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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 15, 2015 13:21:34 GMT -5
I used to be a folder, then I just started laying them in the drawer flat. Now I the clean clothes on the guest room bed & call it good. You're not in bad shape until you sleep on the bed next to it. Can't now, but as a teenager with a full sized bed, I dang sure did.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 15, 2015 13:32:34 GMT -5
I used to be a folder, then I just started laying them in the drawer flat. Now I the clean clothes on the guest room bed & call it good. You're not in bad shape until you sleep on the bed next to it. Can't now, but as a teenager with a full sized bed, I dang sure did. I've done that, within the last decade. I've also been too lazy to make up my bed with the clean sheets, so I'd lay out two of the extra blankets on top of the mattress and climb in between them to sleep.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 15, 2015 13:43:48 GMT -5
You're not in bad shape until you sleep on the bed next to it. Can't now, but as a teenager with a full sized bed, I dang sure did. I've done that, within the last decade. I've also been too lazy to make up my bed with the clean sheets, so I'd lay out two of the extra blankets on top of the mattress and climb in between them to sleep. Done that too. Dang DH takes up too much of the bed to leave the laundry piled up anymore though.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 17, 2015 17:21:15 GMT -5
I used to be a folder, then I just started laying them in the drawer flat. Now I the clean clothes on the guest room bed & call it good. That, or just leave the underwear in the dryer and take out what you need for each new day until the dryer is emptied. This only works though if you live alone. I suppose I could do that, but people would steal my nice stuff. I do my laundry at the Laundromat.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jun 18, 2015 12:58:01 GMT -5
You are married, right? Nope. Hence just stuffing it in the darn drawer. I do pair socks though. I wear crazy and colorful socks. I refuse to 'pair socks.' I actually safety pin them together before they go into the hamper. Keep the pins in an extra shot glass. Then they're always together, through laundry, drying and storage until they're needed again. ETA: DH refuses to use my method. So his socks end up in 3 piles: Military green, Military white, Everything else. There's no way i'm pairing socks ever again.
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Post by Opti on Jun 19, 2015 9:44:43 GMT -5
I've done that, within the last decade. I've also been too lazy to make up my bed with the clean sheets, so I'd lay out two of the extra blankets on top of the mattress and climb in between them to sleep. Done that too. Dang DH takes up too much of the bed to leave the laundry piled up anymore though. Will he put on the clean sheets and fold laundry?
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Post by Opti on Jun 19, 2015 9:46:03 GMT -5
Nope. Hence just stuffing it in the darn drawer. I do pair socks though. I wear crazy and colorful socks. I refuse to 'pair socks.' I actually safety pin them together before they go into the hamper. Keep the pins in an extra shot glass. Then they're always together, through laundry, drying and storage until they're needed again. ETA: DH refuses to use my method. So his socks end up in 3 piles: Military green, Military white, Everything else. There's no way i'm pairing socks ever again. But you pair them with safety pins... Optimist confused.
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Post by Opti on Jun 19, 2015 9:47:32 GMT -5
That, or just leave the underwear in the dryer and take out what you need for each new day until the dryer is emptied. This only works though if you live alone. I suppose I could do that, but people would steal my nice stuff. I do my laundry at the Laundromat. This is the annoying part of using laundry facilities in a complex, or going to a Laundromat and shepherding your clothes from dirty to clean to packed in the car.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jun 19, 2015 9:56:02 GMT -5
I wear crazy and colorful socks. I refuse to 'pair socks.' I actually safety pin them together before they go into the hamper. Keep the pins in an extra shot glass. Then they're always together, through laundry, drying and storage until they're needed again. ETA: DH refuses to use my method. So his socks end up in 3 piles: Military green, Military white, Everything else. There's no way i'm pairing socks ever again. But you pair them with safety pins... Optimist confused. I don't pair them once they're clean, so DH puts his in loose, he gets unpaired socks back in a pile. I stick mine together, one pair at a time, when I'm done with them. I refuse to end up with the 'sock basket' and looking through for a pair of socks, or sitting down when putting laundry away and having to hunt for matching socks. I also refuse to go digging through my sock drawer and wondering how long it will take me to get a match.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 19, 2015 13:04:35 GMT -5
Done that too. Dang DH takes up too much of the bed to leave the laundry piled up anymore though. Will he put on the clean sheets and fold laundry? Yep. He does all kinds of housework
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 19, 2015 18:31:16 GMT -5
That, or just leave the underwear in the dryer and take out what you need for each new day until the dryer is emptied. This only works though if you live alone. I suppose I could do that, but people would steal my nice stuff. I do my laundry at the Laundromat. Did anyone see Impractical Jokers, when one of the guys had to steal a pair of lady's underwear and wear them on his head, while at the laundromat? I hate going to the laundromat. I have stored a washer and a dryer for the last 12 years (in case I have to move ), to avoid going to the laundromat! -My current landlord supplies washer and dryer, where I live. I keep a few basic tools, in a few different places, so I don't have to go dig them out each time I need one. (screwdriver, pliers) Mix a can of refried beans, a can of lays bean dip, spanish rice and shredded cheese, then heat. Serve with chips. Makes a great dip, lunch or dinner. Quick, easy, serves a lot.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 20, 2015 14:30:15 GMT -5
I suppose I could do that, but people would steal my nice stuff. I do my laundry at the Laundromat. Did anyone see Impractical Jokers, when one of the guys had to steal a pair of lady's underwear and wear them on his head, while at the laundromat? I hate going to the laundromat. I have stored a washer and a dryer for the last 12 years (in case I have to move ), to avoid going to the laundromat! -My current landlord supplies washer and dryer, where I live. I keep a few basic tools, in a few different places, so I don't have to go dig them out each time I need one. (screwdriver, pliers) Mix a can of refried beans, a can of lays bean dip, spanish rice and shredded cheese, then heat. Serve with chips. Makes a great dip, lunch or dinner. Quick, easy, serves a lot. LOL!!! We veered off a bit into other topics and so I completely forgot what the thread topic was. IFor a moment, I read TMR's post as just a misplaced random collection of thoughts. Although the recipe sounds delish:-)
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 20, 2015 15:52:01 GMT -5
I suppose I could do that, but people would steal my nice stuff. I do my laundry at the Laundromat. This is the annoying part of using laundry facilities in a complex, or going to a Laundromat and shepherding your clothes from dirty to clean to packed in the car. Wanna hear something even worse? Not only does my small house lack hookups for a washing machine/dryer, but I have no dishwasher! Can you believe that some people still live like savages?
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 20, 2015 16:43:33 GMT -5
This is the annoying part of using laundry facilities in a complex, or going to a Laundromat and shepherding your clothes from dirty to clean to packed in the car. Wanna hear something even worse? Not only does my small house lack hookups for a washing machine/dryer, but I have no dishwasher! Can you believe that some people still live like savages?
This just explains so much.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 20, 2015 16:57:11 GMT -5
Wanna hear something even worse? Not only does my small house lack hookups for a washing machine/dryer, but I have no dishwasher! Can you believe that some people still live like savages?
This just explains so much. I know, eh? Taking 10 minutes to wash dishes by hand is such a burden. Positively inhumane!
(Probably takes longer to rinse them and stack them in the dishwasher.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 18:28:41 GMT -5
You all fold underwear?? Why? I can honestly say, no guy has ever gotten to me in just underwear and turned me away because they obviously hadn't been folded.....
<walks away shaking head about the OCD freaks in this thread>> I have a jumbled up drawer where old underwear and bras go to die. But my real underwear drawer is shallow and there is a row of rolled up black and blue panties, a row of folded black and blue bras, a row of rolled up colored panties and a row of folded colored bras. Don't get a headache from the head shaking. Lol! What underwear I have on often says more about my mood than my clothing does. And certain underwear styles and/or colors work better with certain clothing. Keeping the drawer organized makes it much easier to quickly find whatever suits my mood and needs that day. I don't like having to look for stuff or move other things out of the way to get to what I want, and I guess that carries over into my underwear drawer. And I have a lot of it. There's actually a third drawer. Socks are in a drawer by themselves.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 22, 2015 2:57:52 GMT -5
You all fold underwear?? Why? I can honestly say, no guy has ever gotten to me in just underwear and turned me away because they obviously hadn't been folded.....
<walks away shaking head about the OCD freaks in this thread>> I have a jumbled up drawer where old underwear and bras go to die. But my real underwear drawer is shallow and there is a row of rolled up black and blue panties, a row of folded black and blue bras, a row of rolled up colored panties and a row of folded colored bras. Don't get a headache from the head shaking. Lol! What underwear I have on often says more about my mood than my clothing does. And certain underwear styles and/or colors work better with certain clothing. Keeping the drawer organized makes it much easier to quickly find whatever suits my mood and needs that day. I don't like having to look for stuff or move other things out of the way to get to what I want, and I guess that carries over into my underwear drawer. And I have a lot of it. There's actually a third drawer. Socks are in a drawer by themselves.Wait. You mean some people DON'T put their socks in a separate drawer?!? Okay all you mix-er uppers.fess up! So I can unfriend you!
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jun 22, 2015 8:40:38 GMT -5
I've done that, within the last decade. I've also been too lazy to make up my bed with the clean sheets, so I'd lay out two of the extra blankets on top of the mattress and climb in between them to sleep. Done that too. Dang DH takes up too much of the bed to leave the laundry piled up anymore though. We are guests at a rellies rural place. They want the sheets and towels washed before we leave. Gah. That's about 2 hours delay in leaving. We drive 1250 miles so that is a long time to wait. We bring sleeping bags and sleep on top of the bedding. The towels are washed then hung to dry as we load the car and eat breakfast. The place has video surveillance so they knew we weren't making beds. Our hosts said noting when we told them what we do. Our niece was delighted to learn how we handled the bedding.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 23, 2015 13:55:59 GMT -5
I have a jumbled up drawer where old underwear and bras go to die. But my real underwear drawer is shallow and there is a row of rolled up black and blue panties, a row of folded black and blue bras, a row of rolled up colored panties and a row of folded colored bras. Don't get a headache from the head shaking. Lol! What underwear I have on often says more about my mood than my clothing does. And certain underwear styles and/or colors work better with certain clothing. Keeping the drawer organized makes it much easier to quickly find whatever suits my mood and needs that day. I don't like having to look for stuff or move other things out of the way to get to what I want, and I guess that carries over into my underwear drawer. And I have a lot of it. There's actually a third drawer. Socks are in a drawer by themselves.Wait. You mean some people DON'T put their socks in a separate drawer?!? Okay all you mix-er uppers.fess up! So I can unfriend you! But but...I don't wanna be unfriended!
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jun 23, 2015 15:08:36 GMT -5
Wait. You mean some people DON'T put their socks in a separate drawer?!? Okay all you mix-er uppers.fess up! So I can unfriend you! But but...I don't wanna be unfriended! Don't feel bad, my socks share drawer space with my undies.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 23, 2015 20:18:01 GMT -5
But but...I don't wanna be unfriended! Don't feel bad, my socks share drawer space with my undies. I had no idea, I shared space with the likes of you guys! Y'all need some serious therapy! (Or more drawers! )
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 25, 2015 15:37:20 GMT -5
Don't feel bad, my socks share drawer space with my undies. I had no idea, I shared space with the likes of you guys! Y'all need some serious therapy! (Or more drawers! ) Maybe you need therapy if you can't let the drawers multitask.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jun 25, 2015 15:47:14 GMT -5
Opti - have a large safety pin handy when you remove your socks and slip the toe or heel onto the safety pin and close it. A large safety pin will hole about 4 pair of socks. Then throw the whole works in the wash. When dry, the socks are paired up! Then you cannot blame me for taking them. This actually happened. A man who was very persuasive has a life-long vendetta against me. He convinced his friends that I was the sock thief. They believed him. How gullible can a person get. Idjit can't comprehend why I think he is unsuitable to know.
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Post by lexxy703 on Jun 25, 2015 15:57:31 GMT -5
This just explains so much. I know, eh? Taking 10 minutes to wash dishes by hand is such a burden. Positively inhumane!
(Probably takes longer to rinse them and stack them in the dishwasher.
I thoroughly clean mine before putting them in the dishwasher. I sort of use my dishwasher as temporary weekly storage before running it & starting over.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 25, 2015 16:12:21 GMT -5
Opti - have a large safety pin handy when you remove your socks and slip the toe or heel onto the safety pin and close it. A large safety pin will hole about 4 pair of socks. Then throw the whole works in the wash. When dry, the socks are paired up! Then you cannot blame me for taking them. This actually happened. A man who was very persuasive has a life-long vendetta against me. He convinced his friends that I was the sock thief. They believed him. How gullible can a person get. Idjit can't comprehend why I think he is unsuitable to know. ppffth. Everyone knows that the spinning of the dryer drum plus the moisture creates a trans-dimensional vortex which socks use to escape this planet. Unfortuantely, the other dimension doesn't allow for two identical objects of the same matter to exist in the same space at the same time, hence only one sock can slip through the portal. I thought this was common knowledge.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 27, 2015 20:48:31 GMT -5
Opti - have a large safety pin handy when you remove your socks and slip the toe or heel onto the safety pin and close it. A large safety pin will hole about 4 pair of socks. Then throw the whole works in the wash. When dry, the socks are paired up! Then you cannot blame me for taking them. This actually happened. A man who was very persuasive has a life-long vendetta against me. He convinced his friends that I was the sock thief. They believed him. How gullible can a person get. Idjit can't comprehend why I think he is unsuitable to know. ppffth. Everyone knows that the spinning of the dryer drum plus the moisture creates a trans-dimensional vortex which socks use to escape this planet. Unfortuantely, the other dimension doesn't allow for two identical objects of the same matter to exist in the same space at the same time, hence only one sock can slip through the portal. I thought this was common knowledge. I thought there was a crack in the universe, they fell through.
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Post by taz157 on Jun 27, 2015 23:00:59 GMT -5
My MIL rinses dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. I generally rinse them if I won't be washing them soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 0:02:50 GMT -5
I'm a weirdeo that actually prefers washing dishes by hand. I used to use my dishwashers, but would always rinse them so well (OCD) not to mention never putting pots/pans through it. The dishes were basically spending hours getting sanitized, pffft! It's just the two of us for pete's sakes....10 min. and done!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jul 3, 2015 0:31:47 GMT -5
If you're cooking - then serving eggs sunny side up or over easy, that runny egg yolk will harden on the plate as soon as it cools down.
If you don't rinse the plate, sometimes using a nylon scrub brush or sponge, that dried up yolk on the plate will pretty much bake onto the plate if it goes through the dishwasher cycle (which is hot), and then the dry cycle (which is even HOTTER). It takes 2-3 minutes tops to rinse off plates immediately after eating and then stacking them in the dishwasher. At least you won't have baked-on food remnants.
It's not that difficult.
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