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28 August 2014

Same Thing, Just a Little Different



Today I was rifling about looking for some paperclips to unite bundles of school registration paperwork (seems like staples are frowned up on here ...), when I hit jackpot and came up on a string of them in the back of a desk drawer. Isn't the slightly varied shape fun? Which shape would you prefer? Standard (American) issue oval within an oval or these steepled paperclips?

It's funny how it is continually surprising to find new versions of the same thing. For instance, I've been very delighted that we have a washing machine and dryer here, but boy that dryer gives me fits. I just can't figure it out. I haven't been overly concerned, as I knew I would be air drying as much as possible to save on electricity bills. So I basically have been using it as a 10-minute fluff-cycle for my towels (Air-dried towel commiseration, anyone? So crunchy!). But today, during a fluffing session, the machine started cursing me and telling me I needed to "vider réservoir." So, turns out that the dryer has a tank that fills up with water/moisture and when it gets too full, you have to empty it. On the dryer! Did you know about this phenomenon in the laundering world?

Same thing, just a little different.

5 comments:

  1. Hi Anna I have been reading your blog and is nice to read about your family moving to France and seeing that transition. Thanks for sharing .

    Mary (chicago)

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  2. I like the French paper clips.

    No, I have never heard of a dryer doing such! Interesting. Good luck!

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  3. That is SO strange.
    I love the french paper clips so much more than our lame rounded ones! :)
    xoxo

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  4. Hihihihihihihi...welcome to French dryers! Cracked me up with this one. I was in the South last year with some Americans and they kept complaining about their dryer. I had to go and show them how it worked. At least you have one, most people don't. I just use mine for towels (I confess, I like them fluffy!).

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  5. Hihihihihihihi...welcome to French dryers! Cracked me up with this one. I was in the South last year with some Americans and they kept complaining about their dryer. I had to go and show them how it worked. At least you have one, most people don't. I just use mine for towels (I confess, I like them fluffy!).

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