Washing machine that needs no electricity
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CPseudonym
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Acoustic laundry
windmill29130
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Pretty cool but too expensive!
keb
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You could also use it as your salad spinner, or ???
RT Firefly
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Greetings,
Better...
Better...
dhmeissner
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RT Firefly
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Greetings,
That's one TOUGH machine!
That's one TOUGH machine!
markpierce
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That's what my great-grandmother (lived to be 104) still used in the 1960s on her farm near Iowa Falls. She also had a hand-cranked "squeezer" over another bucket to rinse the clothes. Memories ...
FF
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"She also had a hand-cranked "squeezer" over another bucket to rinse the clothes. "
These are called mangles , and still sold today.
These are called mangles , and still sold today.
FF
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The simple solution is to put the dirty stuff in a canvas bag with soap and drag it astern for a few hours.
It still will need a FW rinse after its cleaned.
This is how it was done for hundreds of years on sail ships , the FW rinse being a rain shower.
It still will need a FW rinse after its cleaned.
This is how it was done for hundreds of years on sail ships , the FW rinse being a rain shower.
jleonard
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"The latest estimated delivery time is July 2016. Currently we are only accepting pre-orders within Canada and the US."
I am always suspect of these pre-order deals.
I am always suspect of these pre-order deals.
