-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/2012 09:20 PM, Hal wrote: > On 4/16/2012 2:37 PM, jdow wrote: >> On 2012/04/16 07:28, fred smith wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:04:45AM +0100, Bryn M. Reeves >>> wrote: >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On 04/13/2012 06:40 PM, jdow wrote: >>>>> It might help if you washed them once and awhile. >>>>> >>>>> {O.O} (You should know by not I lurk here and NO good >>>>> straight-line is safe.) >>>> >>>> Washing tends to make them fall apart faster, not slower >>>> (intense mechanical agitation and all that ;). >>> >>> I would think dry-cleaning would be the proper way to do it, >>> no? >> >> I don't think I've ever tried to get a tee-shirt dry cleaned. It >> MIGHT work. Dry clean is a third best to actually washing the >> clothing in a suitable detergent. (Best is a phosphate bearing >> detergent if you can find one with phosphates in it and really >> want clean. Ditto for dish washing, too. That's once a year >> whether they need it or not, right? <Sigh - hoists a glass >> saluting the good old days!>) >> >> Now, how can we tie this back to Linux? Anybody made a Fedora >> controlled washing machine? Why not? >> > Before the advent of soap/detergent what was used as a cleaning > component? How did a Roman keep their toga fresh and clean? :-) With soap of course :-) The word soap comes from the Latin sapo, The Romans certainly understood saponification and I think there is evidence for soap production dating back even earlier than that (Babylonian era): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap#Roman_history Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+NcmsACgkQ6YSQoMYUY94D0wCginvnLPBhAv3xtATmnGY1S0wy 4U4An3Wwixu1UnKK+0o9lN1zS4kFzJ0a =kdCR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org