Cabbagepatch
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LaundryLloyd is traumatised today.
Last week he got cross with me forever doing loads of washing. He decreed that is should all be done at the weekend.
On Saturday he further decreed that he would do it all on Sunday. I concurred. He spent half the day washing. Today he spent another half day washing.
He is now resting in a darkened room. Men.....they just don't get it do they? 
And btw, the iron has yet to be switched on 
Bless 
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Kathy
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How do you have so much washing? 
! I do E's mine and Mr Kathys once a week with the twin tub. Occasionally pop a load in the automatic if needed.
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Cabbagepatch
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teenage clothes including overalls, several hundred pairs of jeans and have lost count of the tshirts, piles of work clothes, bloke type clothes complete with endless socks , smelly wet doggy dry off towels, bathroom towels, bed linen (ok i confess to changing them all more than necessary, just my thing  ), sofa throws used by the hounds......it just goes on and on and on
i remember when i had a twin tub. then, if it wasn't filthy dirty, then it ain't gonna get washed! autos make us frivolous and lazy.
will dispatch myself to the river next weekend to remind myself.
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Kathy
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A tip for the doggy stuff, when its raining and windy, hang on the line for a few days, washes itself.
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lloyd
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How do you have so much washing?
My point entirely. Kathy, do you lot share it, or do you do it all yourself? 
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Kathy
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They all wash their own, I do mine, Mr Kathys and Es. Same with any ironing, I stopped doing the offsprings as soon as they were old enough to safely wield an iron!
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Leonie2
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obviously our two sprogs can't do the laundry themselves, but just wait until they're a little bit bigger J already helps me to fold the clean washing up and often S helps me to carry the dirty washing out to the laundry and shove it into the machine. OH does help me a lot too and will often do the laundry without me asking. and I have no idea why we have so much laundry, but following a visit from the allotment or a walk at this time of year it mounts up because it's impossible to do either of those without coming home caked in mud. I very rarely iron.
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Aqui
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What amazes me (still) is how the laundry basket is always full - no matter how much washing I do. (I do the laundry - he washes up - it seems fair - I hate washing up!) I tend to end up doing 3 or 4 loads a week, less in the summer - and it's only the two of us. Once little one arrives (and poos and pukes on everything) I think I will be washing daily.
Trouble with doing it all in one day - how do you dry it? I try to space mine out throughout the week. (blast, damn, forgot to put the machine on AGAIN today. oh well - it'll be ok tomorrow!)
Oh but, iron? what's that?
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Haize
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I do the washing here, but only because OH doesn't spread things out properly on the line/drying rack, so it all dries crumpled, and I hate ironing. 
Now he has found himself a job where he has to look v. smart nearly every day (I bet if he has a full day of "office" work, he will just sit around in his dressing gown ), so now I have 4/5 shirts to iron per week 
I know "non-iron" shirts exist, but he is picky about synthetic materials, so I have 100% cotton 100% needing-to-be-ironed shirts to do.
I love being a student still - scrappy clothes are expected!
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mc55
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the only ironing I do is to my hair !!
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mrutty
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| Haize wrote: | | I know "non-iron" shirts exist |
No such thing. ALL shirts need an iron and a razor sharp line not tram lines.
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Cabbagepatch
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And, naturally you iron them
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Pilsbury
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sorry whats an iron???? 
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mrutty
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| cabbagepatch wrote: | | And, naturally you iron them |
Yes coz she can't be trusted with them.
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agapanthus
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My husband's the same Haize (London commuter) clean shirt every day. Lucky for me that he does all the laundry in our house...even the ironing!!! 
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muntjac
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i iron my own stuff ,one the bad habits the navy teaches ya
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agapanthus
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My son (RAF) would never let me iron his gear for him...even when he joined the cadets!!! Teach 'em young I say!!
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mrutty
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| agapanthus wrote: | | My son (RAF) |
How sad when a young man fails to join a real service.
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agapanthus
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depends on your point of view mrutty!
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Becki
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Ignore him. I do. Most of the time actually.
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alison
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splutter
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Kathy
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nanny-now and forever
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i do more than i used to now that we work outside every day
jeans get filthy but we try and make them last 3 days at least if we can
then there are the fleeces, we get through a lot of them
i hate using the drier and want to dry stuff outside but have no option if we want to have dry clothes
once the woodburner is in i will get myself one of those hang from the ceiling clothes airers like they used to use and string it up so that the residual heat from the woodburner will dry the stuff over night and keep a bit of humidity in the air
used to do that in my house in framlingham where the stairwell was deep enough to hang a whole load of sheets up on the airer and you could forget about them for a day or two
ironing though is now completely unecessary............i am pleased to say...
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mc55
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I've got a ceiling airer - its fabulous, only things that need ironing are linen items and that stupid pleated skirt that I fell in love with and bought
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lloyd
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| mrutty wrote: | | agapanthus wrote: | | My son (RAF) |
How sad when a young man fails to join a real service. |
Agreed Mark, but at least their kids are doing their own laundry............
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nanny-now and forever
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i shall be getting a ceiling airer asap once the woodburner is in.....
i used to iron mr nanny's shirts but not that long ago his department at the other place went into polo shirts and they are definitely non iron.....
and the trousers as well..............now it doesn't matter anyway....as soon as he puts it on, it is dirty
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Haize
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At least my OH did get out of the terrible habit he had when at school (6th form): they had to wear smart clothes, so he would wear a shirt with a t-shirt underneath (why?!), then when he arrived home, he'd change into a different t-shirt. 2 t-shirts and a shirt per day? That's ridiculous!
Now he is trained to use the evening t-shirt for 2 days (barring pouring food down himself), and no underneath t-shirt, which is much better...
Really glad I didn't have to train him to wear underwear and socks for only a day each though
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kaz
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My auto washing machine is on once and sometimes twice everyday but it is outside in an outbuilding so doesn't get in the way.
The kids (teenagers) know how to use it but my OH wouldn't have a clue.
Only work uniform gets ironed
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lloyd
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We get through gigantic piles of laundry each week, and in theory I suppose it would be, like, 21 pairs of undies, 21 tops, 21 bottoms, a few towels and bedsheets. That should be ultra worst case scenario too, since often outer garments are worn any numbr of times before needing cleaning. Yet we consistently wash MORE than that every week!!!
When I say "we", obviously I refer to CP and I.........
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Cabbagepatch
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Ahem you can double that, I wear smart clothes for work then get home and change into my scruffs. No. 1 son does the same and so do you.
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alison
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I was on a huge amount of ironing yesterday afternoon, but I always put on a chick flick and it get done fairly quickly then. Notting Hill yesterday!
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Cabbagepatch
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Chick flicks, anyone watch Bridget Jones last night?
Hey Ronnie, where are you, I've just managed to sabotage another thread
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Becki
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I'm right here Ronnie. That was sly that one
Hang on it's your own thread!!!!!!!!
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alison
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Didn't see it last night, but have watched it 3 times during half term as my DD loves it
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Cabbagepatch
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| Becki wrote: | I'm right here Ronnie. That was sly that one
Hang on it's your own thread!!!!!!!! |
Blast!!!
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nanny-now and forever
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'bout to have a bit of a moan
why do men expect their women to empty the pockets of things for them when they are put in the wash?
i washed mr nanny's jacket today - he'd left it in the room next to the washer so i had a quick grope of the outside of the pockets and wacked it in the wash
i washed the tractor key and 4 - 2 inch nails.........that must have done the drum no end of good........when i mentioned it all i got was "why didn't you go through the pockets?"
answer: because i neve know what disgusting things you put in them."
and also :
why can't men untangle their sox and the sleeves of their shirts when they put them into the laundry basket?
i do mine.............
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lloyd
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| nanny wrote: |
why can't men untangle their sox and the sleeves of their shirts when they put them into the laundry basket?............. |
You sound like CP.
Ladies, if you MUST buy delicate clothes that can't be washed with the other stuff, don't bl**dy leave it in the laundry bin then, or it might come back fitting a three year old!!
And another thing.....
If you don't want drips on the loo seat, why not just leave it up when you're not sat on it?
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Kathy
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And why don't they take their knickers out of their trousers before dropping them on the floor?
Lloyd, the loo seat is supposed to stay down and be lifted only for, well certain occasions, everyone knows this........................
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lloyd
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STET.
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nanny-now and forever
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pardon?
you should always put the seat and lid down when you have performed
other wise the chicken might fall into it
everybody knows that
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Cabbagepatch
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[quote="lloyd"][quote="nanny"]
Ladies, if you MUST buy delicate clothes that can't be washed with the other stuff, don't bl**dy leave it in the laundry bin then, or it might come back fitting a three year old!! quote]
One is supposed to check the wash care labels of clothes before bunging it in a thundering great boil wash.
And, seats are for sitting on. That is why they are attached to the lavatory. One does not expect to have to a) put it down, or b) even worse, clean it before parking one's behind on it.
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lloyd
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It's the whole up and down business that confusticates me. I mean, if you want it down, leave it down and risk splashes. If you don't want spashes, leave it up, or buy a bidet that we can go in, or leave the window open so we can pee out of that.
Obvious, isn't it?
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Becki
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O.k I've got one.
Why after drinking a carton of juice do men (mark) just leave it on the living room floor when I have spent all day cleaning?
I'ts not like it's in the west wing and the bin is in the East.
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lloyd
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Well, with anyone other than young smutty, I'd say he was worn out. In your case, maybe he's porned out?
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Becki
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ever thought of being a comedian?
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mrutty
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It was a bag drink I grabbed whilst ironing and after doing ironing for three hours and then carrying it up stairs I forgot about it. B was working her butt off watching telly at the time and I didn't even get offered a cup of tea.
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Becki
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well how do you explain the boxers left lying on the floor in the bedroom then?
(Sorry to air our dirty laundry in public but he started it)
Dirty laundry geddit
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lloyd
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They're not mine!!!!!!!
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Cabbagepatch
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| lloyd wrote: | | They're not mine!!!!!!! |
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Becki
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Did I say they were?
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lloyd
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It was implied.
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nanny-now and forever
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we have only your word for that lloyd
mind you
i thought you were into thongs so that pair of boxers couldn't have been yours....
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lloyd
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I go Commando since I misplaced my boxers recently.
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nanny-now and forever
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| lloyd wrote: | | I go Commando since I misplaced my boxers recently. |
thank you for sharing that with us lloyd
perhaps mark ironed them for you
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lloyd
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Ssh...here comes CP!!! 
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Cabbagepatch
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| lloyd wrote: | | I go Commando since I misplaced my boxers recently. |
He is still waiting for the knitted thong from Kathy........
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nanny-now and forever
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| Cabbagepatch wrote: | | lloyd wrote: | | I go Commando since I misplaced my boxers recently. |
He is still waiting for the knitted thong from Kathy........ |
ah
that was it
i remember now
so where is it
can't take that long to knit a thong presumably
or did it have to be extra large? 
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Cabbagepatch
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Kathy has the measurements.
You must ask her. I have no comment to make whatsoever. Going for a soak in a herbal bath now.
Goodnight! 
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Kathy
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Have I been framed.............................
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Cabbagepatch
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Nanny is the only pottie here to be regularly framed.
Therefore kathy, you will have to come up with another explanation........
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Becki
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And as for me, I never implied anything. :confused:
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Cabbagepatch
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Don't fret beccles, he's had too many cold cure pills today!
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lloyd
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Just taken some more........................... 
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Jellycakesforme
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Getting back to the washing, where were we up to?
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