OT: What's the point of a laundry basket?

[hubops]

Laundromat or coin laundry here in Ontario Canada. John T.

[tim...]

when I typed it i, the spell checker wanted to correct it to spelling with a capital

I presume that somewhere in the world it's the name of a chain store

But FTAOD, I wasn't picking on the exact choice of word for this item of historical interest

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[b0d]

Who let those UKers come to Michigan?

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[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

The way I've usually seen it, a hamper is a non-mobile container in a bathroom or bedroom, that is supposed to hold clothes until washday. They are then transferred to the basket to carry them to the washing machine.

[Sam E]

In an NTSC video signal, the synchronization pulses are "blacker than black".

[rbowman]

Something the Zoomers aren't familiar with since they don't wash their clothes.

[rbowman]

And a bonnet is something a Amish woman wears to church.

[The Natural Philosopher]

a hamper is what you put a picnic in, for transportation.

[soup]

That really surprises me. Fridges/freezers are the easiest (to me) washing machines are the worst as they have MAHOOSIVE concrete blocks in them to subdue vibrations during spinning.

Don't know if it is still required but after moving fridges I leave them NOT powered for 24 hours (lets the refrigerant settle), then use them as normal.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Only if transported laying on its side. Upright, no problem.

[Rod Speed]

No concrete blocks in mine, just well designed. Never need to be stopped and have the load adjusted to stop it walking around in use either.

I don’t bother and have never had a problem. Don’t lie them down in the trailer tho.

[Jim Joyce]

I'd be wary of eating food that had been in a hamper.

[soup]

Yup. Should have made it clear that I meant proper moving them, not just shimmying them a few inches to clean underneath or somesuch.

[hubops]

.. unless it was in hamper-proof packaging ? John T.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Your loss:

[Mark Lloyd]

I've always heard that called a picnic basket.

[hah]

[snip]

Are you sure the food isn't supposed to smell like dirty socks?

[Max Demian]

Fortnum and Mason's have a good selection I've heard.

[rbowman]

Only if it's gorgonzola...

[Mark Lloyd]

I remember a story where an accident in an institutional kitchen leaves a man buried under a big pile of stinky cheese. This was called a "feta worse than death".