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Issue of September 9, 2026

Weekly

Correspondence

What readers write to us, printed with permission and answered where we can answer. Letters are edited for length and for anything that would identify a child. First names or initials only.

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Correspondence: The Laundry Piece Made People Angry

Readers on whole-load ownership, the household that tried it and failed in nine days, and one letter from a man who says we have described his marriage without permission.

CorrespondenceEzra Lindqvist2 min

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