On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 12:44:53 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/10/2016 5:28 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 3:26:48 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> >
> >> When I arrived in Canada, I was appalled at the amount of laundry some
> >> friends with teenage daughters went through. It seemed ridiculous that
> >> they had to have freshly laundered jeans *every* day.
> >
> > The only clothing I wear more than once is if I'm working on some
> > DIY project like painting. Then I'll wear the same thing Saturday
> > and Sunday while I'm working. Otherwise it's fresh clothing every
> > day from the skin out.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
>
> I can usually gt two days out of a shirt in cool weather, every day in
> hot. Slacks can go three days. Underwear is fresh every day.
> Towels can go a few dys too. You should be clean getting out of the
> shower so it is just water on it.
>
> For the two of us, it is usually three loads a week. Whites, colors,
> sheets.

The HVAC in my office is terrible. I'll be sitting there and realize
I'm freezing so I put on a sweater or my ESD smock. Then an hour later
I'll notice I'm sweating like a horse and take off the sweater/smock.
Back and forth like that all day. It's not me, either. I can see
everybody in my vicinity doing it (except the guys right out of
college, who seem unfazed by any temperature changes).

We do whites, darks, hot-water wash (items that his allergist
wants washed in hot water), two loads of towels, two loads of
sheets, two or three loads of "good" clothes (lights, darks;
two loads of darks in the winter), and jeans. All of them
full loads except the jeans and sheets, for which I adjust
the water level in the washer appropriately. Oh, and bath
rugs every other week.

I reuse my towel (bath sheet) for a week; he takes two
showers a day so his is changed out three times a week.

That reminds me; it's time to start today's laundry efforts.

Cindy Hamilton