On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 1:43:58 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 03:51:06 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> > I find that hung clothes are stiff. I like the dryer much better.
>
> Must be your water and/or washing powder or liquid. I hang my washing
> and it remains soft when dry.

Possibly. I only hang laundry when the dryer is broken or if
I've got some wet towels that were used for outdoor stuff, so
I don't have a great deal of experience. Perhaps the breeze
is a factor in softening things. We have a minuscule number
of things that can't be put in the dryer, and they usually are
hung up indoors. They come out stiff as a board, and then I
cheat and put them in the dryer on no heat for a few minutes
to soften them up.

Another factor is time. It takes seconds to toss a load of laundry
into the dryer, and much longer to pin things to a clothesline.
I remember my grandmother doing it. My mother couldn't be bothered,
and used her dryer pretty exclusively.

Cindy Hamilton