posts: 1118
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-17-2006, 10:18 PM (18 of 23)
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Soda or (plain) Calgon....(do they still make that for laundry ???) Thats what I used when I lived in hard water areas. (NV, MT and CO) Or try baby laundry soap or Woolite. (my husband has these silk sweaters and the Woolite is great for those). We can't use bleach with a septic tank. It kills the bacteria that keep eating the stuff in the tank and you NEED the stuff eaten in the tank or it overflows into your house or outside (anyway it makes a stink and a mess...). I use Ridex or Yeast (bread or brewers).... To keep my whites clean I use Rit. (of course in this house there isn't much white worn....and the towels are all dark colors....and I water my fabric softener down to about 1/3 softener to 2/3 water.)
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-17-2006, 11:30 PM (19 of 23)
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Just plain baking soda, Arm and Hammer. They say not to use Rid X in this kind of septic tank for some reason. It's one that has an airator that stir up the tank and helps the material break down faster or more efficiently or something like that. I don't use bleach and they also say not to use any kind of fabric softner to use dryer sheets.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
Member since: 06-25-2005 Total posts: 1118
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-18-2006, 12:45 AM (20 of 23)
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Donno....I'm gonna look that kind up...I have the old fashioned concrete one.
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414
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From: bridesmom
Date: 01-18-2006, 01:11 PM (21 of 23)
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I don't let hubby any where near the laundry after he washed a red flannel sleeping bag with all my white uniforms. They all came out HOT pink! Since there's only two of us, I do laundry once a week, usually on the weekend so I can get his work clothes washed. Sometimes I may do an extra load, mostly during summer if I'm out gardening, I get very dirty.
Laura
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User: bridesmom
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From: Magot
Date: 01-18-2006, 01:14 PM (22 of 23)
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My white undies are either pink, grey or nasty blue - this seems normal to me - anybody want to complain? - take over the washing.
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-19-2006, 09:18 AM (23 of 23)
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I never buy white underwear...I always get colors, that way it doesn't matter what pile they go in....
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414
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