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Today I got the last (toy) out of storage and tried it out. It is one of those hand cranked round pressurized washing machine's, as seen on TV. It works better than the $400 electric one, I have in the basement! Did a weeks worth of both my teenager's socks and underwear, yuk! It took 2tbls. of Tide, 2qts. of water, and a minute and a half to turn. I then poured out the DIRTY water and added 6qts. of cold water to rinse. I then dumped the clothes in the sink and wrung them out. DONE IN LESS THAN 15 MIN. I am amazed. I did however, find one mission critical system that I had missed in my assesment, the clothes line! Off to K-Mart.

-- FLAME AWAY (BLehman202@aol.com), November 12, 1999

Answers

is this the wonderwasher? i hope.

-- tt (cuddluppy@yahoo.com), November 12, 1999.

What a great tip! Clothesline! Here's another: squeeze lights> The kids don't leave them on all night, no dangerous flame, they are really bright and provide a great deal of comfort.

We were without power for six days one January. Tell your store to stock 'em and tell your friends to get 'em.

-- Becky (rmbolte@wvadventures.net), November 12, 1999.


For larger items and loads--tread in the bathtub--like grapes. Well, not quite but you get the idea.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), November 12, 1999.

We have been dryerless since our's broke over a year ago. We have an outdoor clothes line for good weather. For rainy days, we bought one of the spring loaded, roll up lines and attached it on the inside of a closet door and put a hook in the wall at the other end of the room. When we need it, we open the door and hook it up. When not in use, it's out of the way. We picked the room with the wood stove to help inside drying.

-- BH (bh_silentvoice@hotmail.com), November 12, 1999.

I'm using a (new) toilet plunger. I drilled a couple of holes through the rubber bulb.

Beats pounding your wet duds with a rock.

-- Not Whistlin' Dixie (not_whistlin_dixie@yahoo.com), November 12, 1999.



Don't forget the clothespins!

-- phread (lurking@y2k.com), November 12, 1999.

Take a white plastic bucket with a gamma lid, the screw in kind. Put water, soap, and dirty clothes in, place in back of your pickup or wagon, drive around on regular errands. When you get back home, they will be thoroughly agitated and clean. Bad roads make this easier!

-- seraphima (seraphima@aol.com), November 12, 1999.

I bet seraphima's description would work for churning butter too -- (less water, soap and dirty clothes.) Not cost-effective though -- gasoline is likely to be expensive.

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), November 12, 1999.

You guys are missing the difference between simply sloshing clothes (which a bathtub, plunger in a bucket and the $400 washer does) and the "wonder" washer. The tiny washer builds up pressure inside (from the hot water used -- it's just a slosher with cold water) which is what really does the cleaning.

-- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moines (dtmiller@midiowa.net), November 12, 1999.

Thanks Flame Away for the info on the small washer.I have one,but haven't tried it out yet.I bought small plastic balls made for washing clothes without soap.I think they will be perfect to use in the small washer.

In Lehman's catalog,it says:

Helpful Hint: Make butter in your Pressure Washer!Recommended by a friend,who churned out 4 quarts of butter in only seven minutes.Twice as large and twice as fast as Our Hand Churn!

-- Maggie (aaa@aaa.com), November 12, 1999.



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