you people in the UK without dryers do this how, again?

[winterbadger]

I went for a walk in the rain this morning (and very nice it was, too). I hung up all my wet clothes when I got home before I went to work.

The trousers (REI quick-dry) are dry now. The sneakers are still soggy, as are the socks, and there are still damp patches to the cotton pants and t-shirt.

Thank goodness I have a dryer downstairs. :-)

Comments

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Did you have the heating on? I'd have put the shoes under the radiator, or propped up on the top, and hung the clothes near it

[winterbadger]

Ha! Sadly, I don't control the heating.

I'd be afraid of scorching things if I put them on/under the radiator.

[wolfette]

I have a dryer.

[winterbadger]

Sensible woman. It's probably a model that actually works properly too. The one we had in our short-term flat on the Royal Mile just steamed things instead of drying them. :-) I think no one had worked out that you need to vent the water-laden air...

[peaceful-fox.livejournal.com]

What's worse? The combination washer/dryers. They wash and dry a couple of pairs of socks! ;-)

[winterbadger]

YES! That was what was in the flat! We thought "Woo! What a great idea!" and put Neta's jeans in it to wash and dry. Several days later, we thought "What a good idea--if it had WORKED!"

[wolfette]

yes, they need to be vented - or a condensing model.

Mind you I also have a very high ceiling and an "airer/pulley" in the kitchen area which will dry a lot of things.

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if it's something I need dried (relatively) quickly I hang it on the drying racks that hook onto the radiator.

Otherwise I hang them outside (like yesterday) - and then bring them in when it starts to rain, and hope I don't need them for several days. :)

[winterbadger]

Heeee!

[peaceful-fox.livejournal.com]

What's worse - many clothes now in the UK require low heat drying (which takes forever) or no drying in the dryer at all. UGH. Kevin and I have to check *every* label.

[winterbadger]

I love all the people in b_a who, when the subject of dryers would come up, would be all "Who needs that modern claptrap? We just festoon the inside of our tiny homes with wet clothes, like any sensible person. Why have a machine to do in an hour what nature will do in several days? You Americans, with your needless, wasteful electric appliances!"

This from the nation that has 1000x more electric kettles than the US (and tend to be similarly scornful---"What, you still heat water the old fashioned way? Get with the 21st century!" Though I think all the scorn is really just b_a, which is why I don't miss it...)

Not that electric kettles aren't a grand idea--they are!

[peaceful-fox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, as a person who HAS had to festoon their home with wet clothing (because clothing couldn't be dried in the dryer), and ended up with MUSTY smelling clothing, I prefer to NOT do it!

I know - an electric kettle that dries clothing! ;-D

I LOATHED being on b_a so I dropped it years ago. I hated the negativity.

[kevinrtaylor.livejournal.com]

I know - an electric kettle that dries clothing!

What about a drier that makes tea and coffee?

[winterbadger]

That would be brilliant! Because it could take all the steam out of the dryer part and use it in making the tea and coffee!

Go to it, o Very Smart Engineering Chap! :-)

[rockethokie.livejournal.com]

It seems we really should be doing something with what would just be waste heat. The problem is I wouldn't want to condense the steam to make my coffee because of the other vapors in it. Maybe there aren't any to speak of. At least we could come up with some type of heat exchanger that taps some of the heat while still venting the moisture. I wonder if it's worth the effort?

I wish my new allergies would let me sleep.

[ban-leodhasach.livejournal.com]

or you could have more than one pair of shoes :-)

[winterbadger]

I *do* have more than one pair of shoes, clever clogs. :-) Thanks goodness, or I would have had to stay home from work! Oh, hmm...


BTW, the shirt and pants were dry this morning, the socks were still damp...

I'm saving part of my nest-egg for a dryer like wolfette's. :-)