Does anyone still use a clothesline?

[chestermikeuk]

Aga / Rayburn Pulley Airer

Alive and well Tom with a few of our members here, unhook the rope load up and hoist high....amy grans all had them over the open coal fireplaces, Never smelt of fish ha ha..

 

[chestermikeuk]

Line Drying..

And most of us have access to our lines, getting the towels ready for Wimbledon next week....

 

[chestermikeuk]

Line Drying

Of course line drying opens up another notch on ya washing standards...."How White Are Your Whites" ??……….

 

[vacerator]

If we had one,

I couldn't use it this month. The cottonwood's have been spewing their fuzzy pollen
like crazy, and I'm allergic. So I'd have to tumble air fluff and collect them in the dryer lint screen.
Also, I can clean my windows, especially facing the road, and in a week, they are dirty again, at least the out side sill ledges are. So I don't want all that dirt and dust from cars in my laundry. Maybe it's better further out in the country, but these densely populated suburban areas have so much car and truck traffic.

 

[twintubdexter]

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">My family used to take rides on Sundays. Hated it but even though I was an expert at throwing tantrums I still had to go. When we'd pass by a line of clothes my Mom would say "look at that tattle-tale grey wash!"</span>

 

[electradeluxe]

Hi

My washing is out at every opportunity, I don’t think you can beat jumping into bed after a shower with fresh line dried bed linen! Taking advantage of the good weather too at the moment so I’ve had a load out on the line today.

Neil

 

[yogitunes]

always the rule of thumb with hanging clothes.....

hang the bottoms by their tops....

and top by your bottoms!

 

[jeb]

line drying

Have you heard this about if the clothes would dry in damp, cold weather ? "check the sidewalk, if it will dry the sidewalk it will dry the clothes". JEB

 

[lakewebsterkid]

"Outdoor Fresh"

I can't help but notice that after washing my sheets and line drying them, they actually smell similar to Bounce Outdoor Fresh dryer sheets. I am only using Tide Simply in the wash. No softener. Just an interesting thought. My sheets feel and smell great after drying outside. I could sit and look at them float in the breeze all day. What a sight. I will be damned if they aren't as white as my neighbors. I am going to attempt to dry comforters outside if weather is permitting.

 

[grwasher_expert]

Here in Greece very few homes have dryers.It is pretty rare to find someone who owns a dryer.Most people line-dry their clothes.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Not quite a line & you can prop an "arm" or Both w/

A place where there is not a problem drying as there probably is with good, plentiful & a sufficient amount of water for washing...

Just go to my brother-in-law's in Israel...

-- Dave

 

[nmassman44]

I love using the clothesline as well...but since my neighbors installed 3 bird feeders, we seem to have a plethora of the flying vermin, aka pigeons, that love to poop every where and I do mean every where. So I just use my dryers on low humidity days when i can here.
I will say one thing since my neighbors installed the bird equivalent of McDonalds...the hawks in my area have taken notice and its interesting when one is in the area how the other birds react. I have even seen a hawk take out a few pigeons and squirrels aka rodents with good PR...

 

[electradeluxe]

Beautiful day

My work uniform and a few other bits! Washed in Persil ultimate power caps and I think I’ve found my new favourite detergent

 

[laundrymanrob]

Here in Cincinnati I have 4 lines strung up between my house and garage (approx 100 ft) using cotton line rope. I have installled turnbuckles at each end to keep the tension on the lines. Between April - November there is almost always laundry hanging out! I love the fresh scent of my clothes dried outdoors. I also have a couple drying racks up by the patio for drying those “unmentionables”.

 

[foraloysius]

Mostly white poloshirts on the drying rack.

 

[vacbear58]

And In the UK

On Sunday, it was a teriific day for drying outdoors, these were dry in no time

 

[michael]

Line drying...

Lovely day for drying towels...