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1. about 1 year ago on Doonesbury

   It’s always been a bafflement to Europeans that anyone would consider air-drying as anything other than a nice thing, even without the energy considerations. Once the UK weather ventures above 50F in March or so, the washing will be out on the line, sheets blowing in the wind – it’s just a lovely sight. I don’t kow whether that’s a learned aesthetic or if the members of American HOAs just get offended by the sight of other people’s underwear.

2. about 6 years ago on Doonesbury

   You have to understand the period in which this was written when inflation was a lot more substantial. When inflation runs at 10%, wages and prices keep pace. But if you have a pension income which was/is often a fixed payment, then it only takes 4 years for your the buying power of your income to be effectively halved.