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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 41,516 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	21 Feb 2013 21:54
	I have just read that according to a recent British survey, almost one in five people only wash their bed linen monthly. Strange the things they find out in surveys. We wash ours weekly. :-)
	Researching: Photo clematis in the garden: Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 11,328 Send Message	Kay????	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:02
	So do I Ann and when its hot the bottom sheet can be everyday,,,,,,,,mind if the survey was for single men or live alone people I can understand the once a month....
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 18,750 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:04
	once a month *FAINTS* :-(
	Researching: the birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 5,592 Send Message	Island	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:06
	I would have told them once a year - whether they need it or not :-D
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 2,778 Send Message	Scozz	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:10
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 2,778 Send Message	Once a month!!?? ewwwwwwwww! In our hot summer we only have the bottom sheet (no need for anything else) and it often gets changed every day. That includes pillowcases & pillow protectors.
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 27,737 Send Message	ButtercupFields	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:12
	*outraged....Kay, some of us 'livealoners' are mighty fastidious so we are! :-D :-D :-D
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,216 Send Message	Karen in the desert	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:15
	Once a month? Ugh!!! Wonder who they are?
	Researching: Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambridgeshire. TAGG Thames Ditton & E Molesey. LLOYD London/Middlesex. FROST London/Middlesex.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 891 Send Message	Lyndi	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:16
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 891 Send Message	And some of us 'livealoners' can just roll to the other side of the bed for week 2 ;-) I call it being eco-friendly - nothing to do with being a lazy mare :-D
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 19,265 Send Message	SueMaid	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:19
	Yuck!! :-0 Pillow cases everyday - bottom sheet every other day in summer. Every week in winter.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 41,516 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:20
	Lyndi :-D :-D I don't think I would like to go into their bedrooms on a hot day:-( Edit sorry silly prescriptive text or a mistype :-D
	Researching: Photo clematis in the garden: Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 5,592 Send Message	Island	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:20
	don't forget turning it over for another two weeks worth Lyndi ;-) :-D
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 41,516 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:21
	Only 40% wash the sheets once a week.
	Researching: Photo clematis in the garden: Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 5,147 Send Message	Wend	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:24
	Hot date Ann - what's that? :-D :-D :-D Island, I despair of you :-S ;-) :-D
	Researching:
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 5,592 Send Message	Island	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:28
	Oh you know me Wend, I found a ten bob note under the soap last week :-D
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,216 Send Message	Karen in the desert	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:30
	Just looking at your shoes Island, they're a bit weird aren't they :-D
	Researching: Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambridgeshire. TAGG Thames Ditton & E Molesey. LLOYD London/Middlesex. FROST London/Middlesex.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,995 Send Message	Hayley Empress of Drama	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:32
	Dear Pongy I ant sleeping in your beds :-P
	Researching: Same as Muffy says ;)
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 11,328 Send Message	Kay????	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:33
	BC,,,,,,,,I wasnt meaning your old but ----older ,,,,,,, :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D,,,,independant aged, ;-) <3
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 891 Send Message	Lyndi	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:34
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 891 Send Message	Slightly off topic I have never understood the wearing of underwear for two days by wearing it inside out on day 2 :-0 :-\| :-S - - would rather keep my sheets on for a month that adopt that practice :-D ;-)
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,995 Send Message	Hayley Empress of Drama	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:36
	I'd rather go au natural Lyndi ;-)
	Researching: Same as Muffy says ;)
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 11,328 Send Message	Kay????	Report	21 Feb 2013 22:37
	Lyndi,,,,,, 100% with you,,,,,, thats why I cringe and wont stay in B&B's,,,,,,,,,do they change the bed lined each time or do a top to tail shift over....erkkkkk. ;-)

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