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From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Cloth diapers
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 15:49:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 15:49:32 1985
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>Has anyone
>really looked at the electricity/water/time/aggravation cost of washing
>your own diapers and decided it really costs less than $10/week?
>
>	Mark
>

I can't believe that it can come to that much.  When I used cloth
diapers, we didn't have a machine of our own.  It was 1 laundromat
load per week.  Back then, that was less than $1.00.  Probably now
it is less than $2.00.  Even if you use twice as many, that is half 
the cost of a service.  And surely washing at home is cheaper than
a laundromat--they do have to make a profit.

I really don't understand using a diaper service.  It isn't pleasant
to deal with a full diaper pail.  But it doesn't take a lot of time,
either.  I can think of nothing easier than doing a load of wash--after
all, all you do is throw in the diapers, the soap, and then let them
wash while you read a good book.  Now if you had to wash them in a stream 
with a rock...

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