• Eevoltic [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Never realised how bad it is not having my own washing machine until now—testing positive a week later. I ran out of towels near the start as I was due for a wash and I just ran out of clean clothes then.

    My only symptom now is reduced smell and I feel fine in every other respect, but I’m not gonna be that person who rocks up to the laundromat covid positive—it can wait (hopefully).

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      7 months ago

      I never thought until now how much of a hassle lockdowns would have been to people who didn’t have a laundry. How did you even cope with that?

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        7 months ago

        I think we might have been allowed to do it as one of the reasons to go out, but I remember for at least one of them I had to hand wash my clothes like I’m doing now

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        7 months ago

        This not as daft an idea as it might first sound. Does not help which things like sweating all the sheets into gross. Though it might be amusing to see some TikTok idiot try stuff a Queen sheet into a kettle.

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          Might need a brazier, a large stock pot and paling from the fence for sheets.

    • Eevoltic [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      For some reason it’s only occurred to me now that clothes can be washed by hand and that I know how to do that 🤦‍♀️

      Well, I know what I am doing today…

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        7 months ago

        Related note, apparently America is not a place you find laundry tubs, and lots of HOA ban outside clotheslines. This is utter madness!

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        Don’t forget to roll the clothes up in towels and stand on them to get as much moisture out as possible after. I handwashed my clothes when the machine broke and they didn’t dry quickly enough to avoid getting mouldy

        Edit: If this might drag on or you might get sick again, consider a portable washing machine. It might let you do a small load more easily

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            7 months ago

            I’m not sure, I haven’t used one before but once bought one for a friend who was in a tight spot. You might want to check which features each of them have as the very cheapest (Big W) says it’s a camping one. Also check Amazon and Ebay to see if they’re any cheaper as sometimes it can be the exact same thing as in the chain store

            Edit: Ok it says the camping one comes with an AU adaptor so might be ok? But I didn’t want to miss mentioning that.

            They are actually not cheaper on ebay. But the one I got my friend looked like this

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        7 months ago

        They sure can, and some ought be. Very few people will have a scrub board nowadays, but modern clothes won’t generally be as grotty or sturdy. Don’t know about having the energy to do it while Positive!

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      7 months ago

      I’d just mask up, keep my distance from people and sanitise my hands before I touch anything. No worries.

      • Eevoltic [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        No worries.

        I know you mean well, but I think that kind of thinking is what got me with covid in the first place. I don’t want to risk continuing to spread it further to other people, not a chance.