My solution would have been to suck it up and go to the laundromat more often. My husband's solution? A laundry device that, while pleasingly smooth and egg-shaped, requires actual human input to clean my sports bras and running shorts. Some people call this elbow grease. I call this something that is unprintable on a blog read by my parents and parents-in-law.
Some illustrations of the cleaning process:
(1) Spin cycle
(2) Rinse cycle 
(3) Dryer
For those who know Drew, it should come as no surprise that he adores our hand-cranked washing "machine." Its self-reliant, its green, it looks cool, etc. There are a few problems, however. First, it requires so much of the aforementioned elbow grease that doing laundry creates more laundry because you get all sweaty. Second, the rinse cycle needs some work. The other day, caught in a sudden downpour during my run, I glanced down and saw soap foaming down my legs.
Still, I am appreciative that Drew wants to hand-crank our way out of trips to the laundromat. If only the same company would invent a rotating dish egg, I would be relieved of all my household responsibilities.
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5 comments:
Why can't you people just wash your clothes in a bowl outside with some dish soap Filipino style?
That's super green.
Help! We're dying of laughter here.
That's even harder work. The "egg" creates a pressured chamber (with hot water) that forces soap into the clothes and stains out. At least that's what it says on the manual. It works better than just agitation, at least that's what I tell myself.
It looks like this.
Laundry? There are a number of fast-flowing streams coming off the volcanic rocks near you behind Merizo that would serve as a natural laundramat. Beating the yucky sports bra with securely grasped, large smooth basalt cobbles, while kneeling in said stream will drive away all the yuckiness, although leptospirosis may be a factor.
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