3/19    The idiots who live at my coop exhorbitantly raised the price on
        the dryers to force people to use a clothesline.  What can I put
        on their clothes to make horrid stains and induce mildew?
           \- how long does it take to put up a clotheslines. how long does
           it take to cut a clothesline. --psb
        \_ You're totally missing the point.  The children you're dealing with
           don't care what the price is because they're not washing their
           clothes.  It has nothing to do with clotheslines, it has to do with
           punishing all the Bad People like you who want clean clothing.
           What can you do about it?  Nothing.  Move to another house.  I'm
           not kidding.  Coop politics can be fun if you're into that sort of
           thing, but as soon as it gets annoying you should leave.  In the
           meantine, psb has the right idea.  Also if you want to politic it,
           keep in mind that anyone with 10 friends can stack a meeting and
           anything that was once voted in can be voted out the next week.
           Old coopers never die (well the young ones sometimes do), we just
           grow bored of living with children and fade away into the real world
           where *everything* is better.  Good luck with the scissors!
                --old cooper
        \- how long does it take to put up a clotheslines. how long does
           it take to cut a clothesline. think amplification. --psb
        \_ just do tie die in the washing machines
        \_ water. grape juice.  feces.
           \_ these things are not hard to remove.  tomato sauce stains
              are more difficult.
              \- i dont know th english word but the stain from coconut
                 water is supposed to be hard to remove.
                 there is also supposed to be some insect that lays eggs
                 in drying clothes in africa which require ironing to kill.
                 otherwise the larva crawls into you. ok tnx --psb
                 \_ I believe coconut "milk" is the word you're looking for.
                    Also, there's always bleach or acid..  --scotsman
                    \- i am not sure it is called "milk" when it is still
                       transparent in a green c'nut. that's what im referring
                       to. ok tnx. --psb
                    \_ coconut milk is an extract of the flesh.  the nut
                       liquid is coconut water/juice. --pld
        \_ durian.. but then if they LIKE durian it won't bother them
           \_ what? - i was thinking things like antifreeze or
              maybe some itching powder.  Be sophisticated
              \_ a solution of tide and water.
                 \_ this works great only iff they are allergic to tide.
        \_ so how much are they?
           \_ $0.75 / 20 mins. - note that these dryers aren't in perfect
              wonderful drying condition.
        \_ Why not just go buy a dryer?  You live in a COOP, right???
           That way, you can set the price on the box for whatever you
           want.  Not to mention- you live in a coop, so WTF is wrong with
           a clothes line?  You should be more afraid of the roaches in
           your kitchen than you are offended by wet laundry.
           \_ People STEAL clothes and sell them to Buff Exchange.
              they steal them from our locked laundry room, so a clothesline
              would be alot simpler for them no?  Personally I have nothing
              against the clothesline, i just wish the punative measures
              of the dryer price weren't done.  What dissapoints me more is
              that decision was made by the idiot idealists while the
              rational people were working.
           \_ Btw, all coops are not created the same.  I live in an apt;
              you're thinking of cloyne.  And yes, the quality level of
              comfort is exponential.  I assure you that the northside
              coops are better quality than most student rented housing
              (except for the bldgs built in the last 10 years, and there
              aren;t many of those) - with 1/2 the rent.