Passing time
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Lilith — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 12:01 AM)
Major flashbacks! Always hated the laundromat. There was one fairly "good" one that my girlfriend and I used to go to that was in somewhat of a "high trust" area (compared to, for example, the Boston area ones). One thing I like about them are those great big industrial machines where you can do giant loads of laundry. Great for washing comforters, sheets, bedding, etc.
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Cheeky — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 12:09 AM)
Yes, they're handy and it's close to home
My sister just happened to have a roll of quarters for me
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana -
Lilith — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 12:38 AM)
Well that was handy! Not many people still carry coins upon themselves, much less actually have them all rolled up. I'm surprised they aren't going cashless. The last place I had to use quarters was the car wash, and even at that, I have a feeling it won't be much longer before they also only accept debit cards, credit cards, or some type of app.
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Cheeky — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 01:04 AM)
Yes, the car wash takes cards but the Laundromat is still coin operated
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Lilith — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 10:39 PM)
That's really not a bad price at all. If I recall correctly, the last time I used one of those great big washing machines for the extra-large loads, I think I paid around $6, and that was quite a while ago. I remember living in an apartment (and I think you and I spoke about it, or it might've been
@Panther
who I was talking with), and we were living on the top (4th) floor, and the washers and dryers were in the basement (so technically, that was 5 floors I had to go up and down all the time!)
It was crazy insane the type of setup they had! Each building only had 4 washers and 4 dryers, and they were the regular sized ones: nothing supersized available for any of us. I think the price was $4.25 per wash and people were always screwing with the dryers, like taking your clothes out and putting theirs in, or if you weren't sitting right there when the clothes dryer went off, people would rush to take them out and pile the damp clothes on one of the only two tables down there and pile their clothes in the dryer. There was zero room for consideration, empathy, or patience.
Putzes! The lot of 'em!
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Cheeky — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 11:03 PM)
Crazy!
The last time that I used a laundry before this was in the Air Force
We had a duffle bag for our laundry and while I was out someone had swapped my new bag for their old one
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana