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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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I always use the Washing machine instead if doing it by hand

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Clean your tub so it's clean. Put clothes in, spreading them out a bit, plug tub drain, fill with lukewarm water, while filling doing two things. Agitating clothes by stirring them around either by hand or with a tool of sort and steadily adding detergent to work with oils and stains. When clothes are fully submerged in detergent water, let sit a few moments, agitate again. If you know a garment has a tough stain on it take out a wash cloth or similar to rub against the stain with the water and if need be some extra detergent. Agitate and soak some more, drain the water. Refill with lukewarm water and agitate to get all the detergent out in this rinse out. Empty tub, then from there it's getting the excess water out by squeezing it out in some way. Then letting them air dry or throw them into a dryer.