Quote Originally Posted by astarz41
Join the girl guides or whatever they call them in the US. Hopefully they will teach you some rudimentary survival skills - it's a shame really that a simple thing like a lack of a dryer can render a person helpless.
It's not that I don't know how to hang dry (or hand wash) but hang drying is not recommended for a lot of clothes.
Shall I tell you who's saying this or would you like to guess?

It stretches the fabric out and makes it feel rough.
Stick to normal clothes made from normal fabric, not some artificially engineered fibres.

And plus dryers are so much more practical.
Practical for whom? For the average selfish human? Do they care about the environment, do they f... .

40 minutes and all your clothes is dry.
What's the rush? Make it a rule to do your laundry in advance. Learn to manage your time. Do several things in parallel. It's not very difficult, believe me.

You can wash and dry a winter coat in a couple hours.
Winter coats worth their name should be dry cleaned, not washed.

And you can dry shoes.
Use a good water repellent cream (but make sure it's environment friendly). Your shoes will always be dry. (Easier solution - watch your step, avoid stepping into puddles.)

Anddd you can use the dryer to do dry cleaning, which is really covenient.
That sort of dry cleaning has nothing to do with the real dry cleaning they do at any respectable dry cleaner's in St Pete. It's like comparing a latex doll to a real woman.

It's like a microwave, you can certainly do with out it but it makes things so much easier when you're in a hurry.
Ever thought of improving your time management skills? A well-organized person seldom finds himself in a hurry. Besides, microwaves are bad for your health.

[quote:zay4o9yk]That's interesting. I'll check in the local stores next time I'm out shopping. I suppose they're much less common here than in the West now, but I'd be amazed if you actually couldn't find one.
Thanks! I'm pretty sure they do exist in Russia, because they had them at the laundry place. I think they're just not very popular yet.[/quote:zay4o9yk]Wrong. They are no longer popular. People are very environment-concious in Russia - as soon as they realized that dryers were bad for the environment they started saying no to them. From what I've heard some even wanted to persuade the Duma to pass a law banning the import of dryers into Russia (for environmental protection reasons). Besides, many washing machines nowadays have a drying program which is 100% environment friendly and very efficient. No one in their right mind would pay double for a dryer if their washing machine already does it for them.