Waste water reuse.

Guy King typed

Launderettes used to be called 'Poor Man's TV' in Denmark...

But I don't suppose he's interested in the amount of foam.

Mary

Dunno about his, but I've started to use liquid detergent, at the minimum recommended amount, and it's excellent - better IMO than powder.

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Have you tried putting a couple of herring in the load to liven things up a bit?

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I used to have dreadful trouble getting well stuck into a book in the launderette in my poor(er) days before washing machines.

No. Typically it's if there are brightly coloured clothes going round

I only bought my washer-drier relatively recently, encouraged by the earlier and earlier closing times of our launderette. It contributed significantly to me getting my second degree: an hour plus with nothing to do but study - no TV, music, phone, kettle or other distractions.

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We've got a drier, but rarely use it. Instead there's an airing rack on pulleys over the stairwell and an 8" fan screwed to the ceiling which wafts air over the clothes. Dries a full load in about 3 hours.

ISTR men sitting around with no trousers.

Or getting some of those fridge poetry magnets underneath the porthole and tell him it's subtitles.

Owain

One of the best things about droughts is the lack of rain. Pity it's also the worst. Either way, had I not it would be too late to do so by then.

I would had I a garden and a drought, seriously consider getting a fuel pump and a car battery to connect the hose to and drain the bath.

I kept the water pump from my last washing machine. But I don't know how to fit the wires to it and the thought of messing with 240V and water on a piece of diy bodged up kit...

Anyone know if that would run on 12V?

I think that the little motor inside would probably either burn out or just not work on 12VDC. Are the connections via spade push-on tabs like used in cars? If so, it should be fairly easy to connect up - use some good insulation though, tomake sure you can't touch anything. The water should be going through hoses, so unless there's a bad leak the water shouldn't be getting any where near the electricity. Could ask on sci.electronic.basic ... cheers, Neil

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