On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 23:58:27 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 2/26/2018 11:12 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/26/2018 2:40 PM, wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I do realise that, was merely making the point that in climates like
>>> hers where I imagine she has to use a dryer, dryers suck up power like
>>> it's going out of style.
>>>
>>
>> True, and I use it in the summer too.* After washing clothes I don't
>> hang them out to get pollen coated.
>
>Wooo boy! I woke up this morning to find the water in the bird bath
>coated with a film of pollen. I dumped it out and filled it with fresh
>water. The patio furniture and the driveway were coated with
>greenish-yellow dust. Even if I *wanted* to hang clothes outside, this
>is not the time of year to do it. Good thing I don't have allergies,
>isn't it? Sorry, but I won't give up my electric dryer. I don't run
>it every day. lucretia lives in a condo with a balcony. Where does she
>dry her clothes?
>
>Jill

You do make mountains out of mole hills! Of course I now have to use
dryers but let me tell you why I saw fit to tell Julie forget worrying
about the oven using power and think dryer.

In talking with others about power bills several of us couldn't figure
out how my power bill was low, $34 per month and theirs were high,
just under $100.00. They all lived in condos roughly 1500 sq ft.

Eventually I realised the answer, they had in condo washer/dryers we
have a laundry room per floor and pay per wash. Even putting money in
the machines I was way better off. Didn't have to buy or maintain the
machines, had no worries about pipes letting go, obviously the
maintenance costs are figured into ours, but not the power costs

It took me quite awhile to get used to dryer only, but one does what
one has to do, I clearly found it difficult to clear snow, mow grass
etc and the big blizzard 15 years ago made up my mind for me. That
and a Korean family I was helping, when they came to visit they were
all terribly puzzled and amazed that one person lived in a 4 bedroom
house with all this space - looking at it from their point of view did
rather make me feel ashamed Think about that Jill!