On 12/9/2016 2:47 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 11:38:20 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/6/2016 9:36 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 12/6/2016 8:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:47:04 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...k-life-UK.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't get the one who said there were no dryers - I had a washer and
>>>>> dryer in 1967 prior to leaving the UK.
>>>>
>>>> Me neither; it's nonsense. Tumble dryers are commonplace in the home,
>>>> even in rented accommodation. For tourists, hotels offer laundry
>>>> services and there are high street businesses offering service washes.
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>>
>>> People often make dumb assumptions. We rented a villa in Italy that had
>>> a washer, but no dryer. Therefore dryers do not exist in Italy.
>>> (We did take a basket of wet clothes to a laundromat in town)
>>
>> I've never been to Europe or England but I see those combo washer/dryer
>> units all the time on the show 'House Hunters International'. Yes, even
>> in rented flats. I always thought those combo units were a great idea.
>> I don't know why they haven't caught on in the U.S.
>>
> People like to have two loads going at the same time wash one while
> the other is drying. Of course that won't matter if you don't sort
> your laundry.
>
>
>
I guess that makes sense. I tend to do laundry in small loads and don't
worry much about sorting. I don't iron my clothes, either.

Jill