Washing Machines...

are something of a luxury here in the 'Pines. The person who owns the house has one of these. First of all, it's half the size of the U.S. counterparts. Second of all I had to be instructed on how to use one. Bear with me as I enlighten you on the process.

1) Plug it into the wall. This is a complicated task, as the outlet is located behind an old refrigerator. Incidentally, my washer is located outside of the actual house.
2) Attach hose to faucet at side of the house.
3) Put in dirty clothes (i think I can put in 10 items here maybe) and detergent.
4) Run faucet, and fill machine with water.
5) "wash" for 25 minutes. Basically the round container filled with water shakes around for a little bit.
6) Drain machine into built in sewer on the floor
7) repeat to rinse
8) "Dry clothes" Now there's this spin dryer attached to the washer. you get to put in maybe 3 or 4 articles of clothing in there comfortably, and then you can "spin dry" it for 5 minutes. Basically, I have to spend 20 or so minutes refilling and resetting the dryer to dry all my clothes. The clothes end up still damp, so you have to hang dry anyway.

Needless to say, washing clothes in the 'pines sucks!