Washing Machine, Hand-wash, Or Laundry Service
By tmnjyk
@tmnjyk (3486)
Canada
November 25, 2006 4:36pm CST
In the Philippines, most people hand wash, it's not very common there that we use washing machine, its just that we prefer to handwash because we think it's best and for the fact that electricity is expensive there. Being here in Canada already, I don't handwash anymore, thanks GOD! I use washing machine.
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41 responses
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
25 Nov 06
Are there people in modern society that still hand wash?
I take care of everything myself with the aid of a washing machine!
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@rajeshpalakkad (1450)
• India
26 Nov 06
we use washing machine..
have a nice time
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@caraj444 (1075)
• Canada
25 Nov 06
i handwashed for awhile when i was pregnant with my first child and trying to be all "perfect housewife", i did find that things got cleaner and more stains got out of clothes because you could really focus on the particular spot whereas a washing machine is obviously indiscrimate as to any particular spot on a piece of clothing. but after my daughter there was just too much laundry for me to keep up with (my husband is a chef and he definetly misses me doing his chef whites by hand as they got a lot cleaner but oh well now with two there is no way id go back if i had the choice) it does show you why there used to be less incidence of obesity though when there was more manual labor involved in daily life, trying to get all the extra water out of a load of towels will give you some nice pipes in no time:) +
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
27 Nov 06
I definitely prefer washing machine over the other two. Much less work to do and is quicker. You are right about electricity being expensive here but doing the wash isn't too bad, especially for me since I am single. :-)
@birthlady (5609)
• United States
25 Nov 06
I handwashed when I lived in the rural countryside with small children, now I machine wash.
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@killailla (1301)
• Canada
27 Nov 06
i got to the laundry mat but if i also hand wash a lot fo things!
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@himalanka (1339)
• United States
26 Nov 06
now i am using washingmachine, but normally in india we also prefer hand wash only
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Wow! I can't imagine hand washing towells and bedding, and all of our work clothes! How spoiled we are! LOL! Have to have that washing machine and dryer! I know when it needs repair and we have to go to the laundromat we think we are being so mistreated! LOL
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@moneymind (10510)
• Philippines
26 Nov 06
yeah its quite really good for me to hand wahs my clothes rather than the machine since water in my place is like gold, forget about the electricity. greetings. : )
@jayda_j927tijs (2893)
• Hong Kong
26 Nov 06
I handwash too,not because i want to save money,that's because my machine broke,so I have to do it by hand for a while til I get a new mechine.
@selina0625 (1379)
• Philippines
26 Nov 06
It's hard to wash clothes manually because of the busy schedule that I have, added to it is taking care of my child. So, what we do is just bring all the clothest to a laundry service and have it washed, dried and folded.