enviro-nazi! enviro-nazi! ;^)

easily done.  water gathered in second bucket, clothes rinsed, dump,
repeat.

i was just picturing all the world washing their clothing in streams on
rocks and leaving them in the sun to dry.  none of these first-world
sissy washing machines...

b

On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 11:36 , Brent Christensen wrote:

> Not to be a enviro-Nazi, but technically, you should not rise "bio-suds"
> directly into a stream or lake.  It should be done in a bucket and then
> emptied into a hole in the ground away from the water source.  This
> allows
> the microbes in the ground to break down the phosphates and other
> sudsing
> components of the detergent.
>
> -Brent
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: Living in a van
>
>
>> yeah, that's how we usually do it...but it's a good idea to keep in
>> mind
>> in case of emergency or when you're travelling in places that don't
>> have
>> laundromats.  use biodegradable washing powder and you can even rinse
>> clothes in a stream...
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 08:45 , Stan Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> Say Bill .......... every town laundromat, apartment house and many
>>> campgrounds have these things called coin operated washing machines.
>>> It
>>> takes thirty minutes and is less than a buck.
>>> I've never had any problem catching a thirty minute nap while my
>>> clothes
>>> washed.
>>> I came to this resolution when I found that it takes 20 times as much
>>> water to rinse as it does to wash.
>>> If you pack your clothes the military way by rolling them into logs
>>> and
>>> tying them you can get two weeks of clothes in a airline size carry on
>>> bag.
>>>
>>> Stan
>>>
>>> On Thu, 23 May 2002 08:26:47 -0700 Bill Kasper
>>> <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU> writes:
>>>> On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 06:52 , Rob Gunter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I didn't live in a Westy, but I spent 18 months traveling in my
>>>> Ford
>>>>> Van and
>>>>> can give some good tips.
>>>>
>>>>> Washing clothes:  Keep a 5 gal bucket with a tight lid.  Put
>>>> clothes in
>>>>> with
>>>>> soap, drive, rinse, hang up.
>>>>
>>>> now *this* is an excellent idea.  thanks, rob.
>>>>
>>>> bill kasper
>>>> '87 syncro westfalia
>>>> santa cruz, ca
>>>> married to a beautiful laundrette
>>>>
>>>
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