• Reflections on sharing a washing machine

    One washing machine looks much like any other, as far as I am concerned.  That’s because I’m seldom close up to one.  The problem here at IBTS is that when I need to use one I am engaging in a practice that is largely unfamiliar as far as I am concerned.  To make matters worse I discover that the instructions on one machine are in a strange and foreign language and the other is delightfully illuminated with the universal symbols of garment washing – but there seems to be no obvious key to understanding the symbols if you’re not familiar with the symbolic language of laundry.  To be fair, someone…