Comments on: Laundry Disaster!

By: John H. Farr

John H. Farr — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:02:14 +0000

I’ve “forgotten” twice. Actually, the first time I used the washer, I didn’t know the hose had to be secured: I just hooked it over the edge of the sink, but the water pressure made it jump right out! When I ran into the kitchen, the hose was dancing all around like a vomiting python.

The second time I screwed up, it was actually because something had slipped down inside the sink and blocked the drain, so that the water just poured out of the sink….uh, massively. That was actually worse.

By: Mtnred

Mtnred — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:07:17 +0000

I’ll bet she doesn’t forget to do the hoses ever again. And now the floor behind the washer is nice and clean so all is well.

By: John H. Farr

John H. Farr — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:01:23 +0000

Yay, the Eastern Shore is in the house!

Thanks for dropping by. You know, I never knew that about your Still Pond abode — and am I the only one to notice that “adobe” and “abode” are so similar??

OT, but I feel very good this morning. I think something important is surfacing. And how are you and Jeff?

By: Schroeder

Schroeder — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:27:05 +0000

J&K,
We used to have a similar set up at the Still Pond house only it was a rollable washing machine in the way back bathroom in the corner of the house. Hose in from the water source, hose out into the vanity sink. You couldn’t hear it overflowing. How many times did the cry originate from somewhere in the house “OH SHIT! I forgot the washing machine!” and a mad dash was made through the house to that corner. Well, at least the tile floor got washed fairly regularly.

By: John H. Farr

John H. Farr — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:54:37 +0000

Well, it is cozy. And I do share your intimations about the future. Always have actually. For decades!

I wonder if you’ve ever read any of my stories about my 16 x 8 foot shack in the Ozarks from my woods hippie days in Arkansas (’71!)… no electricity or running water, but profoundly reassuring: shelter and warmth, nothing to break, the universal dilemma of taking care of one’s physical body on the planet RESOLVED… I need to revisit this state of being. It was very good for me. I also cooked no meat and ate no sugar then. My teeth were strong and gleaming, my stomach was firm and tight, I bounded up the “hollers” like a deer.

Personally, I’d like to celebrate my life in somewhat altered home quite similar to this, only with more attention paid to solar gain and garden possibilities. Hmm…

By: Clancy

Clancy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:44 +0000

Yes, I do. Many people, in all of 2012 reality, could be without electricity soon, so washing machines and water heaters??? –a thing of the past, perhaps, and you will be cozy in your mud house…much cozier than those in stick houses and glass houses.

Celebrate your life!