Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

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


Steph L. - May 26, 2015 5:03:37 am PDT #27171 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I don't have enough clothes of one color to justify single loads.

For clothes, I just do a load of darks and a load of lights. I suppose there are people who LOVE, say, red clothing, and have enough to do a load of just reds, but I don't know anyone like that.

I used to do one load of only whites, so I could add bleach, and then everything else. But I'm not so fussed about bleach these days (and have very little all-white clothing that I care about [for instance, my gym socks are white, but I really don't care enough to bleach them], and bleach is rough on fabric anyway), so it's just light-colored clothes in one load, and dark-colored clothes (and anything that might bleed [jeans shorts, I am looking at you]) in another. Sheets/towels get their own load and plenty of hot water.


sj - May 26, 2015 5:08:11 am PDT #27172 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I do loads of black/blue/brown, whites, khaki, and red/purple/pink.


Sue - May 26, 2015 5:09:34 am PDT #27173 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I do darks, lights, brights, delicates all in cold. Most clothing air dried. Only sheets, towels, socks, undies, dishcloths go in dryer.


Steph L. - May 26, 2015 5:30:42 am PDT #27174 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Heh. I can sum up my rules for what hangs to dry as: sweaters, bras, anything with a tag that says "line dry", and...anything else I'm afraid might shrink in the dryer (which includes but is not limited to: bathrobes, lingerie [but not my everyday undies, which are cotton and go in the dryer], jeans, dress trousers, some shorts [but not all], some t-shirts [but not all], button-down shirts, dresses, skirts, and all fleece jackets except the one that is a little too big and I secretly hope will shrink in the dryer [it hasn't]).

Basically, I line-dry about half of any given load of clothes. It was more when I worked in an office and didn't dress like a hobo. My feral editor clothes (yoga pants or gym shorts + crappy t-shirts) can go in the dryer, because I don't care much about them and they've proven they won't shrink anyway.


msbelle - May 26, 2015 5:32:14 am PDT #27175 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Wash all in cold. Try to air dry when it is not constantly raining.

No flooding in my immediate area, I know there is some and Austin area had some bad stuff. We seem to still be able to be draining to lakes and rivers. Of course, all the rivers flow south which is making things south of us worse.


Connie Neil - May 26, 2015 5:37:37 am PDT #27176 of 30000
brillig

I'm too lazy to line dry.


msbelle - May 26, 2015 5:42:58 am PDT #27177 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My line is really drying racks that I generally keep right by the washer, so it's just as easy to put them there as into the dryer. Because of the day rain, I have now moved one rack into the house (rather than garage) so it isess humid and they dry.

Air drying started when I used pay laundries in NYC and I did it to save money. I used to have clothes hung up all over my apt. I did notice that shirts didn't become short as quickly so I just kept with it. I currently dry more in order to get pet hair off things.


Tom Scola - May 26, 2015 5:43:54 am PDT #27178 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I air dry stuff that I read the label and it said to air dry them.


Steph L. - May 26, 2015 5:49:47 am PDT #27179 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I currently dry more in order to get pet hair off things.

I feel that. Our washer also has the option of an extra rinse cycle, so sometimes I use the extra rinse if a load seems extra hairy (or extra dirty).


-t - May 26, 2015 5:52:56 am PDT #27180 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't line dry anything. My dryer has a little shelf I can put in it to dry stuff that is supposed to lay flat, everything else tumbles dry, bras included. I have tried hanging stuff to dry on a rack and find it impractical. Have not noticed any shrinking or other damage.

My "red" loads include purple and sometimes yellow (if it's a bright yellow. I don't know, it seems to work out okay)

Fleece is never gonna shrink, Tep. It will melt before it shrinks. OTOH, it should not absorb much water and should dry quickly on its own.

Stay safe Texas.