High and dry
There are no clothes dryers in China … as a result, drying clohtes in the damp winter air is nearly impossible.
So I rigged up this intricate clothes-drying system involving a fan, improvised clothesline, two chairs, ironing board, and a rotating space heater.
It worked great for about a month, until the clothesline snapped. Then I decided to try something new … I emptied out a closet and put my space heater in there with the wet clothes (like a mini sauna).
Sure, it might be a terrible fire hazard, but it works like a charm!
January 28th, 2007 at 8:42 am EST
Lance… we have a dryer!!! They are available all around Hunan! - If you want to spend the money! If you buy one you can sell it to me when you leave and then I will have two and dry clothes double time! When you don’t use anything to help dry your clothes in this weather they will get moldy before they actually dry! YUCK! Sounds like you have a good system!
Erica
January 28th, 2007 at 10:26 am EST
hah! thats awesome lance awesome webel!
January 28th, 2007 at 3:46 pm EST
how creative:roll:!your life is full of drama and pleasant surprise.
January 28th, 2007 at 6:34 pm EST
that doesn’t seen like a fire hazard at all… course… coming from a person that almost blew himself up in front of his campers, thats not saying much : )
January 29th, 2007 at 1:41 pm EST
I can see the headlines now…………
January 29th, 2007 at 11:36 pm EST
My brain activity is ONE BIG HEADLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 30th, 2007 at 12:14 am EST
Lance, I think it’s alright just so long as you don’t, you know, leave the apartment with the dryer on…
January 30th, 2007 at 4:24 am EST
Lance, you are so “a Webel”.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:07 pm EST
Hey, we don’t have a dryer either so your system looks appealing….but, wait, there are no closets in Germany either! Oh well, practicing thankfulness that at least we have a washing machine!
January 30th, 2007 at 11:32 pm EST
Most of the clothes that I brought are non-cotton … either heavy-duty camping stuff or quick-dry athletic stuff. So I really don’t have any problems getting most of my clothes dry overnight or in one afternoon.
Oh, and Will … I’ve already set two towels on fire with that spaceheater. One actually went up in a huge ball of flame and I burnt half of my arm hairs putting it out!
February 1st, 2007 at 3:02 am EST
Lance, You haven’t answered my e-mail from days and days ago…..perhaps you tried to put out another fire and………..LOVE, MOM