tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post9058859057265512168..comments2024-03-28T00:16:12.772-07:00Comments on The Real Housewife of Ciudad Juárez: The Laundry MatEmily Bonderer Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-76318914164702533162014-02-03T20:07:40.576-08:002014-02-03T20:07:40.576-08:00Ha! Okay now, our washer doesn't play tunes......Ha! Okay now, our washer doesn't play tunes... Lol. You've got me beat. You wife must being going nuts with all that technology! :)Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-1335719749273927542014-02-03T15:16:32.016-08:002014-02-03T15:16:32.016-08:00We've actually got LG units now that play a tu...We've actually got LG units now that play a tune when the wash or drying is complete, probably more computer control than my car. Our stove is "smart" too, with a digital timer to shut off the oven. But my wife is still able to burn as much stuff as on propane!<br /><br />I need to learn more Spanish for my household, like "Don't use a fucking metal fork on a Teflon (TM) pan!" and "Stop cooking with so much oil." (related partially to the first statement). Sure, they understand English, but it might be heeded better in Spanish. Hey, who left the mayo out of the fridge, and the tortilla package open?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-88510957925650692232014-02-02T08:34:02.212-08:002014-02-02T08:34:02.212-08:00Yes! Yes! Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-31504617259880386432014-02-02T08:32:50.361-08:002014-02-02T08:32:50.361-08:00That's exactly how he felt.That's exactly how he felt.Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-54091478473485557422014-02-02T08:32:24.089-08:002014-02-02T08:32:24.089-08:00I'm sure that would be a huge adjustment for h...I'm sure that would be a huge adjustment for her! Technology sure does change the way we live our lives. Such a luxury.Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-41484383296785197552014-02-02T08:31:08.385-08:002014-02-02T08:31:08.385-08:00Luckily we have a huge area downtown that sells al...Luckily we have a huge area downtown that sells all sorts of used things, including appliances. It's hard to remember that far back but I think we paid about $60 US for our dryer right when we got here.Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-43193757968941517832014-02-02T08:29:23.899-08:002014-02-02T08:29:23.899-08:00Thank you! And lol, I can totally believe that.Thank you! And lol, I can totally believe that.Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-66365303629710434002014-02-02T08:28:45.196-08:002014-02-02T08:28:45.196-08:00Thank you. Things will come together for us soon e...Thank you. Things will come together for us soon enough I'm sure. Just some growing pains. I would probably line dry here if it wasn't so cold in the winters and so dusty the rest of the year. It would certainly save some money!Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-40695802152837132462014-02-02T08:27:02.811-08:002014-02-02T08:27:02.811-08:00I totally agree. Times sure have changed.I totally agree. Times sure have changed.Emily Bonderer Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536825702643241250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-51498508138226116712014-01-31T01:00:41.093-08:002014-01-31T01:00:41.093-08:00I can completely get being so poor and not being a...I can completely get being so poor and not being able to pay for electricity!: ( I remember my first paycheck when I was a kid went to pay that bill...<br /><br />It really is funny how something in the moment seems so world-ending and then looking back at life you have a different prospective. <br />Our Life In Spanglishhttp://www.ourlifeinspanglish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-9760627697349627532014-01-29T13:42:28.159-08:002014-01-29T13:42:28.159-08:00Hello! Just wanted to say: your blog is totally f...Hello! Just wanted to say: your blog is totally fascinating! I discovered it in quite a random way. I was procrastinating on some work, looking up different routes on GoogleMaps for driving across the U.S. Some routes went through Texas, which led me to looking up El Paso, and then Juarez, and then the Juarez Tourism Board (because, given Juarez's typical depiction in U.S. media, I wanted to see how their tourism board would handle it)...which in turn led me to your blog. I've got other shit to do today, but I couldn't stop reading! :) Your detailed posts really give a sense of what it's like to live there. Bravo!Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-37646047241293777622014-01-27T16:10:40.942-08:002014-01-27T16:10:40.942-08:00You make such a great point here, Emily. Immigrant...You make such a great point here, Emily. Immigrants come to Anerica in hopes of living the dream, making $$$ and making it period. To see an American hand washing clothes and line drying probably did not fit the mould of "making it." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685113797867475906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-7420241873182004152014-01-26T22:51:35.940-08:002014-01-26T22:51:35.940-08:00Dryers eat clothes anyway, they'll last longer...Dryers eat clothes anyway, they'll last longer if you dry them on a line. That was the biggest change for my wife to move here, she used a tiny washer at her mother's house, and spent so much time (with three kids) on laundry. As a bachelor in the United States, I had my own washer and dryer, and probably used them one day out of every two weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-12448289735926568232014-01-26T16:59:52.276-08:002014-01-26T16:59:52.276-08:00I still hang my clothes out to dry...can't aff...I still hang my clothes out to dry...can't afford that dryer:) Growing up we were pretty poor and there were six of us kids, we used to do the laundry like once a month; take it all into town to the laundromat and wash it all but not dry it...we had to fold all those wet clothes and bring em home to hang on the line. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833191862792345356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-29022336798285164122014-01-26T05:58:12.395-08:002014-01-26T05:58:12.395-08:00Hi Emily,
I first heard of you from "This Ame...Hi Emily,<br />I first heard of you from "This American Life" and have been following your blogs. I love your writing, honesty, and wit. I have close Mexican friends here in the Northeast that would rather eat their shoes than hang clothes to dry. For some cultures it is a symbol of status quo, carbon footprint woot! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-51583777792215639132014-01-26T05:36:01.549-08:002014-01-26T05:36:01.549-08:00I love this story. Hope you soon overcome the thin...I love this story. Hope you soon overcome the thing that made you think back on past history. It's very common in European and Asian countries, even in wealthy families, to save energy by line drying. It's becoming more common in CO as people try to be more "green". We had a broken dryer for about a month and it was the smallest electricity bill we've ever had. Since then started hanging clothes on a line, and now on an indoor rack. I have to hang intimates inside. Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713945028568292256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459207290594790398.post-15235450064385998632014-01-26T05:01:08.561-08:002014-01-26T05:01:08.561-08:00When I was a kid every mother hung out the clothes...When I was a kid every mother hung out the clothes to dry. They chatted with their neighbors. It was a social thing as well. Now you never see anyone do it. Kind of a loss I think.Roberta Warshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869094383053871169noreply@blogger.com