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Show The ThundcrbmC Monday October 8, 1984 Page Tales from the laundry room Judging by the foul odor coming from my closet, I would hazard a guess that the time has come to do laundry. I hate doing laundry. But, on the other hand, I also hate having total strangers walk up and say, Well, I can see what you had for lunch two weeks ago. It tends to discourage rational conversation with other humans when mustard dribbling down the front of you have a big glob of week-ol- d your shirt. So, with a grumble I begin to collect my scattered clothes: a sock, dangling from the television antenna; two pair of Levis and a wadded up and jammed into the corner of the closet; and the remaining articles, a vast mountain of soiled laundry, steaming in the sun. After great effort, I managed to somehow stuff the seething mass of trash bag. At last, I was ready to go. So with clothing into a a sock full of change and plenty of homework under my arm, I turned and headed for the Laundromat. Laundromats never cease to blow me away. I mean, really, if you think about it, a building filled with nothing but washers and dryers. I always wonder what archeologists a thousand years from now would make of them. Theyll probably think they were shrines of some sort, where tin deities would be fed offerings of cloth and small silver discs. Well, maybe not. When I try to explain this theory to people they often look at me oddly. There are so many choices on the washer: hot washhot rinse, warm washwarm rinse, warm washcool rinse, hot wash cool rinse, spin delicate fabrics, spin normal fabrics, etc., etc. Today I opt for the hot washwarm rinse mode. Since I am a firm follower of the rule of water conservation, and since I am a bit on the cheap side anyway, I decided to save both water and money by doing the entire load in one machine. When I had to climb up on top of the machine to stomp all of my clothes into it, the cashier came over to me and recommended in a stern, matronly voice that I use three washers. What? I sputtered indignantly. Thats outrageous. Why, that will cost me three dollars. Too bad, she snarled. Its either that or do them in the river. Seeing that she was a foot taller than me, I felt that discretion was the better part of valor. I retreated and sourly went to get more quarters. Finally, I was able to set the entire operation in motion, and retired to the waiting room where I intended to study for a while. I dont know about you guys, but studying in the Laundromat simply does not work for me. For some reason, sitting among a pile of shredded news and automotive magazines clumped together with various sticky copies of Childrens Highlights does not get my mental juices flowing. Not only that, but I always feel impelled to jump up every five minutes to lift the lid on the washer and peek in on my stuff just checking to see if its still there, I guess. Its a good idea to check up on your stuff though. I remember one time when I forgot to put soap in the machine until the rinse cycle came on. Just think: If I hadnt gone back and checked on it, I might have done a whole load without any soap. I guess I was lucky that time. I really hate making the transfer from washer to dryer, because I invariably drop most of my things on the floor. It always embarrasses me to have other people see my underwear or socks lying in a heap on the floor, particularly when they have been dyed pink from doing them with a red shirt. After half an hour, my clothes are finally dry even the Levis. Someone once told me that it is not a good idea to let your jeans get too dry. Now I know why. My favorite comfortable pair of pants has now shrunk down to a size that might have fit me when I was 10 years old. Well, I think to myself when I have returned home and am stuffing things into drawers, its not as easy as having Mom do it for me. But Convenience. Stores Located at all three Interchanges in Cedar City C-M-art 1--15 i We re open 24 hours for your convenience Snacks, Pop, Hot Dogs, Magazines and Much More its not too bad. Wait a minute! These arent my clothes... The Communication Connection Thunder bird Classified Ads Wellcome all UC students ; |