Next time you hear a rich person say "We have the same number of hours in the day." Ask them if they have a washer and dryer in their house.
Or if they have to pack it all up and go to the laundromat? $3.00 per load on average.
If they do go to the laundromat, ask them, do you bus there? Or carry it by hand? Or, a wagon?
Or do you ride in your car?
Yes, we all have the same number of hours in a day. But for some people, money makes every day things MUCH easier, and faster.
Don't pretend, and do not let them pretend, that we all have the same opportunities. In spite of what #45 will tell you. Hold them accountable for their ignorance.
Testify. Yes, yes, yes.
I am eternally grateful that my apartment has a washer! That's so rare and was a HUGE selling point for me. I've done enough laundromats that this is heavenly.
One of my big ones is grocery shopping - lugging that on foot, plus not having enough money to buy a lot at once. People say "it's cheaper at Costco," and I'm like:
Money for a membership
Bus fare
Hours spent bussing across town
Carrying big ass Costco packages on the bus on my little handcart?
I don't have that kind of money to spend all at once
...people just don't understand the things they take for granted.
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Is it because you can't afford a washing machine or because there is no space for it in the house?
We've even been considering installing one in the boat. Technically possible, but in my opinion we need the space and it's not that hard for us since most guest harbours have such facilities. Yeah, and it costs money. And time.
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We rent so we cannot install a washer and dryer.
Not only would there be a chance of getting into trouble, since it is shared water and the land lady pays it, but there are no hook-ups uostairs where we are.
Do you so much time on the boat that it would be practical to have one in? I guess I assumed your winters were similar to ours. Too cold and too windy for boating.
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So, in order to save the landlady some few cents worth of water, you have to spend hours of your time, solve big logistical problems and in addition spend some few dollars on the laundering service, plus transportation costs. That sounds rather silly.
Probably no point raising this issue with the current landlady if the house is to be sold, but in general I think it should be room for negotiation. Landlady installs a washing machine, you pay some tens of dollars extra house rent each month, that should be a win-win.
I believe the washing machine is the single most labor-saving device that common people have in their homes. Some decades ago it would be normal to have a shared washing machine in the basement of an apartment building here in Norway - nowadays it's pretty rare for a household not to have a washing machine - I think I've never encountered it.
Well, there are exceptions, of course ... like, I was living without running water for some years (I was "stealing" water from an outdoor tap at the neighbour school, using a wheelbarrow and water tanks), I guess I was visiting my mother to get the laundry done before we got the washing machine. Anyway, I actually installed the washing machine before we drilled a well. Modern washing machines are rather economical with the water usage, I bought a cistern and a pump and streamlined the "water stealing" process making it possible to do the laundry without too much fuzz (except, the stealing process was a bit embarrassing from time to time - I can remember at least two horror stories).
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My wife suggested we needed it ... but I believe I have evaluated the situation and landed on "no" as for now.
In the summer vacations we do need to get some laundry done, but there are always possible to visit a guest harbour to get it done. Often we stay by anchor rather than visiting guest harbours, but most likely we would need land power to drive the washing machine anyway.
Most people put their boat on land for the winter season, and most people see no point in being on a boat in the winter time - but it does have quite some charm in my opinion. Like when I was living in the north, the aurora polaris is best watched from the top of a mountain or from the sea.
Modern people seems to have forgotten the old Norwegian proverb - "there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing". Anyway, our boat is quite sheltered, in ordinary conditions everything except dropping anchor and mooring up can be done from inside the cockpit tent, and we can also adjust the auto pilot from inside the cabin. There are some problems with the diesel heater, but it works most of the time - it's also possible to draw some heat from the engine, we can make hot drinks from the gas oven, and we can even use electricity for heating when we're in guest harbours.
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