Comments | nmg: I heard it on the radio

nmg

I heard it on the radio

Nov 25, 2009 15:46

Young ias has used up about two minutes of her fifteen minutes of fame, talking about laundry (and being tumble dryer-free) on today's Women's Hour. You can heard her here (for the next seven days). The laundry segment starts at 31:00, and she's on first (and third).

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valkyriekaren November 25 2009, 16:08:39 UTC

I had a combined washer-dryer once and it was nothing but trouble - kept getting clogged with fluff, leaking, needing the filters changing etc.

_nicolai_ November 25 2009, 16:21:21 UTC

That's mostly from the washer-dryer-ness, not basic idea of a machine that dries clothes - washer-dryers just don't work very well, even now, though they've improved from the above to more "just not very effective at drying".

valkyriekaren November 25 2009, 16:42:50 UTC

Yeah, it was also not very effective, and also ATE ELECTRICITY LIKE A BASTARD, which I understand is a feature all dryers share.

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nannyo November 25 2009, 15:53:44 UTC

I thought I recognised the voice! I heard her! I just missed them saying who was who...

nmg November 25 2009, 19:57:06 UTC

I don't think that they named any of the contributors to that segment...

pinguthegreek November 25 2009, 17:15:41 UTC

Wheeeee ! That was a lovely treat !

ruthj November 27 2009, 17:10:44 UTC

Thanks for this. I love the smell of line-dried washing and think it is better for my clothes as well as the environment. We've got a fabby folding Brabantia airer, fixed to the outside wall, which I use whenever the weather is dry. We also have indoor airers, including one with three arms to hang coathangers on.

We still have a tumble dryer but I prefer not to use it. Got out of the habit when I had a useless washer-dryer in the Nottingham flat.