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Post by quinlove on Nov 1, 2020 14:11:54 GMT
This reminds me of a crazy story. A few years ago, a good friend and I were talking about where we might be living when the time comes that we won’t be able to live by ourselves. She says she would definitely live with her daughter. But, there was something about that arrangement that would be very upsetting to her. She told me * I know she will never shake out my clothes before putting them in the dryer. And I don’t know if I could live like that !! *
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Post by kelly8875 on Nov 1, 2020 14:22:41 GMT
I make sure it’s not all in a knotted up ball. Pant legs always tie together somehow.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 1, 2020 18:44:57 GMT
I shake my clothes so they aren’t wadded up as they go into the dryer. I wouldn’t call it fluffing. Just enough to separate each item.
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Post by mnmloveli on Nov 1, 2020 21:16:31 GMT
I definitely fluff. I shake out each piece and then put in the dryer. I like to ensure every piece is untangled.
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Post by craftedbys on Nov 1, 2020 22:09:28 GMT
I semi fluff before putting in the dryer. I shake the larger pieces of clothing, but the socks and undies are just tossed in en masse.
When I first saw the title of your post I thought you were referring to fluffing the clothes after they have dried, but you have left them in the dryer so long you need to run it for a few minutes to fluff them/warm them up.
In that scenario, I am a master fluffier. In fact, I can fluff the clothes several days in a row. In my defense, if I don't stand there and wait for them to finish fluffing I will completely forget about them and will have to refluff when I remember them. Again, that is a cycle that can be repeated several times over with the same load.
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Post by questioning on Nov 1, 2020 22:48:38 GMT
I do for most items only I was raised to 'snap' my clothes out before placing in the dryer. No half-hearted fluffing here. Most items get a hard shake that gives that satisfying 'pop' sound at the end (think snapping a towel). It helps things like shirts, pants, cloth napkins, and such come out of the dryer much crisper looking and needing less ironing. I do this too, learned it from my Mother. I have a simple life, it can be entertaining.
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Post by ghislaine on Nov 1, 2020 23:49:33 GMT
I was raised to 'snap' the clothes when pulling them out of the washer, but most stuff got line dried. To this day my mom dries most things on the clotheslines. I don't have a clothesline so I separate clothes going into the dryer but don't snap most things. My kids are still little enough that doing it to all their little clothes would drive me batty!
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