red hat?

[Bryn M. Reeves]

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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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