I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent. A neighbor saw trapped lint
clogged and built up against the screen in the dryer vent. The builder said
to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac to vacuum out all the lint that is
"clogged". I live alone and my home is only 3 yrs. old. **

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On 5/29/2019 9:14 AM, Barbara Tritelli wrote:
I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent.Â* A neighbor saw
trapped lint
clogged and built up against the screen in the dryer vent.Â*Â* The builder
said
to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac to vacuum out all the lint
that is
"clogged".Â* I live alone and my home is only 3 yrs. old.Â* **


Not enough information. Is it a raised ranch? If so I would think vent
is just above dryer for space reasons. Vents should be checked yearly
for lint build-up. I had birds access vent flaps not closing and trying
to build a nest there. Years ago we rented a ranch house with a dryer
in the basement and vent was at ground level and a rabbit got in and was
killed in the drier. Serious mess with maggots essentially ruined the
dryer.

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 9:22:10 AM UTC-4, Frank wrote:
On 5/29/2019 9:14 AM, Barbara Tritelli wrote:
I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent.Â* A neighbor saw
trapped lint
clogged and built up against the screen in the dryer vent.Â*Â* The builder
said
to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac to vacuum out all the lint
that is
"clogged".Â* I live alone and my home is only 3 yrs. old.Â* **


Not enough information.


+1

If the dryer is against an outside wall, then you can put the vent near it
and near floor level. If the dryer is in a laundry room that's not by
an outside wall, then you have to route it to where you get outside and
the easiest way could be through the ceiling joists, in which case it
winds up at that height. You only have to clean it occasionally, and
it's still not very high, so the height is no big deal. Bigger issue
is that if it has to run 15 feet instead of 3 feet, there is more pipe
to accumulate lint, clog, etc. Another reason it might be up high would
be if there is a deck/patio in that location and they figured it would be less
of an issue up there if you were using the deck while the dryer is running.

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 9:14:06 AM UTC-4, Barbara Tritelli wrote:
I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent.

How many windows on that side of the house? Dryer vents must
be a specified distance from any windows. Perhaps "up" was the
only direction they could go to obtain that distance.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wed, 29 May 2019 13:14:02 GMT, Barbara Tritelli
m wrote:

I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent. A neighbor saw trapped lint
clogged and built up against the screen in the dryer vent. The builder said
to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac to vacuum out all the lint that is
"clogged". I live alone and my home is only 3 yrs. old. **

I am not sure what you mean. Is it in the gable and? Is that above a
masonry wall? He may have just wanted to avoid cutting through the
concrete block.
What is straight behind the dryer? Is it the external wall or does the
dryer vent have to go through the attic to get to an external wall.

I was inspecting a 4 plex condo at the beach a while ago where the 1st
floor was 18 feet above grade and the dryer vents were 9' above that
for the 1st floor and more like 18' for the 2d floor. (36' above
grade). I asked the same question. How the hell do they clean that
vent?

On Wed, 29 May 2019 12:39:33 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 29 May 2019 13:14:02 GMT, Barbara Tritelli
om wrote:

I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent. A neighbor saw trapped lint
clogged and built up against the screen in the dryer vent. The builder said
to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac to vacuum out all the lint that is
"clogged". I live alone and my home is only 3 yrs. old. **

I am not sure what you mean. Is it in the gable and? Is that above a
masonry wall? He may have just wanted to avoid cutting through the
concrete block.
What is straight behind the dryer? Is it the external wall or does the
dryer vent have to go through the attic to get to an external wall.

I was inspecting a 4 plex condo at the beach a while ago where the 1st
floor was 18 feet above grade and the dryer vents were 9' above that
for the 1st floor and more like 18' for the 2d floor. (36' above
grade). I asked the same question. How the hell do they clean that
vent?

From the inside? My vent is vertical through the roof with a galv. cap
on top. The lint escapes. There is no screen. The OP has lint
collection at the screen. I think she needs a ladder

Barbara Tritelli m wrote

I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent.

Normally because its easier to do it like that instead of having
the vent where you can walk up to it and dont need a ladder.

A neighbor saw trapped lint clogged and built up against the screen in the
dryer vent. The builder said to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac
to vacuum out all the lint that is "clogged". I live alone and my home is
only 3 yrs. old. **

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

On Thu, 30 May 2019 03:04:56 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

Barbara Tritelli m wrote

I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent.

Normally because its easier to do it like that instead of having
the vent where you can walk up to it and don¢t need a ladder.

You don't know any of the circumstances and you haven't, AGAIN, the foggiest
about it all, senile Mr Know-it-all.

A neighbor saw trapped lint clogged and built up against the screen in the
dryer vent. The builder said to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac
to vacuum out all the lint that is "clogged". I live alone and my home is
only 3 yrs. old. **

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

Yeah? Who does that, driveling senile Rodent?

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On 5/29/19 12:59 PM, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2019 12:39:33 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 29 May 2019 13:14:02 GMT, Barbara Tritelli
m wrote:

I need some help understanding the reason why the builder had the outside
dryer vent (with screen) installed up so high on the side of my ranch home
that a ladder is needed to access the dryer vent. A neighbor saw trapped lint
clogged and built up against the screen in the dryer vent. The builder said
to remove the screen and use a wet/dry vac to vacuum out all the lint that is
"clogged". I live alone and my home is only 3 yrs. old. **
I am not sure what you mean. Is it in the gable and? Is that above a
masonry wall? He may have just wanted to avoid cutting through the
concrete block.
What is straight behind the dryer? Is it the external wall or does the
dryer vent have to go through the attic to get to an external wall.

I was inspecting a 4 plex condo at the beach a while ago where the 1st
floor was 18 feet above grade and the dryer vents were 9' above that
for the 1st floor and more like 18' for the 2d floor. (36' above
grade). I asked the same question. How the hell do they clean that
vent?
From the inside? My vent is vertical through the roof with a galv. cap
on top. The lint escapes. There is no screen. The OP has lint
collection at the screen. I think she needs a ladder


Or get a rope and harness and rapel off the roof.

On 5/29/19 12:04 PM, Rod Speed wrote:

[snip]

Do you wash stuff a lot ?Â* Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

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exercise it as an integral part of nature and society." [John Ralston
Saul]

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US. We don't like putting on dirty
clothes. (As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")
Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high and
you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that reduces that
problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

It's as least as uncommon as meeting a 85-year-old trolling senile asshole
like you that gets up every morning between 1 and 4 am just to be able to
continue with his trolling without too long a break, you abnormal senile
pest!

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wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA

On Fri, 31 May 2019 05:13:07 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


Dunno,

Of course you don't, stupid!

Don't believe

Of course you don't, senile idiot!

I doubt

Of course you, you senile auto-contradicting idiot!

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"Do you practice arguing with yourself in an empty room?"
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 05:13:07 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA


I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

They won't be washing their coats every time if that is what you mean
by "outer clothes" but they will put on clean pants and shirts.

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On Fri, 31 May 2019 05:13:07 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA

I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

We'll see...

They won't be washing their coats every time
if that is what you mean by "outer clothes"

That and whatever they wear over their shirt/tshirt.

but they will put on clean pants and shirts.

I don't believe that either with dress pants or even just jeans.

In spades with what they wear when sleeping if it isnt nothing.

On Fri, 31 May 2019 10:52:46 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



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On Fri, 31 May 2019 05:13:07 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA

I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

We'll see...

They won't be washing their coats every time
if that is what you mean by "outer clothes"

That and whatever they wear over their shirt/tshirt.

but they will put on clean pants and shirts.

I don't believe that either with dress pants or even just jeans.

In spades with what they wear when sleeping if it isnt nothing.

Americans wear clean clothes unless they live under a bridge or
something.
It is just true. We also tend to bathe every day.

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On Fri, 31 May 2019 10:52:46 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



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On Fri, 31 May 2019 05:13:07 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



wrote in message
m...
On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA

I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

We'll see...

They won't be washing their coats every time
if that is what you mean by "outer clothes"

That and whatever they wear over their shirt/tshirt.

but they will put on clean pants and shirts.

I don't believe that either with dress pants or even just jeans.

In spades with what they wear when sleeping if it isnt nothing.

Americans wear clean clothes unless
they live under a bridge or something.

BULL**** with the hippys and the dregs of society.

It is just true. We also tend to bathe every day.

Plenty don't.

On Fri, 31 May 2019 10:52:46 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

We'll see...

We'll see you trolling in these groups like there was no tomorrow, you
disgusting 85-year-old senile psychopath!

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On Fri, 31 May 2019 14:25:59 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

Americans wear clean clothes unless
they live under a bridge or something.

BULL**** with the hippys and the dregs of society.

Post your PROOF, psychopath!

It is just true. We also tend to bathe every day.

Plenty don't.

Post your PROOF, psychopath!

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"His off the cuff expertise demonstrates how little he knows..."
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On Friday, May 31, 2019 at 12:26:12 AM UTC-4, Rod Speed wrote:
wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 10:52:46 +1000, "Rod Speed"
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 05:13:07 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



wrote in message
m...
On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA

I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

We'll see...

They won't be washing their coats every time
if that is what you mean by "outer clothes"

That and whatever they wear over their shirt/tshirt.

but they will put on clean pants and shirts.

I don't believe that either with dress pants or even just jeans.

In spades with what they wear when sleeping if it isnt nothing.

Americans wear clean clothes unless
they live under a bridge or something.

BULL**** with the hippys and the dregs of society.

Hippies? Do you think it's still 1969?

Cindy Hamilton

On 5/31/2019 6:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Friday, May 31, 2019 at 12:26:12 AM UTC-4, Rod Speed wrote:
wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 10:52:46 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 05:13:07 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA

I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

We'll see...

They won't be washing their coats every time
if that is what you mean by "outer clothes"

That and whatever they wear over their shirt/tshirt.

but they will put on clean pants and shirts.

I don't believe that either with dress pants or even just jeans.

In spades with what they wear when sleeping if it isnt nothing.

Americans wear clean clothes unless
they live under a bridge or something.

BULL**** with the hippys and the dregs of society.

Hippies? Do you think it's still 1969?

Cindy Hamilton


You're old but still with us.

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On Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:17 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Sam E wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Do you wash stuff a lot ? Some do silly stuff
like wash towels after every shower or bath.

For many people, cleaning is really excessive.

Yeah, some only ever put on clean clothes after
a shower or every day. never wear them more
than once without washing them. Hard to say
how common that is tho, never seen any
reliable survey of how common that is.

That is pretty normal in the US.

Dunno, doesn't explain dirty hippys.

We don't like putting on dirty clothes.

Don't believe that its that universal there.

(As Kris kristofferson says "your cleanest dirty shirt")

That's not the same thing as always putting on all freshly washed
clothes after every shower to bath, particularly with the outer
clothes in winter and with what you sleep in if anything.

Towels tend to get a little funky too when the humidity is high
and you hang them up wet. We bought a towel dryer that
reduces that problem quite lot for about $10 a year in electricity.
It costs about 60 cents per load just to run the dryer.

I doubt most do that even in the USA

I doubt you have a ****ing clue then.

We'll see...

They won't be washing their coats every time
if that is what you mean by "outer clothes"

That and whatever they wear over their shirt/tshirt.

but they will put on clean pants and shirts.

I don't believe that either with dress pants or even just jeans.

In spades with what they wear when sleeping if it isnt nothing.

Americans wear clean clothes unless
they live under a bridge or something.

BULL**** with the hippys and the dregs of society.

Hippies? Do you think it's still 1969?

There are still plenty of them around, like fools who are actually
stupid enough to 'think' that the sun shines out of Raygun's arse.

On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 02:50:22 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:



Hippies? Do you think it's still 1969?

There are still plenty of them around, like fools who are actually
stupid enough to 'think' that the sun shines out of Raygun's arse.

Define "plenty", you driveling senile asshole from Oz!

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