tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post4987195044387153216..comments2024-03-08T09:42:28.879+01:00Comments on Burnt by the Tuscan Sun: Airing Dirty LaundryIrreverent Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-75806726380770807662009-04-09T23:32:00.000+02:002009-04-09T23:32:00.000+02:00i actually prefer hanging my clothes to dry...and ...i actually prefer hanging my clothes to dry...and i don't even have a balcony. my clothes don't ruin so quickly and seem newer longer. when things are too tight, i can't blame it on the dryer shrinking my clothes... hmm, but i am not sure if that is an advantage. . .Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928630647126543563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-74534068562686987532009-04-05T21:03:00.000+02:002009-04-05T21:03:00.000+02:00The other advantage to having a dryer is your newl...The other advantage to having a dryer is your newly clean clothes don't collect pollen, as they do hanging outside, especially in the spring when the trees are blowing in the wind.<BR/><BR/>Less pollen on your clothes, sheets, and towels means less itching, sneezing, wheezing in your house, especially in your bed!<BR/><BR/>Which is more painful: electric/gas bill or miserable allergies requiring drugs?cuz liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-67831935225017203602009-04-05T18:34:00.000+02:002009-04-05T18:34:00.000+02:00Try moving your washing machine up 8 flights of st...Try moving your washing machine up 8 flights of stairs...Inside it, is nothing less than a 50 lb. ROCK to hold it down, I think during the centrifuge cycle.Irreverent Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-73243265726443807282009-04-04T19:51:00.000+02:002009-04-04T19:51:00.000+02:00I have to tell you about my Italian laundry experi...I have to tell you about my Italian laundry experience.<BR/><BR/>When I go to Roma I rent a studio apartment on the Via Licia almost at the junction of the Via Gallia. It's air-conditioned. In June I needed it.<BR/><BR/>The studio has been fully modernized. The washer dryer mounted one atop the other in the bathroom. <BR/><BR/>My driver's wife Daniella who together own it, patiently showed me how to work them. <BR/><BR/>Italians still wash their clothes in hot water!!! All went well for several days. Then one morning I'd finished the wash cycle and put the clothes in the dryer. I pushed the start button ...nothing, nichts, nada, niente. Needing clean clothes quam celerrime I frantically called Massimo, my driver and I told him to get someone over p.d.q.. After many a phone call, "Did you turn the dial to?.. Did you close the door? Did you push the right button? It finally came, the brillient question, "Did you empty the tray full of water at the bottom of the dryer????? The stupid thing wasn't connected to the main drainage pipe but had to be manually emptied after a number of cycles!!!<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine the Italian chaotic bureaucratic convolution it would take to tap into the main drainage pipe.<BR/><BR/>I really can't complain the studio was under E90 per day.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Un altro fatto bello della settimana.Dave514https://www.blogger.com/profile/08791965245809463319noreply@blogger.com