O/T: Clothes Lines
"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
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>> On May 12, 11:06 pm, itsjoannotjoann >
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>> > Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. I used mine today to hang out
>> > sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. Clothes pins left on
>> > the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
>> > items. But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
>> > again in April.
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>> In many places they are against the rules.
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> So much for "land of the free" :-)
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> I use a clothesline as much as possible, winter and summer. There is
> nothing like the smell and feel of clothes and bedlinen
> dried in the fresh breeze and sunshine.
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> Back in the 60's my landlady dried her washing in the yard which was
> the entry to our flat. She always hung out her ancient husband's
> enormous underwear in weird contorted shapes so that it wouldn't make
> us young ladies think about male anatomy.
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> Janet
The HOA here would frown upon such a thing. No one wants to see laundry
flapping in the breeze. I haven't seen a clothes line since the 1970's and
hope not to see one any time soon.
Jill
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