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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by mistersquid on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:25AM (#20765207)
> When you do ironing, incremental cost of 5 shirts @ 3 minutes per shirt is 15 minutes.

3 mins? I iron my shirts, five a week, and it takes me 10-15 mins per shirt, depending on the shirt.

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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by enqk on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:59AM (#20765706)
There's something wrong with your technique or the materials.
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