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Well having been plagued by a strange (unpleasant) smell for the last couple of days, I finally realised it was down to my money - for some reason every time I've been shopping in the past couple of days I have received mounds of 1LE, 50pst and 25pst notes.
So I am currently soaking 10LE worth in Oxybrite washing powder to see how successfully they clean up! And it doesn't smell in here anymore!
PS I was blaming the cat to start with!
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beware...the money here ain't as "tough" as it is in other countries....lost a 20 that I forgot in a pocket of a pair of pants, then threw them in the washer.. Was shredded !
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Its ok JB I soaked it in a small bowl not the washing machine and laid all the notes out on a tea-towel - its nearly dry this morning Posts: 5593 | From: Egypt | Registered: Dec 2005
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yep Gonna wash the next batch as soon as this lot is dry
I would say that the 25pst notes are the most frail and need most careful handling if you choose to do this.
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I hope you're going to iron them before you take them out
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I would Ayisha but I still haven't got my ironing board yet - everytime I plan to get one from HyperOne they've not got any in. I'm fed up of doing my little bit of ironing on a folded up tea-towel on the kitchen worktop - just isn't the same.
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shanta ya silly woman, iron on the bed! All my ironing got done on the bed till I got my ironing board, now it all goes downstairs to the makwa man
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I'm not handing my money over to the makwa man for ironing
Ayisha I am a lot taller than you - ironing on the bed would absolutely kill my back. In the UK I used to have an extra high ironing board to save my back!
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they sell them in Marsheti's...in the 7th District....right next to Planet October. 3rd floor - next to the stairs.
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Apparently only in Egyptian Arabic. Apparently it means something else in normal arabic as an Egyptian friend informed me when he used it in another Arabic country Posts: 5593 | From: Egypt | Registered: Dec 2005
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Btw Shanta as you love ironing, why you don't iron my cloth and I will take away your old notes and give you nice clean ones.
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