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Daily Discussion Thread: 🏡 Tuesday, 21 January, 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today's weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 18°C, max - 32°C. 95% chance of no rain

Tomorrow is back down to 22°C with 3 days of rain, so make sure to get your washing done today!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Big fan. Also a fan of the machine that washes my clothes so I don't have to boil them or scrub them in a river or any of the various delightful methods used previously. So convenient.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

or have servants/slaves to do it for you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Or be the servant doing it all day for others. Labour-saving devices have let us advance as a society, especially women.