"With this increase, we can either stop drinking water, stop showering, stop doing the laundry or get out of the city, " complained a reader on CNN affiliate WBAL's website.

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At home, make extra trips up and down the stairs doing laundry, getting the mail or taking in groceries. 15 minutes of stair climbing will burn about 100 calories, while strengthening your calves.

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What chef Keller is doing at the French Laundry is lavishing his guests with small portions of big flavors in meticulously prepared multi-course dinners.

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Now, to India and the city of Mumbai where an entire cast of people toil away doing the city's laundry by hand.

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Now I'm not saying men doing laundry is the solution.

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These are the Dhobis, a Hindu caste, born into the job of doing laundry.

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He next found work at the Model Star Laundry Service, doing pressing.

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Since John is still doing his laundry during peak load hours, the utility is paying top dollar in infrastructure costs and high-cost backup power plants.

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And their job boards can handle jobs as simple as doing laundry, picking up groceries, or going to the store to check out prices.

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