The Off Topic Topic

[Grey Fox]

What are the non-drying machines doing for 4 hours?!

[The Larch]

My laundry gets done in a little less than an hour. 4 hours seems to be a massive amount of time for laundry if it doesn't include drying.

[Monoriu]

Mine is 2 hours washing, 2 hours drying.

[Josquius]

Reading on their methodology, it is actually "Highest trending shows on google for each state", but it's still a fun map.



Star Trek TOS in Alaska, either they are all old nerds, or there's just one computer in the whole state owned by an old nerd. 

I wonder about their methodology.
At a glance I see no repeats.  Some kind of most per capita allocation for the popular shows so some states are left with rejects they don't actually like much?

[sbr]

wtf my washing machine runs for just over 30 minutes and my dryer for 60.

[crazy canuck]

Clothes, no drying. 1½ - 2 hours is pretty standard for non industrial washing machines here.

By washing machine, do you mean the time spent walking to the stream and then scrubbing your clothes by hand?  If not, you might want to think about doing it that way.  It would probably take less time.

[Habbaku]

Clothes, no drying. 1½ - 2 hours is pretty standard for non industrial washing machines here.

By washing machine, do you mean the time spent walking to the stream and then scrubbing your clothes by hand?  If not, you might want to think about doing it that way.  It would probably take less time.

Yeah.  This sounds a lot like Meri's claim she spent 40 hours a week doing laundry.

[DGuller]

Clothes, no drying. 1½ - 2 hours is pretty standard for non industrial washing machines here.

By washing machine, do you mean the time spent walking to the stream and then scrubbing your clothes by hand?  If not, you might want to think about doing it that way.  It would probably take less time.

Yeah.  This sounds a lot like Meri's claim she spent 40 hours a week doing laundry.

When did that happen?

[The Larch]

Well, a lot of kids means a lot of laundry, but 40 hours per week sounds like overkill. 

[Zanza]

My washing machine takes between 30 minutes and two hours depending on the program. If you wash at higher temperatures it takes longer and special programs for wool or so take longer.

[garbon]

wtf my washing machine runs for just over 30 minutes and my dryer for 60.

Washer dryers are the worst. I've seen why they aren't a common American thing.

[The Brain]

1½ - 2 hours is pretty standard for non industrial washing machines here.

What the fuck for?

[DGuller]

Maybe the clothes of Danes just need a more thorough wash in general. 

[Habbaku]

Clothes, no drying. 1½ - 2 hours is pretty standard for non industrial washing machines here.

By washing machine, do you mean the time spent walking to the stream and then scrubbing your clothes by hand?  If not, you might want to think about doing it that way.  It would probably take less time.

Yeah.  This sounds a lot like Meri's claim she spent 40 hours a week doing laundry.

When did that happen?

A while back, and in a thread that I am not allowed to link to.  She claimed 20+ hours a week, "not including washing and drying time."  If it sounds bogus...

[Jacob]

Hmm, yeah, tourist visa for Americans back in 2010-11 was one (1) US $20 bill upon arrival.  Not change for a $50, not two $10 bills, not two $10s and two $5s, just one Andreas Cakçon $20 bill.

I had to pay a "Reciprocity Fee" of $250 to get into Argentina last time I went there.  Looks like they recently lowered it to $160 and it covers five years' worth of travel, but it's still bullshit.  It's basically a retaliation against the US requiring a visa from Argies.

How is that kind of reciprocity bullshit? It seems pretty fair to me.

Because Argentina has no security concerns about US visitors, and indeed if anything should want to promote more US visitors.  But instead they put in a tit-for-tat visa requirement because the US imposed one on Argentine citizens.

"bullshit" is kind of strong, but I remember being rather irked at the Brazillian visa requirement which was imposed for a similar reason.

So what if there are "security concerns"? You make us pay $100 to visit, we make you pay $100 to visit. Seems perfectly fair. You can address "security concerns" without making the people applying for visas pay for them.