Money laundering

[psmiffy]

I never been much for washing money - but drying it yes - I was cycling between Wanaka and Haast in New Zealand - got to the end of Lake Wanaka - and it started to rain - and when I say rain it was torrential - the 40mm an hour stuff - 4 inches of water on the road - fortunately just rolling off the road and disappearing into the glacial gravel - togged up in my waterproofs and secure in the knowledge that everything in my panniers was protected - not a problem - found a tiny little cafe that was actually open before Haast and had a cup of weak lukewarm coffee - onwards to Haast and the Campsite - They will not let me camp - It is raining too hard - Volce Face to backpackers - yup they have got a bed (actually a bunk in a tiny - smelly - airless 4 person room - however I digress ) - go to pay and discover that when I stopped for coffee that I had not the wallet back in its nice waterproof location but just tucked it in the pocket on the top of my front pannier - saturated - 500NZ$ , £1000 and $400US in relatively low denomination notes - no idea why I had used that wallet instead of my day wallet - fortunately the backpackers had tumble driers - carefully remove all the money from wallet and put in drier - 30 minutes of drying - occasionally opening the door to let the dry notes flutter out and all was well - the other inmates of the backpackers - mainly young Aussies off a tour coach thought it was great entertainment - not that happy about exposing my means - but alls well that ends well - I ended up sleeping in the corridor - that was 1997 - first and last backpackers I've used

 

[tyred]

Oh, I thought you had a few million to spare that you needed looking after.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

September for the fiver. My mate working at the BoE has been responsible for the project.

I claim my free samples

 

[Electric_Andy]

I've washed and tumble dried a couple of fivers in the past, they didn't really rip or tear, they just came out very clean. We only do a 40 minute wash at 40 degrees though, not sure if the (current style) notes would survive a harsher wash.