Thai Laundry Ticket...

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

ya think?

[Bumpa STIKKA]

No... I was being a bit sarcastic.

I don't know what Lefty had in mind when he posted that remark!

[PigDogg]

Guess what he had in mind was that my New York laundry is cheaper though I'm lucky enough to have two basement laundries competing next door a block from where I lived so it certainly was not typical NYC prices. But the laundry did not have that sweet swell of Pattaya.

Stopped sending laundry out since there's a machine in my building. Popped into the laundry that had the sweetest smell and they sold me a small umarked bottle of green liquid for 300 baht.

Since unmarked have no idea if it's a carcinogen. Anyone know a brand name supermarket product for spraying on after the wash/dry/fold?

Many laundries in Pattaya do 80 pieces of clothing for 500 baht and you don't have to bring in the 80 pieces in one shot. But I don't think there are any of thses laundries in the main tourist loop though I did see one on Soi Buckhaou.

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

I'd rather be overpaying in Pattaya than underpaying in NYC  
I dislike doing my own laundry and, like Sir Pentire, am quite challenged by the folding process.  
I will happily put up with said carcinogens in exchange for the lovely smell of Thai laundry.
Remember, according to Pacman the cancer causers are in the fabric softeners.  He didn't say anything about laundry spray.  I can only conclude that the spray is in fact safe.  I'd put these clothes on a baby.

Wishing this thread a long and happy life,

RJS

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

(PigDogg @ Apr. 11 2010,09:14) Anyone know a brand name supermarket product for spraying on after the wash/dry/fold?

Right Guard?

[Bumpa STIKKA]

Guess what he had in mind was that my New York laundry is cheaper...

Your laundry in New York will clean and press a T shirt for 12 baht? (40 cents)?

[PigDogg]

  My laundry in New York was 50 cents a pound for wash/dry/fold.  This did not include pressing.  Then they raised it to 60 cents a pound with a 8 pound minimum.

This certainly is not typical NYC prices which can run up to a dollar a pound (or more).

Without a doubt, laundry is extremely cheap in the LOS compared to Western hotels.

[Bumpa STIKKA]

Damn... that IS cheap!

[PigDogg]

Elderly Chinese couple working very hard seven days a week but always cheerful.

I used to help out their son with his college statistics homework. He's in med school now, guess that's what they call the American dream.

Would just drop off my laundry bag, they knew me so I didn't need a ticket.

But unironed, the shirts would be too rumpled for the office. An ironed long sleeve dress shirt on a hangar was a buck but then they raised it to a buck and a quarter.

Like many of the posters here it's easy enough to throw clothes in a washer or dryer but the folding/ironing is too chalenging for me.

[Chinaman]

Hey PD, This brings back memories of when I lived in Houston back in the late 80ies. My laundry place was run by a cute Vietnamese lady - mind u, I was a bit more handsome by then as well ;-) - but what I actually remember the most is the starching they did - almost thought my shirts would break if I folded them - I picked them up on hangars. Boy, those collars were stiff as a board.

Don't remember what I paid, but I am sure it was more then that I would pay for shirts here now. Now, I prefer the crumpled Columbo look as I do not work in an office any longer ;-)

Guess, we are moving off-topic here, sorry ;-(
What was the topic - oh, RJS being a sexy man, or was it being Sexy Man?

I am sure that he wishes this thread a long life ;-)

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

(PigDogg @ Apr. 11 2010,11:01)  An ironed long sleeve dress shirt on a hangar was a buck but then they raised it to a buck and a quarter.

Yeah but did they call you "Sexy Man"?

[PigDogg]

Before the elderly couple owned the laundry. other Chinese people owned it. They hired a sexy girl from Belize or someplace like that to flirt with the customers. Then her cousin started to hang around and I invited her out for margaritas and then back to Chez PigDogg. So I guess I was also Sexy Man.

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

(Chinaman @ Apr. 11 2010,11:39) This brings back memories of when I lived in Houston back in the late 80ies. ..what I actually remember the most is the starching they did - almost thought my shirts would break if I folded them

I think I've heard about this

[Chinaman]

(PigDogg @ Apr. 11 2010,12:22)   Before the elderly couple owned the laundry. other Chinese people owned it.  They hired a sexy girl from Belize or someplace like that to flirt with the customers.    Then her cousin started to hang around and I invited her out for margaritas and then back to Chez PigDogg.  So I guess I was also Sexy Man.    

"Chez Pigdogg" - sounds to me a bit like "Seinfeld" ;-)

Why don't you tell us mo' about yr wild days from last century

[Steff]

I can't believe you guys are spending your time writing about laundry!!!

Then again, I'm reading it. hmmmm...