Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


brenda m - Feb 27, 2009 5:33:42 pm PST #8624 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Actually, I was going to ask if anyone had experience with the 2-in-1 type - where you wash and dry in the same unit. My friend has one and has had some trouble with it, but her plumbing is totally frelled in general so I don't know if that's typical.

I could really use the space, and anyway, I fucking hate my high-efficiency models. The dryer will run for three hours and things are still damp. The quick cycle on the wash is 33 minutes which in practice is often nearly an hour. Hate. Hate. Hate.

Front-loaders - and yes, if you leave things in for any length of time it starts smelling, I assume because of the seal.


Jesse - Feb 27, 2009 5:34:27 pm PST #8625 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Huh -- I'm watching the local political news, and someone just threw out a former Big Boss's name as a potential candidate for Manhattan DA. (The current guy -- Adam Schiff -- not really -- is retiring after 30 years.)


Jesse - Feb 27, 2009 5:35:01 pm PST #8626 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

brenda, a friend lived in a place with a 2-in-1 and that thing took freaking FOREVER.


brenda m - Feb 27, 2009 5:43:40 pm PST #8627 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I can't imagine it's much worse. What I think I really need is to find a regular old low-efficiency set. It's not like I do so much laundry that the power or water usage is really an issue.


Dana - Feb 27, 2009 5:45:45 pm PST #8628 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Actually, I was going to ask if anyone had experience with the 2-in-1 type - where you wash and dry in the same unit.

We looked into them a few years ago, but they generally didn't have good reviews.


Dana - Feb 27, 2009 5:51:48 pm PST #8629 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

How do we feel about these boots?

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Lee - Feb 27, 2009 5:56:35 pm PST #8630 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I like them, Dana


DawnK - Feb 27, 2009 6:03:35 pm PST #8631 of 30000
giraffe mode

Brenda, the all-in-one washer/dryer are popular on boats. From everyone I know that has one, they are not on. They take for.ever (in excess of 3 hours) to do one load and often they don't get the clothes dry. On boats they have a tendancy to overflow too which is extra bad. My one friend hates hers so much she uses the laundromat or she borrows ours - thankfully we have a full size washer and dryer on the boat and since we don't live aboard any more it's easier for her to schlep her laundry down the dock!

Dana, I like those boots


brenda m - Feb 27, 2009 6:08:21 pm PST #8632 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

They take for.ever (in excess of 3 hours) to do one load and often they don't get the clothes dry.

See, but this is my situation now. And with half the space. They're expensive enough that I won't jump from this pan into that fire, but damn.


Sue - Feb 27, 2009 6:11:17 pm PST #8633 of 30000
hip deep in pie

What kind of high efficiency W/D do you have now, Brenda?