A dishwasher uses energy and resources that would be used anyway - water, heat, etc. A tumbledryer just accelerates something that will almost always happen even if you just do nothing for a long time.
I can live without the dishwasher - it's just wasteful not to have one. I remember not having a tumbledryer. Clothes were always an issue. Space to dry them was always an issue. I seemed to be able to dry one single washing mahcine load, it would take a full week and they would be wrinkled and smelly. Energy to lift all those clothes up and lift my arms to bring them down again was another issue for me. Mould due to condensation from drying clothes was a nightmare every winter. And the clothes often stank. I couldn't wash often and I would be falling over wet clothes all winter long. I hated it. Chris and I finally put out for a rented tumbledryer and wow! The difference! Clean clothes in less than a day. Always having dry socks! Fantastic! So, I wouldn't go back. It's one of those luxuries where I thank the gods for being able to have it, every time I think about it. Giving it up would hurt, a lot.
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Date: 2006-05-08 05:17 pm (UTC)I can live without the dishwasher - it's just wasteful not to have one.
I remember not having a tumbledryer. Clothes were always an issue. Space to dry them was always an issue. I seemed to be able to dry one single washing mahcine load, it would take a full week and they would be wrinkled and smelly. Energy to lift all those clothes up and lift my arms to bring them down again was another issue for me. Mould due to condensation from drying clothes was a nightmare every winter. And the clothes often stank. I couldn't wash often and I would be falling over wet clothes all winter long. I hated it.
Chris and I finally put out for a rented tumbledryer and wow! The difference! Clean clothes in less than a day. Always having dry socks! Fantastic! So, I wouldn't go back. It's one of those luxuries where I thank the gods for being able to have it, every time I think about it. Giving it up would hurt, a lot.