Washing machines, laundry, clothes washing, lint etcetera

[McTojo]

Last month I attended a sake fair at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku. I was invited to this event by some Japanese folks I had met a year ago at a sake event.
The tickets were 5000 yen per person that the lady agreed to pay for - I wasn't sure if I had to reimburse her for the tickets. At any rate, they had asked for money for the ticket which I reluctantly paid because if I had known before hand that I would have to pay, I would've simply gone by myself, or not at all. I always attend sake tasting events alone - why bring sand to the beach? I wound up sweet talking this 31 year old Jukujo, taking her to another bar, and then banging her at a business hotel. Route Inn! The group, and a few of the brewers were seething with anger as they watched my nanpa her in front of them.

Question: Was I obligated to hang out with them the whole time at the fair? #2 Was I right in leaving with the girl and totally blowing the group off?

What would you have done ? By the way, she was fairly decent looking and thick. She was also with a group of her co-workers who took us to two after-parties, which they all paid for. The group had called and e-mailed me several times asking me about the girl, and why I hadn't come outside yet. I told them I had to pay for my own ticket, and that I would rather be with the girl who paid for me, and gave me the goods! Sayonora, and it was fun. Good bye!

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[Russell]

Yawn.......

You still a virgin?!?

[Coligny]

Did I tell you they still put the menu on the counters at my local McDonald ?

Because it's super usefull to help to decide at the last moment...

BTW, I vacuumed the loo this morning and I have to clean the cat shitbox and put fresh sand before thursday...

I wonder if I should not start a laundry now, with drying she might finish before midnight...

[Russell]

Did I tell you they still put the menu on the counters at my local McDonald ?

Because it's super usefull to help to decide at the last moment...

BTW, I vacuumed the loo this morning and I have to clean the cat shitbox and put fresh sand before thursday...

I wonder if I should not start a laundry now, with drying she might finish before midnight...

Fornicate Coligny, I start to like this thread...

[Coligny]

It's because you don't have to deal with this madness...

Yesterday me Julie complained once again that I let the clean dried laundry inside the washing masheen. I answered her that there is not a single drawer available to stor the clothe we use anyway (the clinic is still in a state of disorganisation that make you think we moved in yesterday and a big quake shook everything just after that...
So just now I went to do a laundry and discovered me Julie pants, pijamas and underwear that she quite neatly folded and sorted. But let on top of the washing masheen... because there is effectively nowhere else to put them...

Getting boring...

[GomiGirl]

Laundry has lots of problems for many people Coligny.

My issue with laundry is that every time it rains and there is washing on the line, the rain water causes dirt to splash from our gazillion planters that hang from the balcony railing. This means that we are always rewashing stuff. Drives me nuts. Especially as most of the planters just have weeds or dirt in them as hubby can't be bothered keeping them maintained. I want him to throw them away but he is insistent on keeping them as he "wants to get to them".

What about other people - do you have laundry issues too?

[Coligny]

You should soooo invest in a washer dryer... mine was 1 man second hand (with 60 degree water heating) from a flyjin sale... I think new they are the price of a small car... (from Mercedes Benz)

Sound like the same approach to gardenning as mominlaw... Usually, june-July she wants to grow... stuff... anything... So I clean a spot in the parking, put gravel for drainage, clean earth, all ready... She put seeds with cute little label to remember what is where... Then come august... the heat... and the "too boring to water them" phase... (Think : 12 year old who wants to play piano...)

This year... I spent quite some time and few heatstroke to install auto motion triggered lights in the parking... to SEE at night... it was awesome, I could park and see where I was going instead of just praying to hit dad's prius instead of my bro-in-law car first... Then mom wanted to grow passion fruits tree... BECAUSE... yup... just BECAUSE... so I put harness against the wall of the building to help them rise, we went to the big gardenning shop in the mountain side (where you can hear duelling banjos) to buy small baby passion fruits trees... and strangely enough... that stuff grew, despite the lack of water in august... and now I have a green monstruosity eating the first level of the wall of the building, totally covering my lighting spots (back to park in the dark) and trying to reach either the second floor (but slowed by the concrete sunshade over the windows) or to catch some of the cars, the little overhang indicator stick on dad's prius is always the first to be caught by some branches if he don't drive for more than a day... I think we will soon reach to point where it have to be killed with fire... BTW... no fruits this season...

In fact... it's like a triffid invasion... but even slower than in the TV show...

[Coligny]

BTW I started my 2012 cheeze fondue palooza... so for the first night it was meg-snow brand (in a braun package). Tasted like some sorte of super paste-y "vache qui rit" but, not a really good one, more like the "vache gros jean" ersatz... Not sure there was anything cheeze related init... More the kind of stuff you'd expect to have to refill in a car transmission or oil pan...

As with the previous years, I'll stop when I find the one so sickening that I end up the whole night my head inside the loo vomitting my guts of... The previous years winner have always been QBB, with sometimes a close tie with Max Value/Top Value... thing... that they call fondue... but is clearly misslabelled...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Yeah, I got one of those front loading washer dryers. I think it was 160,000 yen new but on sale. Don't get one of those top loading dryers. They really twist your clothes up.

[Coligny]

Yeah, I got one of those front loading washer dryers. I think it was 160,000 yen new but on sale. Don't get one of those top loading dryers. They really twist your clothes up.

Plus, with the front loading one you can put stuff on top... even if not directly on top to avoid vibration, a big deep shelf to held laundry basket or soaps... When space is at a premium like in Japan... it's a good option... or sit on it... the cats seems to love it... it's warm... shaky... and in my case get all the sun of the morning... When I have a cat coming back smelling laundry soap (and farting bubbles) I know where he was (and that I will have another painfull explaining session at the vet in the afternoon... "yes, this cat is an idiot, but it's not my fault, he was adopted, I'm not responsible for the screwups in his genes...")

[Russell]

Coligny, I don't get it.

I remember you have 30 or so rooms in your house, and no space to store laundry?

Time for a trip to IKEA?

[GomiGirl]

We have a dryer - it is a normal tumble dryer thingy but separate from the washing machine. Actually we have it mounted on a bracket so it sits above the washing machine kinda old skool style. But I tend not to use it - saving electricity etc - unless I really need to. Call me old fashioned, but there is nothing like the freshness of clothes that have been dried on a line in the sun.

Has anybody else had huge electricity bills lately? I am turning off lights religiously now trying to reduce the cost. But I think I read somewhere that I should be making sure I actually turn off my appliances rather than just having them in sleep mode to ensure I am not wasting electricity. We don't have a washlet loo so no wasted power there.

[GomiGirl]

BTW I started my 2012 cheeze fondue palooza... so for the first night it was meg-snow brand (in a braun package). Tasted like some sorte of super paste-y "vache qui rit" but, not a really good one, more like the "vache gros jean" ersatz... Not sure there was anything cheeze related init... More the kind of stuff you'd expect to have to refill in a car transmission or oil pan...

As with the previous years, I'll stop when I find the one so sickening that I end up the whole night my head inside the loo vomitting my guts of... The previous years winner have always been QBB, with sometimes a close tie with Max Value/Top Value... thing... that they call fondue... but is clearly misslabelled...

Nice one - we got some fondue sets for christmas presents last year. We have had some great ones - actual fondue sets. Not too bad. There is also a bagna calda kit you can buy - super yum. But as a frenchie, I would have assumed you would have been all about the chocolate fondue and dipping ze strawberries. Strawberries have just come into season so it is a good time to add to your fondue menu options.

[Russell]

Has anybody else had huge electricity bills lately?

Hmm. You're a TEPCO customer, right?

[GomiGirl]

Has anybody else had huge electricity bills lately?

Hmm. You're a TEPCO customer, right?

We get a choice?

[Russell]

Has anybody else had huge electricity bills lately?

Hmm. You're a TEPCO customer, right?

We get a choice?

No, but my point is that they increased their rates...

[Coligny]

Has anybody else had huge electricity bills lately? I am turning off lights religiously now trying to reduce the cost. But I think I read somewhere that I should be making sure I actually turn off my appliances rather than just having them in sleep mode to ensure I am not wasting electricity. We don't have a washlet loo so no wasted power there.

If by "lately" you mean, for the past 20 years...

yes... and on several countries too...

[Coligny]

Coligny, I don't get it.

I remember you have 30 or so rooms in your house, and no space to store laundry?

Time for a trip to IKEA?

Yes 30 rooms in the clinic, plus the inhabited house... all shock full of old junk considered "sacred (*)" as not to have to deal with a company to clear that shit...



(*) old mattress, rusted boilers and on and on... stuff that belong only to a trash... but as usual me Julie hide behind the "it's dad's we cant get rid of it" which is the new twist since before it was "we must ask permission to DAAAAADDDDD" hoping I would be scared to ask... but since between Mom and Dad the answers have invariably been from "what are you talking aboot ?" to mostly "I really don't give a flying fck" with sometimes "i've been wanting to get rid of this for yeeeaaaarrrrsss" she had to adapt her propaganda to match her inertia...

Nao if you don't mind I will shout out a bit of my frustration...


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Russell]

You could try to use the same techniques on her trash as your countryman...

But seriously, why don't you just load it in your car and bring it to the garbage disposal site bit by bit without asking her? So you can free up rooms one by one.

BTW, you don't have an old dentist drill lying around in that hospital somewhere? It would be an excellent tool for your RC models.

[McTojo]

C'mon guys answer up! Don't ignore my post

[sillygirl]

I got a new collar for my dog - because it's white, it gets dirty quite quickly.

But I can wash it in the washing machine...but not dry. The drier is broken.....

[Yokohammer]

We found a suspicious looking bolt head in the lint trap of our three-year-old front-loading washer/dryer a couple of months ago. Figured that didn't look too good so we called the repairman and, yup, one of the bolts holding the vanes to the drum had sheared off. So ... we got a brand new washing machine (close to 200,000 worth) at no charge!!

Yay 5-year warranty! Yay Hitachi!

[yanpa]

Has anybody else had huge electricity bills lately? I am turning off lights religiously now trying to reduce the cost. But I think I read somewhere that I should be making sure I actually turn off my appliances rather than just having them in sleep mode to ensure I am not wasting electricity. We don't have a washlet loo so no wasted power there.

Define "huge", IIRC last bill was a smidgen under 8,000 yen for 2 people. Much of that was the dryer, methinks. Seems to have been raining a lot recently. It's a front-loading combined washer/dryer which I inherited from a Japan-departing friend, compared to other washing machines I've had in Japan it's pretty good, but I still miss something which can, if needed, boil washing at 90ºC.

[yanpa]

You should soooo invest in a washer dryer... mine was 1 man second hand (with 60 degree water heating) from a flyjin sale... I think new they are the price of a small car... (from Mercedes Benz)

Looks like we'll have to start a saving fund for the cats. Not that we have any mind.

[Yokohammer]

Hey, can a passing mod perhaps change the title of this thread to something more on-topic, like "The Washing Machine Thread" or "Clothes Washing Issues," or something? I might want to find it again.

[yanpa]

Done.

While we're on the subject, has anyone ever thought about how much lint is produced globally each year? Maybe for each household it's not a huge amount, but if each household produces an average of 500g annually and there are 50 million households in Japan (figures off the top of my head), that's 25 million tonnes of lint just Japan alone. Surely there's some environmentally-friendly use to which this could be put? Maybe as padding for a giant quilt to insulate the icecaps? A lint-fired power station? The possibilities are endless.

[Russell]

Done.

While we're on the subject, has anyone ever thought about how much lint is produced globally each year? Maybe for each household it's not a huge amount, but if each household produces an average of 500g annually and there are 50 million households in Japan (figures off the top of my head), that's 25 million tonnes of lint just Japan alone. Surely there's some environmentally-friendly use to which this could be put? Maybe as padding for a giant quilt to insulate the icecaps? A lint-fired power station? The possibilities are endless.

If you're talking about navel lint, your estimate of 500g produced annually by my household is far off. I produce that amount on my own easily.

Now, what to use it for? Fillings for love pillows?

[yanpa]

Done.

While we're on the subject, has anyone ever thought about how much lint is produced globally each year? Maybe for each household it's not a huge amount, but if each household produces an average of 500g annually and there are 50 million households in Japan (figures off the top of my head), that's 25 million tonnes of lint just Japan alone. Surely there's some environmentally-friendly use to which this could be put? Maybe as padding for a giant quilt to insulate the icecaps? A lint-fired power station? The possibilities are endless.

If you're talking about navel lint, your estimate of 500g produced annually by my household is far off. I produce that amount on my own easily.

I was talking about washing machine lint. Come to think of it though, I don't recall generating much navel lint in recent years... I must look into that to see if there are any useful scientific observations I can make for the betterment of humanity.

Now, what to use it for? Fillings for love pillows?

We could pool our resources and build a giant themepark recreating the sights of Japan modelled in lint

[Taro Toporific]

... and I have to clean the cat shitbox and put fresh sand before thursday...
I wonder if I should not start a laundry now, with drying she might finish before midnight...

My Hitachi washing machine is a pleasure and it pleasures itself...

[Russell]

I was talking about washing machine lint. Come to think of it though, I don't recall generating much navel lint in recent years... I must look into that to see if there are any useful scientific observations I can make for the betterment of humanity.

Has been done already...

We could pool our resources and build a giant themepark recreating the sights of Japan modelled in lint

Sounds like a cool project.