The 8008 was: Blinky lights WAS: The SR71 Blackbird was designed ENTIRELYwith slide rules 706

Interesting. My mom hung them outside. Other than the occasional birdstrike, they were fine. I would think the "scratchiness" has more to do with the water quality and whatever they were washed with. There's a significant amount of chemistry in laundering clothes well. My mother never owned a dryer until she was about 80 years old.

The dress shirts I usually wear to work I always have dry cleaned. Water ruins them.

Since my wife died I don't have enough laundry to really justify owning a washer-dryer, so I go to this very nice small business near the OSU campus. They serve coffee, have TV, video games for the kids, etc. and a friendly resident staff. They also have the latest, best commercial laundry equipment and a WiFi hotspot.

I keep a sufficient inventory of clothes that I can go about once a month and do several large loads. They have dedicated areas for folding and hanging clothes. It's one of those rare but nice niche small businesses that offer good service and don't rape the customers fiscally.

Interestingly, I seldom see OSU students there. Perhaps they all save up their laundry to take home to their parents. ;-)