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Old 10-20-2004, 04:10 PM   #31
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liquid Tide - with and without bleach alternative
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Old 10-20-2004, 06:05 PM   #32
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Gain liquid, usually...in the gigundor size from Costco. We just got a free box of Gain powder from my mom, so we'll be using that soon... even though I don't like powder, I can't turn down free!
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Tide. Although, most weeks, we drop off our laundry. Our building doesn't have enough machines and I don't have the patience to wait for someone else to do their laundry.

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Tide or Arm and Hammer Liquid
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We use liquid detergent and we usually buy CVS brand!
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Tide with a Touch of Downey- liquid or powder- love the way it smells! Sheila
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Always Tide liquid whatever scent I can get, & Downey fabric softener. I try to match the scents.
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We used to use those laundry balls, but they went out of favour quite quickly over here. Now we use tablets - we use Ariel.
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I use what's on sale - Gain, Purex, etc.

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Yeah, those things were great for school. Just a little too convenient I suppose. But now I'm trying some Arm & Hammer liquid (it was on sale at Kmart like, 3 months ago...shows you how often I do my laundry )
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All liquid--unless Tide or cheer is on sale
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Costco liquid or the giant bucket of powder(I like to switch off) and Bounce for the drier.
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Gain or Era, liquid only and downey unscented softener
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