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hunter
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\Dryers and the college student.
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Mar 28 09:03 UTC 1995 |
Dryers. Has there ever been a dryer installed on a college campus that
\dried a full load of laundry on the first try? I'd like more options
\than (1)sending it through a second time and scorching everything andd
(2)strewing damp clothes around my room for two days. Is a dry waistband
or warm socks too much to ask for?
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remmers
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response 1 of 74:
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Mar 28 11:33 UTC 1995 |
Ah, laundry, a subject dear to my heart.
When I was in college way back when, they had a humongous coal-fired
clothes dryer in the Student Utilities Building. You'd take your wet
clothes, wrap them around this extra long pitchfork, open the dryer
door (standing a bit to the side so as not to be blasted by the heat),
and stick the pitchfork in for about 45 seconds. The clothes would
come out bone dry.
They don't make 'em like they used to.
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helmke
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response 2 of 74:
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Mar 28 12:23 UTC 1995 |
When I was in college we had electric dryers, but to make them faster the
heat was turned up to 50% beyond the maximum...
The joke was that your clothes where dry when the zippers on your jeans
glowed red.
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omni
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response 3 of 74:
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Mar 28 12:51 UTC 1995 |
we really need a laundry conference here on Grex.
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birdlady
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response 4 of 74:
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Mar 28 15:28 UTC 1995 |
rotfl...We must go to the same school, Hunter. I have to put my towels in for
an average of 120-130 minutes, my socks are never dry, and I've learned to
just hang my jeans up (this also saves me from ironing them). I think it's the
school's ploy to suck more money out of us...NMU, however, includes laundry
costs in your room and board, so I never have to scrounge around for soda
cans to put a load on :)
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popcorn
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response 5 of 74:
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Mar 28 15:47 UTC 1995 |
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val
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response 6 of 74:
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Mar 28 16:54 UTC 1995 |
do you clean out the lint trap?
i have no trouble <except w/ jeans and they never dry completely even at home>
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crisper
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response 7 of 74:
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Mar 28 17:56 UTC 1995 |
Up at MTU in Wadsworth Hall the dryers worked pretty good and there were
always a few that were stuck on... I have had dryer trouble in every other
place I have lived in since then, except for the house I am in now... crazy?
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steve
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response 8 of 74:
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Mar 28 19:24 UTC 1995 |
Valerie gets an award for the most-you-can-easily-do-to-make-the-dryer-
work.
The other thing to do, if you want to feel like a geek, is to get a
battery powered temperature probe (Fluke makes one) and get a strip of
bouble-sided sticky tape. Use the tape to apply the temp meter to the
wall of the dryer and turn it on. Some driers in big places are rather
cooler then others, owing to the fact that tend to burn out after a while.
So a cooler temp. driver won't really help you, even if you keep the clothes
in for many hours. (You can also get weird stares as you attach the meter
inside the dryer, and even more stares when thats all you pull out of it.)
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birdlady
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response 9 of 74:
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Mar 28 20:29 UTC 1995 |
Crisper...my friend lives in Wadsworth! :) Anyways...one solution I have
come up with is to simply hang up my pants and shirts, and dry towels and
sheets. This also avoids any congestion in the laundry room. We have four
washers and four dryers on a floor with 109 people. :) I usually do my
laundry at three a.m. to avoid the rush.
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janc
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response 10 of 74:
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Mar 28 23:59 UTC 1995 |
Driers? You mean you aren't supposed to just put the clothes on damp?
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arnster
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response 11 of 74:
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Mar 29 02:16 UTC 1995 |
re #9...four washers and drieers for 109 people!! That would be such a pain..
and I thought it was bad here with 2 washers and 2 driers for approx. 40
people....
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nephi
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response 12 of 74:
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Mar 29 02:23 UTC 1995 |
I know someone that said he puts his clothes in the microwave because
it doesn't cost $.75 a shot and they come out dry.
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arnster
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response 13 of 74:
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Mar 29 04:11 UTC 1995 |
Can I guess who that is, nephi...am I close w/my guess of Baker 316???
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nephi
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response 14 of 74:
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Mar 29 04:52 UTC 1995 |
No fair! You were there for the conversation!
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rcurl
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response 15 of 74:
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Mar 29 08:03 UTC 1995 |
Hmm..from 0 to 9 they were dryers, and then they became driers. How many
of you use dryers, and how many use driers?
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otterwmn
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response 16 of 74:
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Mar 29 14:18 UTC 1995 |
I noticed that, too, Rane. Now that the weather has turned, our clothes will be
dried by the world's most energy-effecient dryer. <DOH! Does she mean the sun?>
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popcorn
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response 17 of 74:
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Mar 29 15:50 UTC 1995 |
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srw
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response 18 of 74:
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Mar 29 20:53 UTC 1995 |
dryer is an acceptable substitute for drier.
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popcorn
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response 19 of 74:
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Mar 30 01:43 UTC 1995 |
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remmers
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response 20 of 74:
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Mar 30 02:42 UTC 1995 |
My American Heritage Dictionary indicates that the spellings are
interchangeable but that for "machine that dries clothing", "dryer" is
preferred.
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rcurl
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response 21 of 74:
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Mar 30 07:13 UTC 1995 |
The drier meaning less wet is a comparative form of the *adjective* dry.
The material that accelerates the "drying" of paint is usually spelled
drier. Is one that drys, a dryer or a dryor?
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ajax
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response 22 of 74:
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Mar 30 13:31 UTC 1995 |
Dunno, but the dryor who dries with the dryerier dryer dries driest.
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crisper
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response 23 of 74:
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Mar 30 17:40 UTC 1995 |
is there another name for that machine that makes wet pieces of clothing dry?
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janc
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response 24 of 74:
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Mar 30 20:50 UTC 1995 |
The Sun? I remember a couple of hostel owners in New Zealand laughing their
heads off at the sight of an American girl who didn't know how to operate
a clothesline. I guess there are also "manglers" which both dry and iron,
but that technology is also rather forgotten and the term with it (though
that new movie may bring it back).
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