On 5/13/2010 8:49 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> "Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
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>> The 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Janet
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> The HOA here would frown upon such a thing. No one wants to see laundry
> flapping in the breeze.

I have to disagree. I don't mind it at all. It's a lot better than
some other things you see in people's yards. Like tacky lawn ornaments.
Or some really ugly flowers. And other things I won't even mention.
I think it's kind of homey and gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. I expect
to see Opie or Beaver come around the corner of the house pulling a
red wagon. ;-)

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?