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When using a laundromat for the first time in decades

Here’s some of what you learn.

1) The machines take a lot more quarters than they did once upon a time. A LOT more.

2) The “two or three weeks” promised for delivery of your new washing machine is more accurately measured in geologic time.

3) When you are using half a dozen dryers at one time, it can feel like you are one of those plate spinners on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "The Slice." Read all stories from this blog