Anyone ever heard of this? Something I learned that can save some time in towns, maybe not any money, but instead of going to the laundromat to do clothes, go to the car wash. Not the one with the blue, pink, and yellow soap sprayer and the fancy spinning brushes...the one where you chunk a few quarters into the slot and squeeze the sprayer. There was an article in the paper here a few months ago about a mom of a couple boys who play baseball, and she was going nuts trying to get the mud and stink out of her boys' uniforms. One of the other baseball moms clued her in to the secret. The car wash. It gets stuff out that no washing machine can, and you can get all of your clothes done in less than five minutes (wash time). Put the hose on "soap," clip articles of clothes to the mat clips and spray away. All the gunk, stink, and dirt is gone in seconds. Then switch to "rinse" and the clear, high pressure water will blast all of the soap away, too. Then you can either air dry the stuff or if you absolutely have to, trek back over to the laundry or hostel and throw them in a dryer. No more dirt or rotten shrimp and fromunda cheeze smell.