I simply would not have time for the many lengthy phone calls I make to shut-in friends were I not simultaneously ironing, washing dishes, or doing something else.
To work on a kibbutz was to be a part of the dream; if you were to visit a kibbutz in the '50s, '60s or '70s, you were there to work — ironing, washing, picking oranges, peeling potatoes in the kitchen or, if you had some Hebrew, helping out in the gan, the collective kindergarten.
It includes: (a) services related to attending to domestic or home needs (cleaning, ironing, washing, cooking and others); (and b) services related to personal care, in performing the activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, helping to walk, etc).
Double check over your school supply list and have your clothing ironed, washed, and dried.
Then, cells were incubated with 10 μM AA for 12 h, followed by exposure to 5 μM iron after washing with PBS.
Electricity brought appliances into homes, including electric irons and washing machines.
Some say they find ironing and washing up therapeutic, but there can't be anyone who seriously looks forward to rolling up their sleeves and actually doing it.
If you've been used to watching TV while doing such chores as ironing or washing the dishes, find replacement distractions.
Suggest a switch to the radio or stereo, where active listening is perfectly fine but you are still free to do other things like cleaning the fish tank, vacuuming the floor, cooking dinner, ironing clothes, washing windows, building Legos, etc.
Cell surface bound iron was washed and the cells were chased in complete medium for different time periods.
