So Fresh So Clean

Rub a dub dub, do your laundry in the tub?  While waiting to move into our house, we have accumulated quite a bit of laundry.  We thought the easy solution was to call the “laundry man” and have him take away our clothes to wash.  We had heard that laundry and dry cleaning was cheap in Bangalore so thought nothing of the possible cost.  The laundry man came, filled 4 bags with dirty clothes and then handed us a sheet of paper with a breakdown of the cost to wash each item of clothing.  George quickly pulled up his currency converter and told the man we would call him back later to get the clothes.  After the man left, George informed me that the cost to wash one T-shirt would be $5.00 USD.  We had a lot of T-shirts and that price was not going to fly.  We put our heads together and devised a master plan….we would wash our clothes Indian style.  George ran the bath water and I filled it with all the shampoo and soap the staff had just stocked our room with.  The wash even included 2 rinse cycles.  We laid our clothes out on the balcony to dry and in 2 days we had freshly clean and dry clothes.  We have new found respect for the man who invented the washer and dryer.