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On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:39:48 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 20/04/2013 6:37 AM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2013-04-20, Ophelia > wrote:
> >
> >> Same here. I wash all my dish cloths and tea towels in a 90c wash.

> >
> > There's a blast from the past. Tea towels. Say that to most ppl,
> > these days, and they look at you like you're speaking Swahili. Last
> > time I bought some was about 15 yrs ago and I bought 'em to make n'
> > filter some horchata. Had a devil of a time with the term, even then.
> > Hadda find an old granny aged sales person to get my drift.
> >
> > "I'm looking to buy some brbl&lp*@ frkl#'s"
> >

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> I always think of them as tea towels.


I use the terms interchangeably: tea towels, dish towels, whatever it
is called - I'll understand what you mean.

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