Laundry Bucket, er, WASHER!

Dear Happy Homemaker,

I live in a tiny apartment with no hookup for a washer/dryer laundry center. Being totally without coin for the laundromat and hardly able to afford TIDE, how in the world can I maintain my clothing spanking clean? While I may be poor, I do have some tattered shreds of pride that remain affixed to my person. Filthy rags I cannot abide.

Thanks,

Cleveland


Dear Cleve,

Rather than stoning your garments creekside or scrubbing your knuckles raw on the washboard, you must assemble for yourself the following appliance:

Manually-operated washing machine

Obtain:

5-gallon plastic bucket

Toilet plunger (new)

Hand soap slivers

Cut hole in center of lid bucket that is
slightly larger than plunger handle. Take
plunger and center it in the bucket.

Partially fill "washer" with water suf-
ficiently hot to soften soap slivers that
find themselves scattered about bucket's
capacious lower level.

Add clothes and warm water within a
number of inches of the bucket's top.

Affix lid securely to bucket, allowing
plunger handle to poke through.

Apply motion in upward/downward strokes.

When the above cleansing actions are
complete, drain bucket by tipping it (either
to the right or left - your choice) into a re-
ceiver basin for your next load.

Refill "washer" - with all internal items intact -
with rinse water.

Repeat the above procedures as desired.


Do not kick the bucket ...

Happy Homemaker!