Wash day in Singapore

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Wash day in Singapore
Topic Started: Nov 13 2010, 06:21 PM (252 Views)
Kahu	Nov 13 2010, 06:21 PM Post #1
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	The prosperous island state of Singapore has a lot of very draconian laws ...... but when you consider, the state actively provides housing for ALL their citizens, they could teach us all a lot. I couldn't resist this shot of an apartment building on washday ...... The hazy atmosphere is due to smoke from the burning jungles in Sumatra for establishing Palm Oil plantations. Attached to this post: 694.jpg (115.91 KB)



jade24	Nov 2 2015, 07:19 PM Post #2
Title Posts: 6 Group: Member Member #1,226 Joined: October 31, 2015	love your pic of wash day in Singapore which is everyday there. wish people in western countries would use the sun too and conserve energy, be it gas or electric, which comes not cheap.



Durgan	Nov 2 2015, 08:14 PM Post #3
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	My daughter and family lived in Singapore for two years and consider it a paradise. Durgan



Kahu	Nov 2 2015, 10:52 PM Post #4
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	IMHO ... A paradise of which you could very quickly tire.



Trotsky	Nov 3 2015, 01:47 AM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	They need an adhacent high rise to string clotheslines instead of those tenuous looking cantilever poles. Standing at the foot of this building looks like a cheap way to assemble a new wardrobe. "Oh, look a Vera Wang."



Darcie	Nov 3 2015, 02:49 AM Post #6
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	My allergist told me to not hang clothes outside, especially bedding, because it will have pollen on it. How was I to know this happened.



jade24	Nov 3 2015, 04:43 AM Post #7
Title Posts: 6 Group: Member Member #1,226 Joined: October 31, 2015	u'll be surprised how strong those bamboo poles r. before steel scaffolding came in, that was all we had for scaffolding. never heard of one breaking but falling yes, cos of improper securing perhaps. yes pollen is bad with deciduous foliage but not there. if u r on the ground floor u may find your underwear missing though.



wildie	Nov 3 2015, 06:33 AM Post #8
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Trotsky Nov 3 2015, 01:47 AM They need an adhacent high rise to string clotheslines instead of those tenuous looking cantilever poles. Standing at the foot of this building looks like a cheap way to assemble a new wardrobe. "Oh, look a Vera Wang." My son's buddy, an architectural designer, designed a renovation of a heritage property in an urban area of Kingston Ontario. As part of the concept he had an aircraft cable strung between two buildings and had copper replica's of various pieces of laundry hung on the cable as part of the decoration! N1TheSkyIsTheLimit.gif



Delphi51	Nov 3 2015, 08:46 AM Post #9
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	I am very surprised to see that! I hang my blue jeans out to dry but underwear seems too labour intensive. I, too, wish for more environmentally friendly dryers. Every one I have seen sucks warm air out of the home, causing cold outside air to be drawn in. Designed by people in warmer climates, I suppose. I once built a clumsy pipe in a pipe heat exchanger to draw outside air into the dryer, collecting heat from the exhaust but it didn't work very well because the dryer was not designed for it.



Kahu	Nov 3 2015, 10:31 AM Post #10
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	Delphi51 Nov 3 2015, 08:46 AM I hang my blue jeans out to dry but underwear seems too labour intensive. I, too, wish for more environmentally friendly dryers. Every one I have seen sucks warm air out of the home, causing cold outside air to be drawn in. Designed by people in warmer climates, I suppose. I once built a clumsy pipe in a pipe heat exchanger to draw outside air into the dryer, collecting heat from the exhaust but it didn't work very well because the dryer was not designed for it. It's common practice to hang clothes out to dry here ... underwear and all. We have a clothes drier which is really only used in prolonged periods of wet weather, or if you need an item dried quickly. We have plenty of wind here, so clothes dry quickly even if it's overcast. That's the way it always has been here in the suburbs. However with more apartments being built in the cities, city dwellers use indoor driers. The only reason I posted that pic was because I saw the funny side of the tall buildings with bamboo poles strung with flags of washing!



wildie	Nov 3 2015, 10:56 AM Post #11
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Delphi51 Nov 3 2015, 08:46 AM I am very surprised to see that! I hang my blue jeans out to dry but underwear seems too labour intensive. I, too, wish for more environmentally friendly dryers. Every one I have seen sucks warm air out of the home, causing cold outside air to be drawn in. Designed by people in warmer climates, I suppose. I once built a clumsy pipe in a pipe heat exchanger to draw outside air into the dryer, collecting heat from the exhaust but it didn't work very well because the dryer was not designed for it. I installed a heat recovery ventalator and cold, incoming air being drawn in by the dryer is warmed first!



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