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Thread Number: 53337
The First 24/7 Outdoor Launderette |
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| Post# 756772 5/13/2014 at 16:01 (3,629 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
I've heard of photography kiosks, but an outdoor launderette, £8 for a large 18kg load, £4 for an 8kg load. and £1 to dry. 24/7 Access. Adds an eco friendly liquid detergent to the wash, so no detergent needed.
Its an interesting idea, but I wouldn't use it, it could get vandalised, and ruined. People would put rubbish/bricks/debris in the drum It could get spray painted Your clothes could get stolen if there isn't a lock on the dryer. I much prefer washing my duvet at a launderette in the safe view of an attendant. CLICK HERE TO GO TO zanussi_lover's LINK | ||
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| Post# 756777 , Reply# 1 5/13/2014 at 16:47 (3,629 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 756787 , Reply# 2 5/13/2014 at 17:42 (3,629 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
We had one
There was one in Yuma, Arizona, where I grew up, on the corner of Eighth Street and Eleanor Avenue, called "Koin-a-Matic" or some such. Just a big awning and bank of machines set back about 15 yards from the street, it was outfitted with Speed Queen solid-tub coin-ops and dryers (gasp, if only I'd known!).
It must have been installed in the late fifties or early sixties, and persisted--intact--through the late eighties, at least. I didn't notice when, specifically, it was finally razed. Being out in the elements must have been hell on the machines, even though they faced north; the sun would have done them all in, and I'm sure a good rainstorm would have filled them partially with water and mud. In terms of vandalism, there wasn't any, really, but then again, I think that was an idea that only worked in another era. | ||
| Post# 756799 , Reply# 3 5/13/2014 at 19:10 (3,629 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
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Here is the link to the pic I took in France of the washers outside the supermarket.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO paulc's LINK | ||
| Post# 756883 , Reply# 6 5/14/2014 at 07:59 (3,628 days old) by GeorgeCT (Fairfield, CT) | ||
And when you drop newly washed clothes...
They'll hit the dirty ground.
At least if you drop something inside a laundromat the floor is pretty clean. Who cleans the pavement outdoors (nobody). There's no where to sit or protection from the elements (who's going to wash clothes outside when it's poring rain). I would never use an outside laundromat. I don't know who would. It doesn't make sense. | ||
| Post# 756890 , Reply# 7 5/14/2014 at 09:02 (3,628 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
one smart thing | ||
| Post# 756931 , Reply# 8 5/14/2014 at 13:24 (3,628 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
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Post# 757107 , Reply# 10 5/15/2014 at 05:25 (3,627 days old) by rapunzel  (Sydney) |
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"the patron was folding the sheet-its ends hit the dirty ground a few times" Of course we work under the optimistic assumption that peoples' floors at home are clean. | ||
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Post# 757115 , Reply# 11 5/15/2014 at 06:14 (3,627 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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I figure the floor in your house would be cleaner than the pavement at that outdoor laundry.No table or rack for the patron to lay things on while folding them. | ||
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