You’ve heard of money laundering but what about debit cards? I always set my washing machine at midnight on Monday to turn on at 5am to do an 82 minute eco wash. My alarm went off at 06:35 as usual as it usually takes 90 minutes or so depending on the amount of washing but unfortunately the machine had not done its duty. I can only presume that there was a short power drop before it turned on.
I set the machine to do a 26 minute rinse instead as I was determined to finish the 80 minute tumble dryer stage by 08:30 to make sure the 2KW heating elements would be using half price electricity. The first rinse cycle would give my clothes a wash because the washing liquid was already inside the machine and the second rinse cycle would give them a rinse after adding the fabric conditioner. The fast spin finished at 07:00 at which time I transferred the washing to the tumble dryer. I heard some minor rattling but didn’t think anything of it as it wasn’t very loud as it would have been had I left money in my jeans.
At 08:20 I checked the washing to make sure that 80 minutes had been enough to thoroughly dry the washing. It had and it had done a good job of my wallet too and made my credit card, bus pass, driving licence & oyster card very curly indeed! OMG I thought – thinking of the trouble, time and money it would cost to replace them – but I had an idea. I ironed each card at steam temperature until it stayed on the iron when I lifted the iron up and then swiped the card off. It worked perfectly and I’ve just returned from Asda Gosport where I took some money out of the cashpoint and paid for some shopping with the ironed debit card.
Well I may be absent minded but at least I’m lucky!
