For some weird reason, she had a washing machine but no dryer. It drove me crazy. In the winter she would dry clothes on one of those folding, finger pinching wooden racks by draping the clothes over it and placing it next to a radiator (if I should be so lucky as to actually have the heat turned up above freezing!). My shirts came out looking like they had been pressed on jail house bars.
And they were stiff and scratchy. I hated it. I would wash my clothes, put them in a plastic bag and then drive them 15 miles to a laundromat. So much for the “environment”. I like my clothes soft and unwrinkled and tumbled in a dryer like God intended them to be. With a nice sheet of Springtime Fresh scent Bounce.
She was a vegetarian also. Wouldn’t allow me to cook meat in the house. No microwaves allowed. Had to heat the milk for coffee in a pan on a stove lit with a match. For this and many other reasons, we are no longer together.
The sex must have been great in order for you to even let her in the house!
There must have been a reason you put up with her lunacy for as long as you did.
It costs the typical household $80 a year to run a standard electric dryer, according to a calculation by E Source Cos., in Boulder, Colo.,
If it really does only cost $80 a year to run the dryer, I'd say that is an absolute bargain.
I used to think, maybe I should hang clothes out once in a while. Then I saw these figures claiming that it was only costing me $80 a year, and I thought, why bother?
I have lived in Japan for 20 years without a dryer. Hanging clothes outside is what everyone does. If the weather is too damp, I take them to the coin laundry to dry. Actually I prefer that because the towels come back softer, but it’s time consuming and expensive.
But heck, am I the only person who remembers the fun of playing hide and seek with other kids while Mom hung the washing and screeched at us to keep our muddy fingers off the clean sheets?
Another part of Americana childhood lost it seems.
Sounds like an Al Gore utopia. You’re lucky she didn’t have you digging up “fresh” carrots from the frozen garden with a pick ax and dynamite in the middle of winter.
I get the odd feeling that it was finally over when she stopped shaving.
I dated a woman who refused to use a dryer. She said they sped up the wear on clothing - and it does make some sense if you think about it - think of the lint that is generated when you dry clothing - her clothes lasted a long time.