On 12/6/2016 8:54 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:47:04 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...k-life-UK.html
>>
>>
>> I don't get the one who said there were no dryers - I had a washer and
>> dryer in 1967 prior to leaving the UK.
>
> Me neither; it's nonsense. Tumble dryers are commonplace in the home,
> even in rented accommodation. For tourists, hotels offer laundry
> services and there are high street businesses offering service washes.
>
> Janet UK
>

People often make dumb assumptions. We rented a villa in Italy that had
a washer, but no dryer. Therefore dryers do not exist in Italy.
(We did take a basket of wet clothes to a laundromat in town)