On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:17:36 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 6:27:37 AM UTC-6, wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 19:29:44 -0800 (PST), "
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >How many people are living in your home?
>>
>>
>> Just me and the cat - but my friends are widows too and if anything I
>> do far more cooking than them, one of them stores saucepans in her
>> oven, so all things being pretty much equal, it's their dryers running
>> up the bill. When I lived in a house I generally had the washer and
>> dryer in the basement, so just to walk along the hall to the washers
>> and dryers is no big deal. In addition, one of them has to replace
>> her washer, it's biting the dust.
>>
>>
>I had a former boss who when she got home from work what she wore
>to work that day was tossed in the washer to wash and then dried.
>It might have been a tiny load but those tiny loads add up at the
>end of the month. Her excuse was if she wanted to wear that outfit
>again later in the week it would be clean; seemed like a waste of
>water, detergent, and energy to me. Maybe your friends are 'tiny'
>washers and to them it doesn't seem like they're using much water,
>detergent, and enerby.

They are all far more practical than that.