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If I may just recall something else from long ago, when my wife and I moved into the square in which we still live, about three-quarters of the square was inhabited by protected tenants and next door to us were two sisters, both in their 80s. The landlord had provided nothing in the way of water and heat: there was no central heating and no hot water system. The only thing they had was an old geyser by the kitchen sink, a World War II or World War I geyser, which enabled them to wash their plates and saucepans with some heat. The ladies had a big problem with washing, which they solved in this way. They bought a bath and a washing machine. They put the washing machine through its cycles without putting in any detergents, and the washing machine would exit the hot water into the bath, which enabled them to have a bath.