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On 04/16/2012 09:20 PM, Hal wrote:
On 4/16/2012 2:37 PM, jdow wrote:
> On 2012/04/16 07:28, fred smith wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:04:45AM +0100, Bryn M. Reeves
>> wrote:
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>>> On 04/13/2012 06:40 PM, jdow wrote:
>>>> It might help if you washed them once and awhile.
>>>>
>>>> {O.O} (You should know by not I lurk here and NO good
>>>> straight-line is safe.)
>>>
>>> Washing tends to make them fall apart faster, not slower
>>> (intense mechanical agitation and all that ;).
>>
>> I would think dry-cleaning would be the proper way to do it,
>> no?
>
> I don't think I've ever tried to get a tee-shirt dry cleaned. It
> MIGHT work. Dry clean is a third best to actually washing the
> clothing in a suitable detergent. (Best is a phosphate bearing
> detergent if you can find one with phosphates in it and really
> want clean. Ditto for dish washing, too. That's once a year
> whether they need it or not, right? <Sigh - hoists a glass
> saluting the good old days!>)
>
> Now, how can we tie this back to Linux? Anybody made a Fedora
> controlled washing machine? Why not?
>
Before the advent of soap/detergent what was used as a cleaning
component? How did a Roman keep their toga fresh and clean? :-)
With soap of course :-)
The word soap comes from the Latin sapo, The Romans certainly
understood saponification and I think there is evidence for soap
production dating back even earlier than that (Babylonian era):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap#Roman_history
Regards,
Bryn.
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