2/27/10 POD

[whirlcool]

Our homeowners association does have a rule against line drying, but it's not enforced. On weekends, you'll see a lot of clothing on the line in backyards. But you can't see too much as everyone has those 7ft high wooden privacy fences.

I love the way sheets smell after being line dried. But we have a lot of springtime dust & pollen in the air. It turns rooftops and cars green with the density of it. Plus fire ants and wod roaches like to climb on your stuff too. A couple of years ago we tried drying everything except towels on the line, but last year we only did sheets.

 

[frigidaireguy]

My mother had the 1949 Frigidaire dryer that was still made by Hamilton. Dryers in those days were not considered necessities and very few homes had them. Even though we had a dryer it was only used when the weather was really bad. We hung everything out on the line because using the dryer in good weather would have been a "waste of electricity". I have a clothesline at my house and love having my laundry "line dried" - Just a preference.

 

[easyspindry]

Sheets especially . . .

. . . are best dried outdoors. If the weather is bad, I save my sheets until a sunny day when I can hang them out. The fresh smell is wonderful!!!

And besides, in a dryer, sometimes they get wadded up and don't dry in one cycle.

Give me the outside line whenever possible!!!

Jerry Gay

 

[autowasherfreak]

I hope wherever I we end up moving to has a nice back yard for a clothesline!

 

[kenmoreguy89]

I don't consider using the dryer a waste of electricity....
I use it for convenience, i save a lot of time and efforts, and I use it all the year with good or bad weather.
It is clear that if a person is cornered with the money, will try to save where there may.
However if someone just prefer to hang laundry i don't see nothing of bad on it, only i don't understand how he prefer to do it rather than using dryer....

 

[aldspinboy]

Jhon ...Yes the dryer well really help in the softness... again Launderess gave me the hint, it really works.
Turn to damp dry only or less dry.
Then hang you get the best of both worlds.

Federico- Don't get me wrong i do use my dryer, just like the spring & summer to hang out , I do take the items out that sometimes i don't want to hang out or lazy to hang lol like socks and under gear.
Having high extract washers really reduces drying time, i really don't mind drying in the dryer.. but times are changing and it is also nice to be a little Eco friendly.

Darren k.

 

[aldspinboy]

Forgot... Welcome Federico to the A.W. club.

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Darren-
Thank you for your welcome!!!
I'm not saying what is good or bad... right or wrong.... anyone do what he like to do... if you want to hang your laundry when there are favorable conditions is just a your choiche;
these are just preferences....

 

[westingman123]

Give me the line

I find nothing quite as soothing as hanging out a load of freshly laundered clothes on a warm morning. Takes me back to a simpler time. And the SMELL, nothing tops it! The kids on the block call me Mr. Keith and hang on the fence to talk while I hang out/work in the yard. It's a nice way to meet your neighbors.

 

[mtn1584]

If you were raised in the Bronx NY, that is all you saw everywhere, clotheslines, clotheslines and more clotheslines.
Apartment bulidings, fire escapes, private homes, everyone had, and still has clotheslines. I love the smell of sheets, and clothes naturally dried on a line. Towels don't dry to nicely, but when you are a kid you get used to it. Clotheslines remind me of my nana, who hung everything out ot dry.

 

[spiceman1957]

Darren K,

Thank you for the hint. I never knew what that cycle on my dryer was used for. I wonder if you could start your towels on this cycle and then hang them out to finish drying?
John

 

[mickeyd]

God bless Darren--been looking for that pic for ages--I lost

That's the one showing almost two lines full from a Unimatic load when I used to stuff that sucker to the max. Look at all those clothes, and there's more unseen, ALL ONE STUFFED Unimatic load.

I dry outdoors all year long, not as much in the winter, but sometimes I just can't help myself.

But Darren, your outdoor huge white towel load still gets the Emmy.

Summer

 

[mickeyd]

Winter

Please don't call the funny farm on me ;>

I leave a few old canvas chairs out for the snowmen.

 

[mickeyd]

"Singing in the Rain"

Well, not at first. Then the suns comes back out, they dry, and you have actual rain water soft.

If I couldn't hang clothes outside sometimes, I'd probably die. It so much fun. Honest. One of life's easy pleasures and true joys. Warm breezy days for soft and wrinkle-free. Still dry days for crisp and stiff.

Thanks for asking.

 

[sudsman]

I love the smell of sheets after they have been hung out all

You wouldn't if you lived in Ft Worth!

I am in full agreement with Bob on this , From the dryer is better for us in this area.. Here if you do hang out your clothes you better hire someone to watch them they will be gone in less than a hour.

 

[westingman123]

Hey MickeyD!

Ain't freeze-dried grand? Not so good on the fingers, but there's just something about towels that stand up by themselves. LOL. I don't hang out (peg the washing, as one of my friends says) too often in winter, but I always smile when I do. I think Grandma smiles down at me when I do.

 

[mickeyd]

Yes, Westingman, it's grand and hilarious.

and the sheets turn into plaster walls and ceilings. Then as the moisture leaves, they get so soft; it's almost unbelievable, and it takes a while in winter, Even funnier, depending on the temperature, (and which WASHER you used--LOL), they freeze almost instantly, and you really have to get them up quick. It's a leaned skill.

To the guys who love the sheets outside and wait for the right day. If you can, do the same with towels. They come out best on a humid windy day, or even a windy day. Very nice. I'm talkin' wind now, not a breeze.

Here's windy....WOOOOOOOSH! ;->