February 15, 2002
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How do you do your laundry?

I do my laundry in the laundry room on my dorm's first floor. I separate whites and colors and use little Tide tabs, then I use Downy static cling sheets in the dryer. :)

Katie2, 18
Detroit
, MI   USA

I have a washer and dryer in a utility room on the main floor of my house.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

Um, by putting in detergent and laundry and starting the washer. . .Actually, it's kind of annoying now, because in the last place I lived we had our own washer & dryer. So it was free. Where I live now, though, it's $1 a load to wash and $1 a load to dry. Need I say that I no longer wear my stuff that has to be washed separately? Need I say that my stuff is gradually turning strange colors from being washed together? I can't wait till we have our own washer & dryer. . .

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

Seperate darks and lights and use a little detergent. (note to self: submit more questions).

Alias Irrelevante

In the washing machine? Doesn't everyone do it that way these days?? Luckily my washer and dryer are right next to the bedroom so I can just drag the basket right up to the washer and dump stuff in. I separate into whites, mediums, and darks. Almost always I use cold water for the darks.  I use either Cheer or All liquid detergent and Bounce dryer sheets. It's a pain to do it, but it has to be done!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

I use my washer and drier.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

With a washing machine and a dryer Powdered detergent and dryer sheets Nothing special

Firelady, 23
Dallas
, TX   USA

I don't, my mommy does it.

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

very carefully

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

The usual way. In a washing machine and dryer.

Judy, 62
Easton
, KS   USA

At home (thank god) as needed, usually three or so loads per week.  Separate colors from whites. Warm or hot water with bleach for whites...cold water for colors. Stain stick if necessary. Dryer sheet fabric softener. Gee, how much else can be said about laundry?

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT USA

First I need to gather together $6.50 worth of quarters. I then lug a 15 lb bag of mixed darks and lights to the basement of my building. Separate all items into color groups, put into two separate washers w/ 1/2 cup each of liquid detergent. Struggle with the washer that refuses to take all of my quarters until I try several times. I then push the appropriate buttons, close the lids and go upstairs. 1/2 hour later I walk back down the basement from the 4th floor, pull the wet loads out of the washing machines and transfer to two driers. I pop in 2 fabric softener sheets (one in each drier), struggle with more quarters, close the doors and push appropriate buttons. An hour later, I walk back down to the basement, pull all clothes out of driers (sometimes they are still damp), stuff into bag, walk back upstairs and fold (finish drying for damp). I'm done. Not as tedious as it all sounds and sure beats years ago when I had to walk 2-5 blocks to do my laundry.

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

Hey! If anyone knows how to do laundry PLEASE email me and help me out! My clothes smell like ass! Help me 2000 Days Project, you're my only hope!

A-Dog, 19
McMinnville
, OR  USA

We do it ourselves. There's a laundromat in our apartment complex. Two piles: white and darks. That's all the separation I do.

Triana, 29
Austin
, TX   USA

As infrequently as possible. seeing as I only own, more or less, cotton t-shirts/tank-tops and blue jeans, I don't really sort. I just wash everything on cold with a lot of detergent and let everything dry for an hour and a half.

Johanna, 18
OK  USA

Since I only wear a loincloth,and sandals, along with my trusty, sword, spear, and shield, I normally do not have to do much laundry. One a a month, in order to get all the blood off my loincloth, after competing in the gladatorial contests, I beat my loincloth on the rocks, at the river, to get all the bloodstains off...after doing laundry, I am ready to layeth the smacketh down at the collaseum, during the gladatorial games...isn't that what everybody does?

Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown

I usually put in one of those big machines that combines water and detergent, and then spins it around a lot. After that I put it in one of those other machines that spin around a lot with only air added. I find this a lot easier than taking it all down to the river and beating it against the rocks. Man that got old real fast.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

Do laundry? Sort and wash with liquid Surf and Biz or bleach if doing whites. I have always liked to wash but will not iron. If it needs to be ironed  give it away!

Laney
TX  USA

Erm, In the washing machine, followed by the dryer. I do one load for whites, one for darks, and I have a separate pile for things that need to go to the dry cleaners but never make it. All my son's things go into one or two loads.

Boy, that's kind of a strange question..

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
NV  USA

I do my laundry in the laundry room on my dorm's first floor. I separate whites and colors and use little Tide tabs, then I use Downy static cling sheets in the dryer. :)

Katie2, 18
Ann Arbor
, MI   USA

Sort, wash in my washing machine, dry in the dryer, sort, fold, put away. But I hate socks!

Doug2, 29
Overland Park
, KS  USA

I sort it out by colors into different baskets, bring them upstairs, then wash the darks first and dry them, then fold them and put them in the basket, then the mediums and then the whites,and so on. Then I take them downstairs and take care of them.

Christina
MI  USA

Laundry? You mean we're supposed to wash our clothes? I simply throw mine away and buy new ones.

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

first I wash it, then I dry it.

Maggie, 22
Sandwich
, IL   USA

Actually I do laundry for my fiance at the same time but I'm assuming it is done the same as everyone else. When the pile builds up so high or by the end of the week, usually on Sat. or Sun..I toss the same colors of clothes into the washing machine. Tah DAH ! Nothing different unless it is done diff. in 20 years.

Stephanie, 25
TX  USA

Usually I do it at my Grams' house because my laundry machines are in a closet off of my livingroom and my parents use the space primarily as a storage space (thus I have to lug all the stuff out and  then lug it all back in). I use all cold water and a minimum of soap. My cousin started me on using baby shampoo for delicates. Then I dry on very low heat. (I can't believe I just wrote about my laundry).

Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario  CANADA

By kitchen sink, to save my food money. (hey, I'm in college!)

Derya

I'm most unhappy about the laundry situation at my home. The washing machine died in January so now we go to the laundromat. Ick. We won't buy a new washing machine until we pay off our credit card debt. I'm looking forward to my income tax return.

Laura, 37
Lowell
, MA   USA

In the washing machine and then i put it in the dryer

Nicole2, 20
FL  USA

Continuously. I have a husband that works construction for a living and two teenage boys and myself. There is always laundry to be done. Especially after on e of the boys clean their room. It is much easier to throw every thing down to be washed than to hang it up in a closet. But I just fold it up and put it back in their basket. I have a washer and a dryer down  stairs in my basement. My favorite line is, " Nuclear holocaust? Hummm.. I have 20 minutes to get a load of wash on."

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

In a laundry machine in the basement of my dorm. I pay with a laundry card and use Tide. I separate the lights from the colors. I put it in the washing machine first. . . then in the dryer. I use Bounce for fabric softening.

Eric, 19
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

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