mrb627
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ABC World News tonight. Battle of the clothesline!
ABC World News - Clothesline Arguments!
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mrb627
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Link to Story...
Here is a link to the story online.
abcnews.go.com
Here is a link to the story online.
Groups Advocate 'Right to Dry' Laundry
Environmental activists want their "right to dry."
I can't believe some people would look out their windows and be disturbed seeing laundry hung on lines in other peoples' yards. Get a grip!
vintagesearch
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well i couldnt belive this!!!! LOL unbelievable!!! that man from the homeowners association would pass a brick if he came around my neighborhood and looked out the backyards and windows!!! MY opinion i prefer using a dryer for most things (if we had one) however theres nothing wrong with line drying.
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Geez!
I thought that clotheslines were a predominant source of kvetchy housewife gossip in the fifties. If your whites weren't their whitest, then you were the talk of the neighborhood!
I like the rough-towels comment. "I keep a pile of scratchy towels in my basement, and Mr. Slave folds them when he's been bad." ;-)
I thought that clotheslines were a predominant source of kvetchy housewife gossip in the fifties. If your whites weren't their whitest, then you were the talk of the neighborhood!
I like the rough-towels comment. "I keep a pile of scratchy towels in my basement, and Mr. Slave folds them when he's been bad." ;-)
My lines are full at least two days a week and when I have time, I throw out a few things in the morning before work.
My mother's cousin sent her this a while back to forward on to me, or so she says ;-)
THE BASIC RULES:
1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes. Walk the length of each line with a damp cloth around the line.
2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order and always hang whites with whites and hang them first.
3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders, always by the tail. What would the neighbors think?
4. Wash day on a Monday . . . Never hang clothes on the weekend or Sunday, for heaven's sake!
5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your 'unmentionables' in the middle.
6. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather. . . Clothes would 'freeze dry.'
7. Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes. Leaving pins on the line was 'tacky'.
8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.
9. Clothes were off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket and ready to be ironed.
10. IRONED? Well, that's a whole other subject.
A POEM
A clothes line was a news forecast
To neighbors passing by.
There were no secrets you could keep
When clothes were hung to dry.
It also was a friendly link
For neighbors always knew
If company had stopped on by
To spend a night or two.
For then you'd see the 'fancy sheets'
And towels upon the line;
You'd see the 'company table cloths'
With intricate design.
The line announced a baby's birth
By folks who lived inside
As brand new infant clothes were hung
So carefully with pride.
The ages of the children could
So readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed
You'd know how much they'd grown.
It also told when illness struck,
As extra sheets were hung;
Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
Haphazardly were strung.
It said, 'Gone on vacation now'
When lines hung limp and bare.
It told, 'We're back!' when full lines sagged
With not an inch to spare
New folks in town were scorned upon
If wash was dingy gray,
As neighbors carefully raised their brows,
And looked the other way.
But clotheslines now are of the past
For dryers make work less.
Now what goes on inside a home
Is anybody's guess.
I really miss that way of life.
It was a friendly sign
When neighbors knew each other best
By what hung on the line!
My mother's cousin sent her this a while back to forward on to me, or so she says ;-)
THE BASIC RULES:
1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes. Walk the length of each line with a damp cloth around the line.
2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order and always hang whites with whites and hang them first.
3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders, always by the tail. What would the neighbors think?
4. Wash day on a Monday . . . Never hang clothes on the weekend or Sunday, for heaven's sake!
5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your 'unmentionables' in the middle.
6. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather. . . Clothes would 'freeze dry.'
7. Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes. Leaving pins on the line was 'tacky'.
8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.
9. Clothes were off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket and ready to be ironed.
10. IRONED? Well, that's a whole other subject.
A POEM
A clothes line was a news forecast
To neighbors passing by.
There were no secrets you could keep
When clothes were hung to dry.
It also was a friendly link
For neighbors always knew
If company had stopped on by
To spend a night or two.
For then you'd see the 'fancy sheets'
And towels upon the line;
You'd see the 'company table cloths'
With intricate design.
The line announced a baby's birth
By folks who lived inside
As brand new infant clothes were hung
So carefully with pride.
The ages of the children could
So readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed
You'd know how much they'd grown.
It also told when illness struck,
As extra sheets were hung;
Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
Haphazardly were strung.
It said, 'Gone on vacation now'
When lines hung limp and bare.
It told, 'We're back!' when full lines sagged
With not an inch to spare
New folks in town were scorned upon
If wash was dingy gray,
As neighbors carefully raised their brows,
And looked the other way.
But clotheslines now are of the past
For dryers make work less.
Now what goes on inside a home
Is anybody's guess.
I really miss that way of life.
It was a friendly sign
When neighbors knew each other best
By what hung on the line!
I think there is nothing more satisfying than when it's
And he's str8???? Gimme a break!!!
And he's str8???? Gimme a break!!!
whirlcool
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My jeans come out rather stiff and course when they are line dried. I kind of like it. What I don't like is when your denims are dirty and they get too soft. Kinda like they are stretched.
Washing them tightens them back up.
We have been drying our clothes on the line outside for the past three weeks. The only thing we put in the dryer is the towels. Everything else is hung outside to dry. In our humid weather and no wind, things take a rather long time to dry. The other day when Dolly was striking the south Texas coast, it got kind of breezy here, which dried clothing really fast!
Washing them tightens them back up.
We have been drying our clothes on the line outside for the past three weeks. The only thing we put in the dryer is the towels. Everything else is hung outside to dry. In our humid weather and no wind, things take a rather long time to dry. The other day when Dolly was striking the south Texas coast, it got kind of breezy here, which dried clothing really fast!
*giggle*
I dunno, Bob... ;-)
Greg, that's fantastic!! I love the poem and the rules--I'll be sure to move the nightie to the inner circle next time. My bad!
I dunno, Bob... ;-)
Greg, that's fantastic!! I love the poem and the rules--I'll be sure to move the nightie to the inner circle next time. My bad!
polkanut
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Here is our bill from 5/6/08 to 6/5/08:
On Peak Use: 101
Off Peak Use: 291
101.0 KWH @ $0.20730= $20.94
291.0 KWH @ $0.05490= $15.98
Power Cost Adj ($0.00267 per KWH)= $1.05
Daily Customer Charge (30 days @ $0.2761)= $8.28
WI Low Income Assistance Fee(3% of $46.25)= $1.39
Sales Tax (5.50% of $46.25)= $2.54
_______________________________________________________
Total Electric Charges: $50.18
(Sorry I couldn't find the most recent bill)
On Peak Use: 101
Off Peak Use: 291
101.0 KWH @ $0.20730= $20.94
291.0 KWH @ $0.05490= $15.98
Power Cost Adj ($0.00267 per KWH)= $1.05
Daily Customer Charge (30 days @ $0.2761)= $8.28
WI Low Income Assistance Fee(3% of $46.25)= $1.39
Sales Tax (5.50% of $46.25)= $2.54
_______________________________________________________
Total Electric Charges: $50.18
(Sorry I couldn't find the most recent bill)
polkanut
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Ooops, posted this in the wrong thread, my bad!
andrewinorlando
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Do people just have nothing better to do? Seems they're as concerned with what people are doing in their bedrooms as they are whether or not they hang their clothes out to dry. Good Lord, this country is sick. Gotta love Florida...they legislated it....cannot ban clotheslines anywhere.
electron800
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Is it that uncommon to line dry in the US?
that when it begins to regain popularity it's newsworthy? I think this is a major difference between the US and Europe. Over here (in the Uk at least) most people have dryers but line dry clothes whenever the weather is nice enough. It seems that even in the hot climates of southern USA it is normal just to chuck everything in the dryer no matter how good the weather is. Personally I couldn't bear to do that. I'd feel so lazy and wasteful lol. If I lived in a warmer climate like a large part of the USA there's no way I'd have a dryer, it seems completely unecessary to me.
that when it begins to regain popularity it's newsworthy? I think this is a major difference between the US and Europe. Over here (in the Uk at least) most people have dryers but line dry clothes whenever the weather is nice enough. It seems that even in the hot climates of southern USA it is normal just to chuck everything in the dryer no matter how good the weather is. Personally I couldn't bear to do that. I'd feel so lazy and wasteful lol. If I lived in a warmer climate like a large part of the USA there's no way I'd have a dryer, it seems completely unecessary to me.
whirlcool
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In the 1940's & 1950's it was common for Americans to line dry. Then with the advent of manufacturers and retailers offering washers and dryers as "sets" people figured "well, since I got it I should use it I suppose". Hence more people have been using dryers ever since. When I was growing up all of our houses had either a drying carousel in the yard or two metal posts with arms on them placed permanently in the ground for line drying.
But as you can see there has been a resurgence of line drying as a "green" alternative.
But as you can see there has been a resurgence of line drying as a "green" alternative.
