Comments on: Laundry Day in San Pedro Las Huertas http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/ Antigua Guatemala's number one multimedia resource in English for everything about La Antigua and the Guatemalan people, culture and traditions with a brand new web page every day! Tue, 22 May 2012 06:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Global Voices Online » Guatemala: Laundry Day! http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8391 Global Voices Online » Guatemala: Laundry Day! Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:01:07 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8391 [...] Guatemala Daily Photo a glimpse into life in this Central American country. The most recent photo shows a public washbasin where the women of the area wash their clothes by hand. A shared water tank is combined with individual “stations” to make washing a community [...] [...] Guatemala Daily Photo a glimpse into life in this Central American country. The most recent photo shows a public washbasin where the women of the area wash their clothes by hand. A shared water tank is combined with individual “stations” to make washing a community [...]

]]> By: Edwin http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8382 Edwin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:00:29 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8382 love this shot. I used to handwash all my clothes but because I'm hardly home long enough in a day, we got a washing machine. btw, if you don't mind me asking, how much does it cost to host this site? do you pay monthly or annually? love this shot.

I used to handwash all my clothes but because I’m hardly home long enough in a day, we got a washing machine.

btw, if you don’t mind me asking, how much does it cost to host this site? do you pay monthly or annually?

]]> By: sompopo http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8379 sompopo Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:57 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8379 They still wash clothes like this on the shores of Lake Atitlan don't they? They still wash clothes like this on the shores of Lake Atitlan don’t they?

]]> By: Patty http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8378 Patty Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:22:55 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8378 Thank you for your visit and well wishes. It's been a week since my last treatment, and I've been feeling great. Most of the blisters are now healed, skin is still pretty red from 33 treatments. Again, thank you. Thank you for your visit and well wishes. It’s been a week since my last treatment, and I’ve been feeling great. Most of the blisters are now healed, skin is still pretty red from 33 treatments. Again, thank you.

]]> By: Fabrizio - ikol22 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8374 Fabrizio - ikol22 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:33:25 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8374 Well it's possible to find some of them in Italy and in France too but mostly are not used anymore. It's really interesting what Richard said. Unfortunately in Italy we don't have common area in apartment blocks and washing machines are usually placed in the bathroom or in home-laundry. By the way that shared laundry rooms are a sort of modern public laundry washbasins where people are more oriented to aggregate than the opposite. P.S. I appreciate very much your comment on "At home" of my photo blog. I'm not comepletely left-hand (mancino in Italian) using mouse. I use both hands ;-) --- About firefox and ubuntu I'd like to talk about but I'm afraid to be too much OT here. I will use the form of your contact page :-) Well it’s possible to find some of them in Italy and in France too but mostly are not used anymore. It’s really interesting what Richard said. Unfortunately in Italy we don’t have common area in apartment blocks and washing machines are usually placed in the bathroom or in home-laundry. By the way that shared laundry rooms are a sort of modern public laundry washbasins where people are more oriented to aggregate than the opposite.

P.S. I appreciate very much your comment on “At home” of my photo blog. I’m not comepletely left-hand (mancino in Italian) using mouse. I use both hands ;-) — About firefox and ubuntu I’d like to talk about but I’m afraid to be too much OT here. I will use the form of your contact page :-)

]]> By: Abraham Lincoln http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8373 Abraham Lincoln Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:33:22 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8373 Is this a washboard technique or is it a machine of some kind? It brings back some old memories. It poured rain yesterday and I took some photos through the windshield experimenting. Abraham Lincoln<a href="http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Brookville Daily Photo</a> <a href="http://720pixels.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">720 pixels</a> Is this a washboard technique or is it a machine of some kind? It brings back some old memories. It poured rain yesterday and I took some photos through the windshield experimenting.

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]]> By: Richard http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8367 Richard Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:41:45 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/04/25/laundry-day-in-san-pedro-las-huertas/#comment-8367 Somehow or other this makes me ashamed I have a washing machine, and also seems like I might be missing out on something. Curiously, despite it's affluence, all apartment blocks in Switzerland have a shared laundry room, although many individuals will have their own appliances. It's an unusual arrangement that has some interesting side effects. You need to co-ordinate activities like laundry wih your neighbours, and while this sometimes leads to friction, in general it adds to community spirit rather than the opposite (means you have to think about what others are doing rather than live in your own bubble). There are other advantages. Often kitchen areas are small in apartments, and often they are open-plan. Moving noisy washing machine out of the house helps. Of course if you have giant house with utility rooms etc this is not a problem, but in Switzerland space is at a premium (too many mountains), and you need to make best use of it Somehow or other this makes me ashamed I have a washing machine, and also seems like I might be missing out on something. Curiously, despite it’s affluence, all apartment blocks in Switzerland have a shared laundry room, although many individuals will have their own appliances. It’s an unusual arrangement that has some interesting side effects. You need to co-ordinate activities like laundry wih your neighbours, and while this sometimes leads to friction, in general it adds to community spirit rather than the opposite (means you have to think about what others are doing rather than live in your own bubble). There are other advantages. Often kitchen areas are small in apartments, and often they are open-plan. Moving noisy washing machine out of the house helps. Of course if you have giant house with utility rooms etc this is not a problem, but in Switzerland space is at a premium (too many mountains), and you need to make best use of it

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