Just Turkish

[sardes 0]

LOL You guys are too funny.. I think my hubby has never seen one of them while he was in Istanbul.. Otherwise he would be very very curious about that.. ha ha!

btw I'll be in his arms next Tuesday.. yayyy!!! Interview date is getting closer.. Feb 26th! Please God help us.. I am just wishing to fly home with him on the March 5th! Fingers crossed...

Best of luck to everyone!

Edited February 17, 2009 by sardes

[tanyakaraman 0]

One thing (of many) I found interesting, and totally off toilet topic, is hardly anyone has or uses a clothes dryer I ironed EVERYTHING so clothes wouldn't feel stiff.

I noticed this too! Ozzy had a machine at his apartment in Istanbul that he said washed and dried, but it really just "wrung out" the clothes, which would then have to be hung out to get really dry. And he irons everything too. At first, he thought my dryer was wonderful, but now he hates it (I guess maybe one of his sweaters got accidentally shrunk oops!).

Also, apparently the American bleach is not as powerful as Turkish bleach....he always says his tshirts and undies are not as white as he wants them to be....sigh....I don't know how to make them any whiter without putting holes in the cotton....

Edited February 17, 2009 by tanyakaraman

[tanyakaraman 0]

LOL You guys are too funny.. I think my hubby has never seen one of them while he was in Istanbul.. Otherwise he would be very very curious about that.. ha ha!

btw I'll be in his arms next Tuesday.. yayyy!!! Interview date is getting closer.. Feb 26th! Please God help us.. I am just wishing to fly home with him on the March 5th! Fingers crossed...

Best of luck to everyone!

Yay, I bet you two are so excited! Best wishes with everything....I bet your interview will be a piece of cake and you'll be flying home with him in no time!!

~Tanya

[awaterlily 0]

oh and let's not forget the housekeeper. It blows me away that it takes her 8-10 hours to clean ONE house. R U kidding me!! I could easily do three houses in a day and I wash our floors by hand!

One thing (of many) I found interesting, and totally off toilet topic, is hardly anyone has or uses a clothes dryer I ironed EVERYTHING so clothes wouldn't feel stiff.

I noticed this too! Ozzy had a machine at his apartment in Istanbul that he said washed and dried, but it really just "wrung out" the clothes, which would then have to be hung out to get really dry. And he irons everything too. At first, he thought my dryer was wonderful, but now he hates it (I guess maybe one of his sweaters got accidentally shrunk oops!).

Also, apparently the American bleach is not as powerful as Turkish bleach....he always says his tshirts and undies are not as white as he wants them to be....sigh....I don't know how to make them any whiter without putting holes in the cotton....

Edited February 17, 2009 by awaterlily

[wendya 0]

One thing (of many) I found interesting, and totally off toilet topic, is hardly anyone has or uses a clothes dryer I ironed EVERYTHING so clothes wouldn't feel stiff.

I noticed this too! Ozzy had a machine at his apartment in Istanbul that he said washed and dried, but it really just "wrung out" the clothes, which would then have to be hung out to get really dry. And he irons everything too. At first, he thought my dryer was wonderful, but now he hates it (I guess maybe one of his sweaters got accidentally shrunk oops!).

Also, apparently the American bleach is not as powerful as Turkish bleach....he always says his tshirts and undies are not as white as he wants them to be....sigh....I don't know how to make them any whiter without putting holes in the cotton....

This made me laugh out loud!! I have to tell a little story.....

The last time I was in Turkey, we rented a villa and it had a washer and dryer!! I was happy and asked Yilmaz if he wanted me to wash anything. He gave me his stuff and said "Everything is okay, right" Well of course I said yes, and thought, what does he mean?! Well, I soon found out when I took the clothes out of the washer. Everything was a gray/blackish color!! His black underwear had ran over everything (thank God I didn't wash anything good and most of my clothes are black so it didn't effect me). So, as for his white undershirt - Gray!!

He is so funny, he said that it made it special and when people ask him about the color he will say, it is special and only my fiance can make it this way!! (oh how cok tatli, but I am sure he threw it out after I left!!)

As for ironing, I don't iron my own clothes. The first thing I am going to do when he gets here is buy wrinkle free shrits!!!!

[miamiwife 0]

I used a washer in Turkey--does that thing take 2 hours to wash like 5 things, or is it just me? I am with you Wendy, who has time to iron? My husband asked if I am going to do that for him in the U.S. I told him, well I can show you how to do this.

[wendya 0]

I used a washer in Turkey--does that thing take 2 hours to wash like 5 things, or is it just me? I am with you Wendy, who has time to iron? My husband asked if I am going to do that for him in the U.S. I told him, well I can show you how to do this.

You are right. The washers take much longer than the ones in the US.

I like your answer to your husband regarding ironing!!

[JULIAFERNO 0]

I used a washer in Turkey--does that thing take 2 hours to wash like 5 things, or is it just me? I am with you Wendy, who has time to iron? My husband asked if I am going to do that for him in the U.S. I told him, well I can show you how to do this.

Hahaha - Onur asked me the same thing a few days ago, Sibel! He asked me "Do you know how to iron?" I said "Of course I know how...and I'll teach you too."

P.S. Onur decided to come a week earlier and will be here this Friday evening...3 days away. I can hardly believe it!

Edited February 18, 2009 by JULIAFERNO

[camistanbul 0]

I used a washer in Turkey--does that thing take 2 hours to wash like 5 things, or is it just me? I am with you Wendy, who has time to iron? My husband asked if I am going to do that for him in the U.S. I told him, well I can show you how to do this.

Hahaha - Onur asked me the same thing a few days ago, Sibel! He asked me "Do you know how to iron?" I said "Of course I know how...and I'll teach you too."

P.S. Onur decided to come a week earlier and will be here this Friday evening...3 days away. I can hardly believe it!

3 days!?!?!?!? You must be freaking out!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

That's fantastic!!!!

[tanyakaraman 0]

This made me laugh out loud!! I have to tell a little story.....

The last time I was in Turkey, we rented a villa and it had a washer and dryer!! I was happy and asked Yilmaz if he wanted me to wash anything. He gave me his stuff and said "Everything is okay, right" Well of course I said yes, and thought, what does he mean?! Well, I soon found out when I took the clothes out of the washer. Everything was a gray/blackish color!! His black underwear had ran over everything (thank God I didn't wash anything good and most of my clothes are black so it didn't effect me). So, as for his white undershirt - Gray!!

He is so funny, he said that it made it special and when people ask him about the color he will say, it is special and only my fiance can make it this way!! (oh how cok tatli, but I am sure he threw it out after I left!!)

As for ironing, I don't iron my own clothes. The first thing I am going to do when he gets here is buy wrinkle free shrits!!!!

Haha that's funny Wendy! I don't iron either. I was forced to iron the family's clothes when I was growing up and I guess I rebelled from it LOL. I only buy wrinkle-free clothes for myself and if something does happen to wrinkle, I will re-wash it or throw it back in the dryer. I didn't even own an iron when Ozzy arrived....we had to buy one special just for him, and he is the only one who uses it!

P.S. Onur decided to come a week earlier and will be here this Friday evening...3 days away. I can hardly believe it!

OMG Julia, you must be sooo excited!!!

Edited February 18, 2009 by tanyakaraman

[wendya 0]

I used a washer in Turkey--does that thing take 2 hours to wash like 5 things, or is it just me? I am with you Wendy, who has time to iron? My husband asked if I am going to do that for him in the U.S. I told him, well I can show you how to do this.

Hahaha - Onur asked me the same thing a few days ago, Sibel! He asked me "Do you know how to iron?" I said "Of course I know how...and I'll teach you too."

P.S. Onur decided to come a week earlier and will be here this Friday evening...3 days away. I can hardly believe it!

Oh Wow, that is wonderful!!! only 2 more days!!!!

[wendya 0]

This made me laugh out loud!! I have to tell a little story.....

The last time I was in Turkey, we rented a villa and it had a washer and dryer!! I was happy and asked Yilmaz if he wanted me to wash anything. He gave me his stuff and said "Everything is okay, right" Well of course I said yes, and thought, what does he mean?! Well, I soon found out when I took the clothes out of the washer. Everything was a gray/blackish color!! His black underwear had ran over everything (thank God I didn't wash anything good and most of my clothes are black so it didn't effect me). So, as for his white undershirt - Gray!!

He is so funny, he said that it made it special and when people ask him about the color he will say, it is special and only my fiance can make it this way!! (oh how cok tatli, but I am sure he threw it out after I left!!)

As for ironing, I don't iron my own clothes. The first thing I am going to do when he gets here is buy wrinkle free shrits!!!!

Haha that's funny Wendy! I don't iron either. I was forced to iron the family's clothes when I was growing up and I guess I rebelled from it LOL. I only buy wrinkle-free clothes for myself and if something does happen to wrinkle, I will re-wash it or throw it back in the dryer. I didn't even own an iron when Ozzy arrived....we had to buy one special just for him, and he is the only one who uses it!

P.S. Onur decided to come a week earlier and will be here this Friday evening...3 days away. I can hardly believe it!

OMG Julia, you must be sooo excited!!!

Oh, another funny story. When Yilmaz and I got engaged in Turkey, his sister had her engagement party a couple of days before ours. So, since Yilmaz's father is not that well, Yilmaz had to be the "big cheese". While his sister was getting ready, she asked me to iron Yilmaz's shirt and pants. Well, since I may have ironed once in my life, I was nervous to do this since it was for such a special occasion. I think it took me about an hour to do one shirt and one pair of pants. His family (and Yilmaz) were probably thinking, "what is he getting himself into?!"

Edited February 18, 2009 by wendya

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

Haha that's funny Wendy! I don't iron either. I was forced to iron the family's clothes when I was growing up and I guess I rebelled from it LOL. I only buy wrinkle-free clothes for myself and if something does happen to wrinkle, I will re-wash it or throw it back in the dryer. I didn't even own an iron when Ozzy arrived....we had to buy one special just for him, and he is the only one who uses it!

I don't own an iron either.

Be glad you never lived in Scandinavia. They even iron their bedsheets! I don't get the point. You cover them with a comforter so nobody sees them anyway and they get wrinkled 3 minutes after getting in to bed. Waste of time. There are so many other things you could be doing in the hour it takes to iron bedsheets and pillowcases.

PS-What's the most disgusting Turkish food item you ever ate? I bought this fish pate that comes in a tube, sort of like a toothpaste tube. It was made out of pureed sardines and other stuff. It was so disgusting...sort of like vomit in a tube. *blech*

[JULIAFERNO 0]

Haha that's funny Wendy! I don't iron either. I was forced to iron the family's clothes when I was growing up and I guess I rebelled from it LOL. I only buy wrinkle-free clothes for myself and if something does happen to wrinkle, I will re-wash it or throw it back in the dryer. I didn't even own an iron when Ozzy arrived....we had to buy one special just for him, and he is the only one who uses it!

I don't own an iron either.

Be glad you never lived in Scandinavia. They even iron their bedsheets! I don't get the point. You cover them with a comforter so nobody sees them anyway and they get wrinkled 3 minutes after getting in to bed. Waste of time. There are so many other things you could be doing in the hour it takes to iron bedsheets and pillowcases.

PS-What's the most disgusting Turkish food item you ever ate? I bought this fish pate that comes in a tube, sort of like a toothpaste tube. It was made out of pureed sardines and other stuff. It was so disgusting...sort of like vomit in a tube. *blech*

Yuck! What possessed you to buy such a thing? Curiosity? My least favorite Turkish food is Hamsi, but for the most part I love Turkish food.

[tanyakaraman 0]

PS-What's the most disgusting Turkish food item you ever ate? I bought this fish pate that comes in a tube, sort of like a toothpaste tube. It was made out of pureed sardines and other stuff. It was so disgusting...sort of like vomit in a tube. *blech*

Ewww...that sounds disgusting! Well, the first time I ever drank ayran, I was completely repulsed. It was warm and I thought it tasted like sweat. I love it now though...and pretty much every other Turkish food I've ever tried....I even love hamsi. I don't think I wanna try the pureed sardines tho!