Home Ec 4, Fourth Period, 1/26

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"Last week we went over how to do laundry in a washing machine," Steve said. "However, there are going to be a wide variety of circumstances under which laundry won't or can't be done in a machine. You may be dealing with a delicate fabric that can't handle the unnatural stresses of a washing machine--some undergarments fall in this category. Or a washing machine may simply be unavailable. Now, I was born in the early part of the previous century, and my mother was a laundrywoman. It was how she kept a roof over our head and food on the table." It might not have been much, but it was what they had. "I know a thing or six about how to do laundry, but I'm not going to subject you to the vats of boiling water, the washboards, the harsh bleaches. Instead we're going to do this the more modern way: in the sink, with detergent."

Steve passed around a handout on how to hand wash clothing, then said, "In the interests of not making you wash your own unmentionables in public, I took the liberty of asking Miss Sparks at the clothing store in town for some of their overstock." The things she'd given him were frankly alarming. "So, you can pair up and figure this out without worrying about ruining anything, because it was all apparently going to be burned anyway."

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Re: Laundry Time!

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"Bobby," Steve said gently, "do you need a nap?"

Re: Laundry Time!

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"What? No!" Bobby gave him a wide-eyed look. "I have energy drinks." A lot of energy drinks. "I'm good."

Re: Laundry Time!

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Energy drinks. Steve couldn't go much further here without becoming a giant hypocrite, but he felt he was on safe ground with, "Try not to overdose on caffeine?"