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Re: Looking for advice on buying a clothes dryer

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From: jg
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:34
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Mags wrote:
> "David Clayton" <dcstar@NOSPAM.myrealbox.com> wrote in message 
> news:pan.2009.04.09.06.29.54.397309@NOSPAM.myrealbox.com...
>> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:31:26 +0000, Mags wrote:
>>
>>> "Jonathan Wilson" <jfwfreo@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
>> .......
>>>> If you can show me how to dry a full weeks worth of washing (5-6 pairs
>>>> of jeans, matching shirts, jumpers, underpants, socks) in a single day
>>>> when its raining outside (and really cold with lots of moisture in the
>>>> air) using a drying rack small enough to fit into a tiny 1-bedroom
>>>> apartment (with almost no available floor space), then I will go that
>>>> option.
>>>>
>>>> But since its not possible to do that (unless some magic device that I
>>>> havent heard about exists), a clothes dryer is the only suitable option.
>>> Would it be an option to use a laundrette?  Have used that service many
>>> times when trying to dry big bulky items during rainy season.  Might even
>>> be cheaper too!
>> I used to do the big "full week's" worth of washing at a laundrette and
>> pay heaps feeding the washing machines and dryers.
>>
>> Guess what, after buying an efficient front-loading washing machine - that
>> does a good job of spin-drying - I can now do 2 or 3 smaller loads each
>> week and dry them overnight (and it might take 50% longer in the middle of
>> winter - big deal) without needing a clothes dryer. The pay back for
>> buying and operating the washing machine was about 4 years, the rest after
>> that is pure savings.
>>
>> If people want to remain brainwashed and insist on needing a dryer because
>> they can't see other ways of doing things then fine, it's their money they
>> are throwing away.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards, David.
>>
>> David Clayton
>> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
>> Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
>> measure of how many questions you have.
>>
> 
> I used to use the laundrette for drying heavy bedding.  Never owned a dryer 
> and have no intention of owning one. 
> 
> 

Dishwashers suck too.
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