Washing machines, laundry, clothes washing, lint etcetera

[yanpa]

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 hope we have been able to provide information for doctors when they are next confronted with the simple question of 'why some belly buttons collect so much lint and others do not'."

Fascinating. I will certainly be asking my doctor that question to see if he's been keeping up with the latest research.

An earlier, Australian study of samples from 5,000 people concluded the typical carrier of navel fluff to be 'a slightly overweight middle-aged male with a hairy abdomen'.

Hmm, I almost fall into that category, but like I said, not much navel lint recently. Mind you I'm not Australian.

[Russell]

Hmm, I almost fall into that category, but like I said, not much navel lint recently.

You shave too often...

[Taro Toporific]

Amateurs! I can fill all three of those bottles---twice over---in one year.

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(Did anyone else notice that the bottles from Mr. "Navel Fluff" show he was wearing a blaze orange prison uniform from late 1994 to 2000 and then again for 2002?)

[Russell]

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

Please, stay on topic, pleazzuu.

[yanpa]

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

The top of my head is not a good place for figures in the early morning - that should be 25,000 tonnes annually, which to put into perspective is approximately the same as Rwanda's fish production target for 2013.

[GomiGirl]

I am still a throwback from the 90's and have kept my belly ring. No lint catches in there because of that.

Speaking of belly rings, when I was pregnant, I changed it to a teflon one with different jewels dangling off it - used to freak out my Ob-Gyn all the time. It is amazing the stretch that happens in your belly button when you have a massive baby in there. But it has gone back to normal size now.

I should really take it out - but I am holding onto my youth for dear life.

[Coligny]

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.

You are Joking right ?

The lowest bill we got in the clinic was 80 000 yens with often between 100 000 to 120 000. The flat in Navoya was closer to 75 000 but with the meter maxed out...

[yanpa]

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.

You are Joking right ?

Err, no.

The lowest bill we got in the clinic was 80 000 yens with often between 100 000 to 120 000. The flat in Navoya was closer to 75 000 but with the meter maxed out...

Do you run mainframe-controlled pottery kilns 24/7 or something?!

[Taro Toporific]

...approximately the same as Rwanda's fish production target for 2013.

Speaking of fish production targets, did you know that Lake Titicaca's endangered aquatic scrotum frog, the Telmotobius Culeus (Latin for aquatic scrotum), is suffering a grave decline in their population, down from a estimated 1 billion toads in the 1970s.*

Click to play.

frog-frappe.jpg

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*One billion was the frog count that I was told when I visited Peru's
Lake Titicaca in 1972 by riding down the PanAmerican Highway
from the US on an OSSA 250 enduro motorcycle, CSB.)

[yanpa]

...approximately the same as Rwanda's fish production target for 2013.

Speaking of fish production targets, did you know that Lake Titicaca's endangered aquatic scrotum frog, the Telmotobius Culeus (Latin for aquatic scrotum), is in grave decline in their population, down from a estimated 1 billion toads in the 1970s.*

I did indeed not know that, but I'll file it away for future reference - it's these kind of factoids which underpin my reputation as a witty raconteur and all-round star of the party.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

...approximately the same as Rwanda's fish production target for 2013.

Speaking of fish production targets, did you know that Lake Titicaca's endangered aquatic scrotum frog, the Telmotobius Culeus (Latin for aquatic scrotum), is suffering a grave decline in their population, down from a estimated 1 billion toads in the 1970s.*

Click to play.

frog-frappe.jpg

..

*One billion was the frog count that I was told when I visited Peru's
Lake Titicaca in 1972 by riding down the PanAmerican Highway
from the US on an OSSA 250 enduro motorcycle, CSB.)

We need something like that in our Deep North.

BTW, anyone know where to buy a deep-fried Mars bar in London?

[sillygirl]

GG - I have still got my belly button piercing and I am waay older than you....if it makes you feel better?

Ps. Everyone! I got laid last night!! Oh sorry.

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[Coligny]

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.

Most of the equipment is at 2nd or 3rd floor, in the 80 to 300kg range... no elevator... some can be taken appart, but need cutting torches...

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.

Got some harvested from mah dentist...

[Coligny]

GG - I have still got my belly button piercing and I am waay older than you....if it makes you feel better?

Ps. Everyone! I got laid last night!! Oh sorry.

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[yanpa]

Ps. Everyone! I got laid last night!! Oh sorry.

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Oh, quite the contrary! Did your partner (note careful use of non-gender-specific term) have navel lint?

[Coligny]

or anykind of piercing despite his age ?

WWGD ?

(what would Greji do ?)

[sillygirl]

Ps. Everyone! I got laid last night!! Oh sorry.

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Oh, quite the contrary! Did your partner (note careful use of non-gender-specific term) have navel lint?

I was too busy looking at his knob to notice....

[sillygirl]

or anykind of piercing despite his age ?

WWGD ?

(what would Greji do ?)

He has a lot of piercings and tattoos but he is my toy boy by 11 years... (woot! high five myself ala McToejam)

[GomiGirl]

To change the subject again - I was walking around kabukicho the other afternoon and noticed that the host bars are more and more prolific.. plus the hairstyles of the lads are getting more and more ridiculous...

[Coligny]

plus the hairstyles of the lads are getting more and more ridiculous...

Do you also have that urgent need to punch them when you cross their way ?

Because I sure as hell do...

Best is when you see them at the combini outside their working hours with a slut in tow both in sport-ish pajamas with matching hello kitty slippers. The slut usually without makeup nor eyebrows... I wish I could capture them to sell to pharmacy companies for animal testing...

[GomiGirl]

plus the hairstyles of the lads are getting more and more ridiculous...

Do you also have that urgent need to punch them when you cross their way ?

Yes and I am a non-violent person normally. There is just something about them that makes me want to snap off their over processed and starched hair at the follicles or at the very least, chase them with an open flame.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Leave 'em alone! They're young and enjoying it....let them do it now and look back decades hence and cringe (like I do when I see photos from the '70s with long, flowing looks, shark tooth earring, woolen cardy and uggies, thinking I was the epitome of coolness. At least I didn't wear treads...).

[wagyl]

long, flowing looks, shark tooth earring, woolen cardy and uggies, thinking I was the epitome of coolness.

wait, wait ... this is uncool???

[matsuki]

plus the hairstyles of the lads are getting more and more ridiculous...

Do you also have that urgent need to punch them when you cross their way ?

Because I sure as hell do...

Best is when you see them at the combini outside their working hours with a slut in tow both in sport-ish pajamas with matching hello kitty slippers. The slut usually without makeup nor eyebrows... I wish I could capture them to sell to pharmacy companies for animal testing chokonen for his stables...

FTFY

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

long, flowing looks, shark tooth earring, woolen cardy and uggies, thinking I was the epitome of coolness.

wait, wait ... this is uncool???

It was/is...I misspelled "locks."

[Samurai_Jerk]

plus the hairstyles of the lads are getting more and more ridiculous...

Do you also have that urgent need to punch them when you cross their way ?

Because I sure as hell do...

Best is when you see them at the combini outside their working hours with a slut in tow both in sport-ish pajamas with matching hello kitty slippers. The slut usually without makeup nor eyebrows... I wish I could capture them to sell to pharmacy companies for animal testing...

Wow, you still see yankees at your local combini!? You really do live in the inaka.

[Samurai_Jerk]

The flat in Navoya was closer to 75 000 but with the meter maxed out...

How big was your flat and were what the hell were you using it for?

The highest electric bill I've ever had was about 12,000 yen and that was in the middle of summer in an apartment with a big wrap around window and two AC units. The place was about 40 sq meters. In every other placed I've lived I generally pay about 6,000 yen a month in winter or summer and 4,000 in spring or fall and I run my dryer 2 - 4 times a week.

[Greji]

or anykind of piercing despite his age ?

WWGD ?

(what would Greji do ?)

He has a lot of piercings and tattoos but he is my toy boy by 11 years... (woot! high five myself ala McToejam)

11 years? A fucking super cougar is born! What happened to me charming little school marm?

[Coligny]

The flat in Navoya was closer to 75 000 but with the meter maxed out...

How big was your flat and were what the hell were you using it for?

The highest electric bill I've ever had was about 12,000 yen and that was in the middle of summer in an apartment with a big wrap around window and two AC units. The place was about 40 sq meters. In every other placed I've lived I generally pay about 6,000 yen a month in winter or summer and 4,000 in spring or fall and I run my dryer 2 - 4 times a week.

3ldk... more gaz plugs in the rooms than electric sockets... so heating was not even electric...
seriously... can't explain..

[GomiGirl]

Aren't you on holidays? Why are you on FG and not having fun?

How was the flight?