OT - Sheets again

[Nunya Bidnits]

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[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:25:39 PM UTC-5, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
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> https://www.facebook.com/ConsumerReports/?fref=nf
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>
Facebook is as annoying as a handful of wire coat hangers.
"Sign in!" "Sign up!" Sign in!" While covering half the
screen with a large white square but I was able to see what
you directed us to.

Folding a fitted sheet is easy peasy, takes but a minute
or two of stuffing all 4 corners in to 1 corner. After that
it's just a matter of smoothing the sheet and folding into
a neat square.

If you need more help there are several videos on YouTube.

[Nancy2]

Martha has a video showing how to "properly" fold fitted sheets.

N.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 4:43:29 PM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
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> Martha has a video showing how to "properly" fold fitted sheets.
>
> N.
>
>

I just watched someone from her staff show how to fold a
fitted sheet to a clueless guest on her recent TV show.
Good grief, no wonder the guest makes such a horrible
mess of folding her fitted sheets.

Here's a YouTube video that is very similar to the way
I fold my fitted sheets. Fitted sheets taken off the
clothes line are easier to fold than ones just coming
out of the dryer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHTyH2nuFAw

[21bla...@gmail.com]

my maid[s] handle the sheets

marc

[sf]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:43:25 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
<ellor...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Martha has a video showing how to "properly" fold fitted sheets.
>

Note: it needs Flash, which I've uninstalled.

--

sf

[graham]

What an effing waste of time!!!!!
Graham

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Yes, it is if you don't ever change your sheets or if
you put the same sheets back on the bed once they've
been washed. But for those of us who might have
several sets of sheets it's nice when they are neatly
folded and put away. Neatly folded sheets take up less
storage space.

[Julie Bove]

"sf" <s...@geemail.com> wrote in message
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Put it back. You need it.

[jmcquown]

Oh, you sparked a memory of folding sheets (including fitted bottom
sheets) with my mother. :)

There have always been spare sets of sheets in the linen closet, both
fitted and flat. An extra blanket or two, too. There is even an extra
bedspread.

Jill

[Cindy Hamilton]

Agreed. I wash the sheets and put them back on the bed. We've got
a set of spares in case of some odd occurrence. They're the old
set that we retired from daily use when they became worn out.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
> graham wrote:
> > What an effing waste of time!!!!!
>

> Agreed. I wash the sheets and put them back on the bed. We've got
> a set of spares in case of some odd occurrence. They're the old
> set that we retired from daily use when they became worn out.

I have 2 or 3 sets and a couple extra top sheets.
I'm your typical bachelor though. I "half-ass," quickly and sloppily
fold up sheets and toss them onto the top shelf of closet. Even pillow
cases...just toss them up there in a pile. I don't have space issues and
I sure don't care about wrinkles. It's just me.

[lucreti...@fl.it]

I fold them - almost as the man in the video did - except that I fold
them the other way. I'm only 5ft 2 (if I draw my breath in) and my
arm span is not sufficient to do it end to end the way he does. I put
the two foot corners into the two head corners, but otherwise its the
same.

My cat might complain if everything was tossed in - she likes to be
able to hike open the linen cupboard door, jump up on to the sheets
and nestle down. She complains by tossing stuff out onto the floor,
so it pays to make sure she has a nice bed in there :) I suppose I
could put another hitch on the door instead of the magnetic one but
lifes too short to bother :)

[Gary]

lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
>
> My cat might complain if everything was tossed in - she likes to be
> able to hike open the linen cupboard door, jump up on to the sheets
> and nestle down. She complains by tossing stuff out onto the floor,
> so it pays to make sure she has a nice bed in there :) I suppose I
> could put another hitch on the door instead of the magnetic one but
> lifes too short to bother :)

My ferrets all learned to open my bottom cabinet doors (with magnets) in
the kitchen. Then they would jump up onto the shelf in there, then climb
up into to drawers. If I left a drawer open, they would show up on the
countertop. If the drawers were closed and a ferret went missing, I'd
look for the open bottom cabinet door, then checking all drawers, I
often found one sleeping. heheh

[Nancy Young]

On 6/27/2016 10:18 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

It's not that I think folding the bottom sheet is a joy of
a chore, but it was clear to me that you have to make it into
a rectangle, just line up the pockets and fold two sides in
to form a reasonably neat, foldable item.

I get the top sheet, the pillowcases and the bottom sheet
into even-ish rectangles, stack them and roll. They fit
into the linen closet that way and they're all together.

All of this might take a minute. What's the big deal.

nancy

[lucreti...@fl.it]

I never spoiled my kids and one of them commented once that my cats
get away with more than they did :) Proper thing too.

[lucreti...@fl.it]

I saw a Martha Stewart tip that made sense, when its all folded, place
inside the correct pillowslip/case. However, I'm not quite ambitious
enough to do that :)

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 7:08:27 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> I get the top sheet, the pillowcases and the bottom sheet
> into even-ish rectangles, stack them and roll. They fit
> into the linen closet that way and they're all together.
>
> All of this might take a minute. What's the big deal.
>
> nancy
>
>

Once you get the hang of it you're right, it takes
about a minute and they're folded and a set is
together for the next time you change the bed. The
first time or two I did it was a bit frustrating.

[Dave Smith]

I fold sheets as I remove them from the clothes line. I remove the pegs,
line them up evenly and then draw one end back to the opposite end and
repeat. Then I hook my fingers under the partially folded sheet, pull it
off the line and fold the more manageable sheets a couple more times and
it is set to go.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 8:59:03 AM UTC-5, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
>
> I saw a Martha Stewart tip that made sense, when its all folded, place
> inside the correct pillowslip/case. However, I'm not quite ambitious
> enough to do that :)
>
>

That method I don't care for, but that's just me. I
want the top sheet folded nicely, same for the bottom,
then the pillow cases folded neatly and on top of the
bundle.

[Nancy Young]

On 6/28/2016 9:58 AM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:08:19 -0400, Nancy Young
> <rjynlyo...@verizon.net> wrote:

>> It's not that I think folding the bottom sheet is a joy of
>> a chore, but it was clear to me that you have to make it into
>> a rectangle, just line up the pockets and fold two sides in
>> to form a reasonably neat, foldable item.
>>
>> I get the top sheet, the pillowcases and the bottom sheet
>> into even-ish rectangles, stack them and roll. They fit
>> into the linen closet that way and they're all together.
>>
>> All of this might take a minute. What's the big deal.

> I saw a Martha Stewart tip that made sense, when its all folded, place
> inside the correct pillowslip/case. However, I'm not quite ambitious
> enough to do that :)

I can see how that might be handy but I don't do that.
They're fine just rolled up. I have my way of folding
towels, too, because I might not be OCD about neatness,
I like stuff put away in order.

nancy

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 9:15:00 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I fold sheets as I remove them from the clothes line. I remove the pegs,
> line them up evenly and then draw one end back to the opposite end and
> repeat. Then I hook my fingers under the partially folded sheet, pull it
> off the line and fold the more manageable sheets a couple more times and
> it is set to go.
>
>

Same here! Once I get the basket inside I'll lay the
fitted sheet on the bed and do the final folding. For
me, laying it on the bed makes it more manageable and
easy to smooth out any wrinkles.

In the wintertime when I have to use the dryer I will
dry one sheet and one pillowcase at a time. It's easier
to manage just one sheet instead of that wadded up
bundle when they all tumble at the same time. While I'm
folding one sheet and pillowcase the other is in the
dryer getting toasted.

[Nancy Young]

On 6/28/2016 10:06 AM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 7:08:27 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> I get the top sheet, the pillowcases and the bottom sheet
>> into even-ish rectangles, stack them and roll. They fit
>> into the linen closet that way and they're all together.
>>
>> All of this might take a minute. What's the big deal.

> Once you get the hang of it you're right, it takes
> about a minute and they're folded and a set is
> together for the next time you change the bed. The
> first time or two I did it was a bit frustrating.

I've thought about it and it occurred to me we only had
a set of sheets for our bed as kids, they were washed and
put back on the bed, no folding. I was in my 20s before I
had to figure out how to fold extra sheet sets to store.

You are right, it was a learning curve, I didn't have the
internet for reference. but I figured it out eventually.

nancy

[graham]

Because it is so unnecessary. It reminds me of the woman who wrote to
the tips column in the paper. She cut little circles from paper doilies
using dress-maker's pinking scissors, to put between the teacup and the
saucer to soak up any drips of tea that might stray.
Graham

[Gary]

"itsjoan...@webtv.net" wrote:
> Same here! Once I get the basket inside I'll lay the
> fitted sheet on the bed and do the final folding. For
> me, laying it on the bed makes it more manageable and
> easy to smooth out any wrinkles.

I certainly don't worry about wrinkles with bed sheets. Once on the bed
they straighten out and are then covered up with blankets or comforter.

[Gary]

Agree. Never spoiled my daughter but guilty for spoiling ferrets. Even
when Mia got into something or did something that I didn't like, I would
pick her up and rather than yell at her, I would just say, "Are you
being a ferret again?" Then give her a kiss and put her down. She never
knew a moment of anger or violence.

[Nancy Young]

On 6/28/2016 11:37 AM, graham wrote:
> On 28/06/2016 6:08 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> I get the top sheet, the pillowcases and the bottom sheet
>> into even-ish rectangles, stack them and roll. They fit
>> into the linen closet that way and they're all together.
>>
>> All of this might take a minute. What's the big deal.

> Because it is so unnecessary.

Well, I know you're busy inventing the cure for all deadly diseases
while finding a solution for world hunger, so your days are very
busy. I can chit chat or watch tv while folding the sheets so they
aren't wrinkly when it's time to use them. I even managed to fold
sheets when I was working crazy hours.

> It reminds me of the woman who wrote to
> the tips column in the paper. She cut little circles from paper doilies
> using dress-maker's pinking scissors, to put between the teacup and the
> saucer to soak up any drips of tea that might stray.

Tea drinker problems. What are you going to do.

nancy

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 2:39:00 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 6/28/2016 11:37 AM, graham wrote:
> > On 28/06/2016 6:08 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> I get the top sheet, the pillowcases and the bottom sheet
> >> into even-ish rectangles, stack them and roll. They fit
> >> into the linen closet that way and they're all together.
> >>
> >> All of this might take a minute. What's the big deal.
>
> > Because it is so unnecessary.
>
> Well, I know you're busy inventing the cure for all deadly diseases
> while finding a solution for world hunger, so your days are very
> busy. I can chit chat or watch tv while folding the sheets so they
> aren't wrinkly when it's time to use them. I even managed to fold
> sheets when I was working crazy hours.

Like washing dishes by hand or hanging laundry to dry, I have
much, much better things to do than fold sheets. Virtually
anything is better than housework, although reading books
is my first preference.

I don't care if sheets are wrinkled. I take 'em out of the
dryer and pretty much count on the fact that they'll be back
on the bed by the time I'm ready to go to sleep.

Sometimes nearly a week passes before I fold a basket of
laundry (not until I'm ready to use that basket again to
do another load). Wrinkly socks and skivvies are far down
on my list of concerns.

I immediately hang up the clothes that I wear to work, as soon
as they come out of the dryer. I'm not completely without
standards.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 1:39:00 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> On 6/28/2016 11:37 AM, graham wrote:
>
> > Because it is so unnecessary.
>
> Well, I know you're busy inventing the cure for all deadly diseases
> while finding a solution for world hunger, so your days are very
> busy. I can chit chat or watch tv while folding the sheets so they
> aren't wrinkly when it's time to use them. I even managed to fold
> sheets when I was working crazy hours.
>

> nancy
>
>
Too funny.

It may be unnecessary for many but I just like neat sheets
along with folded towels, dishcloths, and underwear. Since
I don't have a dishwasher, other than those hanging off the
ends of my arms, I do have to hand wash dishes.

[Brooklyn1]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:47:20 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:25:39 PM UTC-5, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/ConsumerReports/?fref=nf
>>
>>
>Facebook is as annoying as a handful of wire coat hangers.
>"Sign in!" "Sign up!" Sign in!" While covering half the
>screen with a large white square but I was able to see what
>you directed us to.
>
>Folding a fitted sheet is easy peasy, takes but a minute
>or two of stuffing all 4 corners in to 1 corner. After that
>it's just a matter of smoothing the sheet and folding into
>a neat square.
>
>If you need more help there are several videos on YouTube.

I do all the laundry and I fold everything including fitted sheets,
nothing could be easier, done exactly as you describe. I could never
undersand anyone complaing about doing laundry, except for folding and
putting away it's all done by machine, it's not like yoose gotta break
out the scrub board and Octagon brown soap.

[Nancy Young]

On 6/28/2016 3:41 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 1:39:00 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:

>> Well, I know you're busy inventing the cure for all deadly diseases
>> while finding a solution for world hunger, so your days are very
>> busy. I can chit chat or watch tv while folding the sheets so they
>> aren't wrinkly when it's time to use them. I even managed to fold
>> sheets when I was working crazy hours.

> Too funny.
>
> It may be unnecessary for many but I just like neat sheets
> along with folded towels, dishcloths, and underwear.

When I'm done doing laundry, I like the stuff to look like it was
cleaned, not a candidate for the hamper.

And no one would accuse me of being a neatnik.

> Since
> I don't have a dishwasher, other than those hanging off the
> ends of my arms, I do have to hand wash dishes.

Nothing wrong with that, I wash dishes every day. I don't mind it
all that much. I was the resident dishwasher, growing up.

nancy

[Nancy Young]

On 6/28/2016 3:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 2:39:00 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:

>> busy. I can chit chat or watch tv while folding the sheets so they
>> aren't wrinkly when it's time to use them. I even managed to fold
>> sheets when I was working crazy hours.
>
> Like washing dishes by hand or hanging laundry to dry, I have
> much, much better things to do than fold sheets. Virtually
> anything is better than housework, although reading books
> is my first preference.

Growing up, I had to take all my clothes to the laundromat.
Even into my late 20s, I didn't have my own machines.

Now I do. You will never see me complain about doing laundry.
It's maybe even a little zen to get all the stuff washed, dried,
folded and put away. I happen to do it all on Sunday because I
have time-of-day electric rates and it would hardly put a dent
in reading to swap out loads and fold. It's really not that time
consuming.

But hey ... it doesn't bother me if people leave their stuff
in a basket. Everyone's got their own way of doing things.

I could fold those sheets in the time it takes to read a couple
of pages. If I spent an hour on it, I could see it being a large
waste of time. It's inconsequential to me.

Drying dishes, now that I think is a waste of time, but other
people will disagree. And they have a sopping wet towel with which
to thwop anyone who disagrees, so they can carry on. Heh.

> I don't care if sheets are wrinkled. I take 'em out of the
> dryer and pretty much count on the fact that they'll be back
> on the bed by the time I'm ready to go to sleep.

I wouldn't fold sheets that were going right back on the bed,
either.

> I immediately hang up the clothes that I wear to work, as soon
> as they come out of the dryer. I'm not completely without
> standards.

Hey, you wear clean clothing to work, that's way more than I could
say for some. Works for me.

nancy

[Cheri]

"Brooklyn1" <grave...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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I always hated to fold clothes and put them away, just one of those things.
Now, hubby does the folding and putting away and he does a better job of
folding.

Cheri

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 6/28/2016 7:56 PM, Cheri wrote:
>


>
> I always hated to fold clothes and put them away, just one of those
> things. Now, hubby does the folding and putting away and he does a
> better job of folding.
>
> Cheri

I don't mind doing laundry, but I hate folding. Socks and underwear is
easy enough, some stuff gets hung. I have a clothes chair that has some
of the stuff that I'll wear in the next few days.

[Julie Bove]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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What I think is funny is that there is a post circulating on Facebook now
about storing your sheets in the or one of the pillowcases. I began doing
that when I got my first apartment. It just made sense to me and I have no
need to have perfect sheets.

I can fold a fitted sheet if I flat out have to but I despise doing so.

When I worked in the layaway dept. at K Mart, one of our jobs was to do what
was called "re-wraps". Every stinking day we had at least two full shopping
carts of stuff that customers had opened the packages of. Once in a while it
was a toy or some such thing. But mostly it was sheets, curtains and drapes.
The two worst things were the larger sheet sets and large drapes. It wasn't
enough to just fold them neatly. They had to be folded precisely to fit back
in the cardboard or whatever wrappings we had. And then we had to try to
hold them perfectly still while we shrink wrapped them.

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:57725976...@att.net...

Since I recently redid my bedroom, I got rid of all of my old sheets and got
new ones. I used to think that I liked flannel ones. I did like the ones
they made in the 80's. These days they are horrid. Perhaps good ones are
available for a hefty price but I don't like to pay a lot for things like
sheets. I also got lucky in that I found some good quality sheets on
clearance that actually match my room colors. For years, I made do with
whatever I could get a good price on. I think I have 4 sets now. I actually
found a brand new set in the closet that I don't even recall buying. I did
buy a lot of stuff from a place in NJ some years ago. They seem to sell only
towels now. I may have gotten the sheets from them. Also got rugs, tote
bags, pillows and some beaded coasters.

I learned to stuff the sheets into the or one of the pillowcases. If I don't
do that, something always goes missing. I did have space issues. I don't now
after buying extra storage pieces. Now I have plenty of extra storage.

I don't know who designed my bedroom but they should have been fired. Plenty
of storage for shoes but not much else. Do all Filipinos have a thing for
shoes or something?

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:57726155...@att.net...

Jetta likes to get in the corner cupboards. One is for baking supplies and
the other for canned goods. She is rather um...fluffy so my fear is that
we'll smash her when we try to close the door. They are those Lazy Susan
cupboards.

[Julie Bove]

"Cheryl" <jlhs...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gary <g.ma...@att.net> Wrote in message:

>
>> Agree. Never spoiled my daughter but guilty for spoiling ferrets. Even
>> when Mia got into something or did something that I didn't like, I would
>> pick her up and rather than yell at her, I would just say, "Are you
>> being a ferret again?" Then give her a kiss and put her down. She never
>> knew a moment of anger or violence.
>>
>

> That's so sweet Gary. I agree, they don't understand violence. Mine
> understand the word no though so if they are scratching furniture or
> getting into something dangerous I tell them no and sometimes they listen.
> But scratching furniture wasn't hard to stop because they have their own
> stuff to scratch and if they need a reminder I just move a small upright
> scratching post in front of where they attempted to scratch and they get
> the idea.

---

My husband has this annoying little whistle that he does. I don't know how I
happened onto this but I learned that by recreating the whistle, the cats
will stop what they are doing. For some reason, Jetta never quite got the
hang of how to scratch in the litter box. She does scratch. Just outside the
litter box or on the wall. I whistle, the she looks at me, stops the
behavior and goes on. Not necessarily bad behavior. Just kind of wrong and
stupid. I also use it when they start to fight.

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:57729BE3...@att.net...

Indeed! And once you've been in the bed, I should think that body heat would
take care of any wrinkles. Not that I have noticed any wrinkles in my
sheets. I haven't.

[Julie Bove]

"Nancy Young" <rjynlyo...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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I can't imagine having only one set of sheets with kids and all the bodily
fluids they can produce! I think we each had two sets as kids.

As an adult I had far more linens than I needed but mostly in odd colors and
patterns. When I worked at K Mart I took advantage of the blue lights on
clearance items. For those who are unfamiliar with this, we had a box on
wheels. Inside the box was a car type battery that powered the blue light
which sat on a tall pole on top of the box. For a time, I was the one who
ran those specials. I would get on the PA system and tell the customers to
look up and around at the flashing blue light and then I'd be mobbed with
customers wanting deals.

Sometimes the deal would be something like 20% off the entire hosiery
department or $2.99 for a box of chocolates that normally sold for $6.99.
Deals like this were often run at Christmas time and a good 8 hours out of
the day were spent going from department to department like this. We
actually had customers in there all day hoping to get deals. But most of the
time, the light was used when we had a lot of clearance stuff to get rid of.
We followed a schedule and marked things down by a small percentage more
each week. But when the blue light was flashing, you could get an additional
50% off or sometimes even 75% off the clearance stuff. I still have a couple
of pillowcases that I bought for 25 cents each. But that was so many years
ago now, most is long gone.

Another thing I used to do was to go to the annual White Sale at Frederick
and Nelson. My friend recommended this to me. He told me to look for large
flat sheets in colors that would match my home. That worked very well for
me. I have used them as furniture covers, window coverings, etc. I still
have a black one that I use every Halloween. I just throw it over whatever
little table I happen to have close to the front door and set the bowl of
candy on it.

[Julie Bove]

<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Not me. I do fold my towels. After working retail, I learned how to do that
very quickly. I don't fold them the same way that my mom does and that
drives her nuts. I learned to fold so as to merchandise them and when the
customer takes one from the shelf, unless they are totally careless, they
can hold it in their hand, still folded.

Nobody looks in my underwear drawer so it is all tossed in there. Bras on
one side, panties on the other. Socks are balled. Not my compression hose.
That would wreck them. I hang them in my otherwise unused bathtub where they
mostly stay until I need a fresh pair.

[Julie Bove]

"Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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I hate it too. Oddly enough, I didn't mind going to a Laundromat. I could
get 5 loads washed and dried all at once. And I particularly liked chatting
with the guy who worked at the one in Edmonds. He was about my age but
concerned about his balding pate. So I got to hear all kinds of stories
about how he was trying to regrow the hair. Nothing he tried worked. Not
even covering his head in onion slices.

What really surprised me though was to learn how many people use the laundry
room in their home to store all of their clothes. I had mentioned something
on a couponing forum about how my daughter and I are both remiss about
putting our clothes away. There is a rod in there so the clothes often do
get hung up. And I think I am better at taking mine to my room than she is
but the problem often comes when our stuff is in the dryer and someone else
has to do their laundry all of a sudden.

For some years I lived in an apartment where I had to share a laundry room.
If I needed a dryer and someone else's stuff was still in there, I would
take it out, fold it up for them and set it aside. I will do the same here,
hanging it if it is Angela's as she leaves some of her hangers on the rod
there. But... The others don't do the same. One in particular won't even
bother to put our things in a laundry basket. Just flings and tosses them
all over. So we wind up with a perpetual mess in there and clothes that have
to be rewashed. This person seems to thrive on this chaos and doesn't even
give us a chance to put the things away.

Anyway... When I commented on this, these couponers pretty much laughed at
me and said something to the effect of... You actually put stuff away? As
in, in the bedroom? I thought they were joking but no. They too have a rod
or in some cases more than one rod in the laundry room where everyone's
clothing hangs. And each family member has some sort of basket or baskets
for socks and undies. Towels and sheets were kept in there as well.

I know that the Duggars do this and I found it unusual but apparently it is
rather common. I actually think the Duggars have a separate room next to the
laundry room where they keep their things. But no one keeps clothing in the
bedroom.

[Julie Bove]

"Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote in message
news:PrSdnZYLFNIqhe7K...@giganews.com...

I can fold shirts very quickly and don't mind doing it. But I have no place
to put folded shirts. I have to hang them. And I hate doing that. I also
have far too many clothes.

I've been wearing men's T Shirts because they cover my thyroid scar. Today
is the first day that I went out without having it covered. I wore a low cut
dress. I tried a scarf with it. I hate scarves and felt that the dress
looked better without it. Plus it made me too warm. I do have some winter
things with higher necklines but nothing for summer. I hate the men's shirts
and will be happy when I can stop wearing them. At that point I will either
see if my husband wants them or give most of them away. Angela might take a
few. She seems fond of the red one. I've yet to wear it as she keeps taking
it.

Hopefully by next summer I can go back to my normal clothing. The scar is a
lot better but it's still visible. Not sure it will ever go away but I don't
like to cause alarm for people. Which I did do once not realizing that the
neckline of my shirt was a little lower than I realized and you could see
the scar. Poor guy at the Sprint store thought that I'd encountered a
slasher.

When I was a young adult, I had perhaps one dress, two pairs of pants, two
blouses and a couple of things to wear on my days off. Things were so much
more simple then. Now my closet is close to stuffed. It was actually stuffed
but I got rid of a lot of stuff prior to buying the men's shirts. Had to
make room for them.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 5:05:52 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 6/28/2016 3:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 2:39:00 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> busy. I can chit chat or watch tv while folding the sheets so they
> >> aren't wrinkly when it's time to use them. I even managed to fold
> >> sheets when I was working crazy hours.
> >
> > Like washing dishes by hand or hanging laundry to dry, I have
> > much, much better things to do than fold sheets. Virtually
> > anything is better than housework, although reading books
> > is my first preference.
>
> Growing up, I had to take all my clothes to the laundromat.
> Even into my late 20s, I didn't have my own machines.
>
> Now I do. You will never see me complain about doing laundry.
> It's maybe even a little zen to get all the stuff washed, dried,
> folded and put away. I happen to do it all on Sunday because I
> have time-of-day electric rates and it would hardly put a dent
> in reading to swap out loads and fold. It's really not that time
> consuming.
>
> But hey ... it doesn't bother me if people leave their stuff
> in a basket. Everyone's got their own way of doing things.
>
> I could fold those sheets in the time it takes to read a couple
> of pages. If I spent an hour on it, I could see it being a large
> waste of time. It's inconsequential to me.

I've always got a million other things to do. Last Sunday I spent
8 hours helping my husband remodel the bathroom. I was knackered
when we were done. There's only so much time available outside my
40-hour workweek. I begrudge even 5 minutes to fold a basket of
laundry. Still, I do it (eventually).

Cindy Hamilton

[Nancy Young]

Of course. I would agree that is way more important than
folding laundry.

> There's only so much time available outside my
> 40-hour workweek. I begrudge even 5 minutes to fold a basket of
> laundry. Still, I do it (eventually).

BTDT, I hear you 100%. I found that working a full time job really
interfered with my lifestyle.

This isn't a I'm better because I fold sheets thing. I was
defending that it doesn't take very long at all and it's not a
waste of time when you don't like wadded up sheets shoved in the
closet.

Safe to say everyone spends time/money/effort on things that others
would consider a waste of time.

nancy

[Roy]

You must live in some strange world that nobody else knows about. I would venture a guess that 95% of the people in North America store their clothes IN THEIR bedroom.
I have NEVER heard (until today), that people store their washed clothes in the freakin laundry room as a matter of course.
====

[Cheri]

"Roy" <wil...@outlook.com> wrote in message
news:39569a39-85cf-4762...@googlegroups.com...

I have to say I've never heard of that either, and never knew anyone who did
store clean clothes in a laundry room.

Cheri

[lucreti...@fl.it]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:24:11 -0700, "Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com>
wrote:

In my last house the laundry room was generous and it had been fitted
out with cupboards to take the towels and sheets - but clothing ?
Never occurred to me to put that there!

[Cheri]

<lucreti...@fl.it> wrote in message
news:p0r7nbhlfjkd9lemi...@4ax.com...

I can see towels and sheets, but clothing would be very odd to me.

Cheri

[graham]

On 29/06/2016 8:53 AM, Roy wrote:

>>
>> I know that the Duggars do this and I found it unusual but apparently it is
>> rather common. I actually think the Duggars have a separate room next to the
>> laundry room where they keep their things. But no one keeps clothing in the
>> bedroom.
>
> You must live in some strange world that nobody else knows about. I would venture a guess that 95% of the people in North America store their clothes IN THEIR bedroom.
> I have NEVER heard (until today), that people store their washed clothes in the freakin laundry room as a matter of course.
> ====
>

The Duggars are a weird lot anyway!
Graham

[Ophelia]

"Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com> wrote in message

news:nl0p7...@news3.newsguy.com...

Nor have I. We each have a double wardrobe and chests of drawers for our
clothes. Still I guess we don't all live the same.



--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

[lucreti...@fl.it]

Didn't one of the offspring get in trouble, paedophilia or something?

[Brooklyn1]

I'd much rather spend 10-15 minutes folding laundry to get it off my
mind and spend 10-15 minutes less time on the PC. I've come to the
conclusion long ago that computers and cell phones are the biggest
time wasters.

[Julie Bove]

"Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com> wrote in message

news:nl0p7...@news3.newsguy.com...

They told me that they built the rooms specially to store things in. I did
think that was weird. I do keep a few old towels in there on the shelf above
the dryer. They are easy to access if we get some sort of leak or bad spill.

[Julie Bove]

"Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com> wrote in message

news:nl0r0...@news3.newsguy.com...

I thought so too but they acted like we were weird for having dressers and
using closets.

[graham]

Yes, the eldest son did some inappropriate "touching" of some of his
sisters.

[The Greatest!]

Nancy Young wrote:

> I found that working a full time job really
> interfered with my lifestyle.

Lol...I like that! Seriously, doing laundry is such a drag (I have an apartment building laundry room) that I am seriously considering just taking it to the local cleaners to get it done. I already have them do my dress shirts ("Heavy starch, PLEASE!"). I don't have that much laundry to do really, so this would be a "little luxury" for me. I am dead tired come the weekend and laundry is something that I get even MORE dead tired THINKING about...

Don't know how much per pound it is, need to check, but it can't be any more than making one of my many "impulse" purchases I make all the time at Trader Joe's, Target, or Amazon...

--
Best
Greg

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:53:00 -0700 (PDT), Roy <wil...@outlook.com>
wrote:

I don't know what a 'Duggar' is, but I wouldn't want to store my
clothes in the laundry. I /have/ turned the smaller spare bedroom into
something of a walk-in wardrobe though, and keep all towels, linen
etc. in there as well.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 3:40:34 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote in message

> >
> > It may be unnecessary for many but I just like neat sheets
> > along with folded towels, dishcloths, and underwear.
>

> Nobody looks in my underwear drawer so it is all tossed in there. Bras on
> one side, panties on the other. Socks are balled.
>
>

Panties, neatly folded, are in one drawer along with socks
which are matched but not balled; socks are laid flat. Bras
are in another drawer separated by 'Dream Drawer' dividers into
their respective colors.

[lucreti...@fl.it]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 06:22:33 +1000, Jeßus <j@j.j> wrote:
>
>I don't know what a 'Duggar' is, but I wouldn't want to store my
>clothes in the laundry. I /have/ turned the smaller spare bedroom into
>something of a walk-in wardrobe though, and keep all towels, linen
>etc. in there as well.

You've not missed anything! I quite liked having the linen closets
in the laundry room, it was handy and someone before us had purpose
built the closets with slatted shelving etc so that when storing a
winter weight duvet, it got plenty of air around it.

[Jeßus]

That's a good idea. It all depends on one's laundry room, of course.
My laundry is quite small and there's not enough room for extra
cupboards. So I use one of the spare bedrooms. I put up a study
hanging rail from wall to wall at one end of the room and hang all my
clothes that way. Then a huge set of drawers (with cupboards below)
and shelving, which handles all clothes, linen, towels, etc.

[Nunya Bidnits]

wrote in message
news:9a6368a6-baa4-445d...@googlegroups.com...

> Bras are in another drawer separated by 'Dream Drawer' dividers into their
> respective colors.

Trolling Sheldon again, I see.

;-)

[Cheri]

"Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote in message
news:nl15e0$3dt$1...@dont-email.me...

Yes, different people have different ideas, and whatever is correct for them
is the way it goes.

Cheri

[graham]

He'll just love this news:
American women revealed as having the biggest natural breasts in the world

http://www.sciencedatabaseonline.org/ADB1/Scientific%20Article%20JOFHS.pdf

[Brooklyn1]

itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
>Panties, neatly folded, are in one drawer along with socks
>which are matched but not balled; socks are laid flat. Bras
>are in another drawer separated by 'Dream Drawer' dividers into
>their respective colors.

Your're not getting off so easy... show me your bras with you modeling
them... and what size?

[Julie Bove]

"Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com> wrote in message

news:nl1m5...@news3.newsguy.com...

Rather seems that way.

[Julie Bove]

"graham" <gst...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:nl167u$5mn$1...@dont-email.me...

As well as the babysitter. And then there was the looking at porn at work,
the Ashley Madison affairs, hooking up with a hooker... And that's just
what he got caught doing.

[Julie Bove]

"Jeßus" <j@j.j> wrote in message
news:1if8nblbihfbva0a2...@j.net...

The rod in my laundry room is handy but I don't like to keep the clothes on
it as they hang down almost onto the machines.

[Doris Night]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:38:16 -0700, "Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com>
wrote:

What do they do in the morning when it's time to get dressed? Run down
to the laundry room naked and hunt for the clothes they want to put
on?

I just don't see it.

Doris

[Julie Bove]

"Doris Night" <goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:sd19nbhial7qe30ls...@4ax.com...

Why would they be naked?

[Nunya Bidnits]

"graham" wrote in message news:nl1qar$96i$1...@dont-email.me...

Now you've done it. We may not hear from Sheldon for days!

[Cheri]

"Doris Night" <goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> What do they do in the morning when it's time to get dressed? Run down
> to the laundry room naked and hunt for the clothes they want to put
> on?
>
> I just don't see it.
>
> Doris

Wouldn't work for me at all.

Cheri

[Ophelia]

"Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com> wrote in message

news:nl2bd...@news7.newsguy.com...

Nor for me but then I always set out my clothes at night for the next day.


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

[Cindy Hamilton]

I fairly recently started rolling up my panties after years of
jamming them in a drawer. Socks (in their own drawer) are paired
up and the tops are folded one over the other to keep them together.
Bras (all white) are on the hanger on which they dried, which (when
dry) is hung in the closet between the shirts (left side) and pants
(right side).

When I dress in the morning, I pick the least-recently-used shirt,
a pair of pants (70% of my pants are black), put them on and go.
In the winter I add a sweater.

Sometimes I don't know why I don't just buy a dozen white t-shirts
and call it good.

Cindy Hamilton

[Janet]

In article <606ac68b-3eb7-434b...@googlegroups.com>,
angelica...@yahoo.com says...

LOL. I hate clothes shopping, so I buy quality to last and when I find
something I really like, I buy three.

An elderly gent once told me " The great thing about you, Janet, is
that I can always recognise you and remember your name".

Just as I began to preen he added "because you're always wearing the
same thing."

Janet UK

[Doris Night]

Because they just got out of bed? And all their clothes are in the
laundry room?

Doris

[Nancy Young]

On 6/30/2016 9:44 AM, Janet wrote:

> In article <606ac68b-3eb7-434b...@googlegroups.com>,
> angelica...@yahoo.com says...

>> When I dress in the morning, I pick the least-recently-used shirt,
>> a pair of pants (70% of my pants are black), put them on and go.
>> In the winter I add a sweater.
>>
>> Sometimes I don't know why I don't just buy a dozen white t-shirts
>> and call it good.

You wouldn't be the first to find an outfit you like and buy several
and wear the same thing every day. I'm talking people who work in an
office situation, not even someone on the loading dock or whatever.

> LOL. I hate clothes shopping, so I buy quality to last and when I find
> something I really like, I buy three.

Ditto.

> An elderly gent once told me " The great thing about you, Janet, is
> that I can always recognise you and remember your name".

You have your stitched on?? Heh.

> Just as I began to preen he added "because you're always wearing the
> same thing."

Sounds like a good thing.

nancy

[Dave Smith]

Dressing for work was not a problem for me. I had a uniform. My biggest
problem was accumulating enough to ensure I had enough that there would
always be something clean. We were allowed a certain number of
replacements each year and when the budget was tight management would
whine that we should only put in for what we needed. Nuts to that. We
never knew how long it would take for the new issue to arrive.

One year they decided to change uniforms, claiming that a dark blue
would be cheaper and more readily available. Dang. I had a stash of old
uniform shirts that we still in their original packages and I was back
to two long sleeve and four short sleeve shirts.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 6:37:56 PM UTC-5, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>
> > Bras are in another drawer separated by 'Dream Drawer' dividers into their
> > respective colors.
>
> Trolling Sheldon again, I see.
>
> ;-)
>
>

Nooooooo, although he probably did do a search to see
what they are.

https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Drawer-Organizer-Set-Spring-Loaded-Dividers/dp/B005ZHOIN8?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

You'll just have to use your imagination and daydream on
this subject. But I will tell you I have several different
colors. That's all you're getting from me, carry on.

[Gary]

I do the same. At work, it's always the traditional white painters
clothes. Off work it's always jeans and a white t-shirt. I have several
of each. I also hate clothes shopping.

[Gary]

Heck, just that should last him well into the summer. ;)

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 6/29/2016 11:04 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>

>> What do they do in the morning when it's time to get dressed? Run down
>> to the laundry room naked and hunt for the clothes they want to put
>> on?
>>
>> I just don't see it.
>
> Why would they be naked?

Many of us sleep naked. Unless you bring clothes to the bedroom you'd
be that way when getting your clothes for the day.

[Jeßus]

First a 'women of RFC' calendar and now this... please cease and
desist, Ed.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I simplified some of that years ago. I have two types of socks. White
crew socks for sneakers, black for dress. They just get laid flat in
the drawer, not paired since they are all the same. All my underwear is
the same, plain white, nothing to match.

I have four identical pairs of sneakers, two of shoes, one pair of
winter shoes for sloppy weather.

Summer casual shirts are identical pull overs, just different colors,
one of each offered.

[Julie Bove]

"Doris Night" <goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:8q8anb5a3rjcblm35...@4ax.com...

I don't sleep naked. I guess you do?

[Julie Bove]

"Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote in message
news:5rydnfeGZ8x94ejK...@giganews.com...

I never sleep naked. Never occurred to me that others would.

[Jeßus]

What???

[Ed Pawlowski]

Its healthier, more comfortable. Most people sleep better naked too.

I have a friend, now dead, that agreed with me but was always afraid
he'd be naked if the house had a fire. He spent every night of his life
in uncomfortable pajamas and died with no house fire. Just keep
something handy near the bed if that is a concern.

[dsi1]

My guess is that many females don't care for sleeping naked because they consider it to be a filthy thing to do. Well that's what my wife says anyway.

[jmcquown]

On 6/29/2016 4:54 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> When I commented on this, these couponers pretty much laughed at me and
> said something to the effect of... You actually put stuff away? As in,
> in the bedroom? I thought they were joking but no. They too have a rod
> or in some cases more than one rod in the laundry room where everyone's
> clothing hangs. And each family member has some sort of basket or
> baskets for socks and undies. Towels and sheets were kept in there as well.
>
> I know that the Duggars do this and I found it unusual but apparently it
> is rather common. I actually think the Duggars have a separate room next
> to the laundry room where they keep their things. But no one keeps
> clothing in the bedroom.

The Duggers? Is this one of those so-called "reality show" families on
television? Oh gawd, yes it is. At least now I know who watches that
stuff.

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 6/29/2016 11:24 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Roy" <wil...@outlook.com> wrote in message
> news:39569a39-85cf-4762...@googlegroups.com...
>> On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 2:54:08 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>

>>> I know that the Duggars do this and I found it unusual but apparently
>>> it is
>>> rather common. I actually think the Duggars have a separate room next
>>> to the
>>> laundry room where they keep their things. But no one keeps clothing
>>> in the
>>> bedroom.
>>

>> You must live in some strange world that nobody else knows about. I
>> would venture a guess that 95% of the people in North America store
>> their clothes IN THEIR bedroom.
>> I have NEVER heard (until today), that people store their washed
>> clothes in the freakin laundry room as a matter of course.
>> ====
>
> I have to say I've never heard of that either, and never knew anyone who
> did store clean clothes in a laundry room.
>
> Cheri

There's a wire rack above the washer & dryer in my laundry room where I
store detergent and such. The rack has spaces for hangers for shirts
and such that *need to be hung up* after they come out of the dryer. I
cannot imagine using the laundry room as a closet.

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 6/29/2016 11:54 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> <lucreti...@fl.it> wrote in message
> news:p0r7nbhlfjkd9lemi...@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:24:11 -0700, "Cheri" <che...@newsguy.com>

>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Roy" <wil...@outlook.com> wrote in message
>>> news:39569a39-85cf-4762...@googlegroups.com...
>>>>

>>>> You must live in some strange world that nobody else knows about. I
>>>> would
>>>> venture a guess that 95% of the people in North America store their
>>>> clothes IN THEIR bedroom.
>>>> I have NEVER heard (until today), that people store their washed
>>>> clothes
>>>> in the freakin laundry room as a matter of course.
>>>> ====
>>>
>>> I have to say I've never heard of that either, and never knew anyone
>>> who did
>>> store clean clothes in a laundry room.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>

>> In my last house the laundry room was generous and it had been fitted
>> out with cupboards to take the towels and sheets - but clothing ?
>> Never occurred to me to put that there!
>
> I can see towels and sheets, but clothing would be very odd to me.
>

> Cheri

I can't see it because I don't get dressed in the laundry room. ;)

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 6/30/2016 4:11 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

Yep, many people do. I have a dresser and a closet in the bedroom. No
need to trek to the laundry room (through the living room which is
pretty much a wall of glass) to find something to wear when I get up.

Jill

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:58:32 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>I can't see it because I don't get dressed in the laundry room. ;)

I do get UNdressed in the laundry sometimes if my clothes are really
dirty, then straight into the shower.

[jmcquown]

On 6/30/2016 6:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 6/30/2016 6:08 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote in message
>> news:5rydnfeGZ8x94ejK...@giganews.com...
>>> On 6/29/2016 11:04 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> What do they do in the morning when it's time to get dressed? Run down
>>>>> to the laundry room naked and hunt for the clothes they want to put
>>>>> on?
>>>>>
>>>>> I just don't see it.
>>>>
>>>> Why would they be naked?
>>>
>>>
>>> Many of us sleep naked. Unless you bring clothes to the bedroom you'd
>>> be that way when getting your clothes for the day.
>>
>> I never sleep naked. Never occurred to me that others would.
>
> Its healthier, more comfortable. Most people sleep better naked too.
>

I know I do. I can't stand a night gown or pajamas getting all twisted
up if I turn in my sleep.

> I have a friend, now dead, that agreed with me but was always afraid
> he'd be naked if the house had a fire. He spent every night of his life
> in uncomfortable pajamas and died with no house fire. Just keep
> something handy near the bed if that is a concern.

Yeah, all he needed to do was have something near the bed to put on in
case of fire.

Jill

[jmcquown]

Well... I don't have a shower in my laundry room, either. ;)

Jill

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:11:47 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Alrighty then, Miss Smarty Pants! :p

[Julie Bove]

"dsi1" <dsi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dbbb4758-c75a-4428...@googlegroups.com...

It does kind of seem that way. I don't think I even know anyone personally
who does sleep naked. I always wear nightgowns.

[Julie Bove]

"Jeßus" <j@j.j> wrote in message
news:696bnb9urcdg71jga...@j.net...

I don't know anyone personally who does. I have read about it but assumed
there weren't very many who did that.