[ExI] big rip in washing machines

[William Flynn Wallace]

On my first trip out West, to El Paso in the 50s, I took a shower and went
out on the deck to get dry.  As you know, it took a few minutes to
accomplish that, and a few minutes more for my skin to feel like it was
cooking.  Nobody sunbathes out there.

But I am surprised that it's so dry in San Jose, as close to the ocean as
you are.

But the reason I put things out in the sun is to get rid of those mites,
however cute they may be.  A dryer just can't compete with the sun for
that.  Yes, I do have allergies.  I wake up every morning of this world
stuffed up and take an antihistamine every day.

I used to save lint to put in my compost before realizing that most of it
was some artificial fiber which would add nothing to my plants.  Boring,
boring, I am going to sleep now.............

bill w

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 1:47 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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> You said anything less than four figures is OK to buy for you and your
> wife without consultation.  But have you looked at prices lately for
> washers and dryers?  You can spend well into the four figures at Home
> Depot.  I almost always use the cheapest dryer available.
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> The sun.  Best at getting rid of mites on linens.  You are probably banned
> from doing that, eh?
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> BillW, I am with you on sun drying, but living out west where the air is
> dryer, one can hang one’s clothing indoors and accomplish the same thing.
> No need to put them outdoors, inviting birds to turd upon them.   If you
> clean out the lint screen on your dryer, keep in mind that the lint you
> just threw away is your clothing. Less dryer time, less lint, less of your
> clothing is wearing away with each laundry cycle.
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> I have a rigged up a horizontal hanging rod in the downstairs shower:
> tumble the clothing for about 10 minutes with a double dose of those fabric
> softener sheets on zero heat, hang em damp, gravity pulls out the wrinkles,
> next day they are dry and ready to wear.
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> Regarding mites on linens: I like mites.  Have you ever looked at one
> under a microscope?  It is marvelous to think that everything necessary for
> a creature to live is all packed inside one of those tiny specks, but there
> is something even cooler.  A big component of household dust is actually
> dead skin flakes.  Dust mites make their living devouring those.  So that
> way, it reduces the accumulation of dead skin, replacing it with
> accumulated mite shit.  Now don’t you feel better?  Hanging your clothing
> damp preserves your mites.  If you don’t have allergies to them, dust mites
> are your friends.
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