On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:17:30 -0000, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
says...
>>
>> On Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:28:24 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>> >Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >
>> >> "S Viemeister" wrote in message
>> >> ... On 12/7/2016 2:32 PM,
>> >> Ophelia wrote:
>> >> > "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
>> >> > ...
>> >>
>> >> > I prefer to keep the clothing clean and pollen free. We alwys use
>> >> > the dryer
>> >> >
>> >> > ============
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't seem to have any problems with that.
>> >> >
>> >> > Sheila? Do you?
>> >> >
>> >> The winds in Sutherland don't let any pollen or schmutz sit on the
>> >> laundry (I have to use lots of clothes pegs to keep my sheets from
>> >> flying off to Orkney), there aren't many cars and my drying green is
>> >> a fair distance from the road. Very rarely a bird will drop a bomb on
>> >> my laundry - the last time was about 6 years ago. ===
>> >>
>> >> How about in US?
>> >
>> >You need to understand how BIG the US is to realize that question makes
>> >no sense.
>>
>> Brits don't seem to understand that California is more
>> than *3 times* larger than England, and California is
>> but a small part of the United States.
>
> I just can't grasp the relationship between the size of US and the
>amount of pollen and bird poop raining down on laundry hung on a US
>washing line. Are your birds and pollen grains as big as California?
>
> Perhaps Americans could explain this for our benefit.
>
> Janet UK

Pollen and bird poop has nothing to do with geographical size, has all
to do with local vegetation and avian populations.