Hung a new clothesline
@GardenGerty (160665)
United States
October 16, 2015 7:32pm CST
The kid that lived here before had tied up some rope for clothesline. It broke yesterday.
Since I did laundry yesterday, and today, and hubby has not hooked up the dryer yet we really needed new clothesline.
That may be the most important thing we did today. It is always good to have clean clothes.
The weather is still nice so we do not mind hanging clothes out.
Where you are do you use a dryer or hang clothing on the lines? I like the fresh smell of line dried clothes and the amount of money I can save doing it that way. It is supposed to be good for the environment as well.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
I have been tempted, esp to save money, but no undies, I hate the feeling and dont want to share those with my neighbors, I will hang those inside to drip dry
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
At my other house I hung undies on a peg board on an enclosed area of the porch.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
@GardenGerty not a bad idea, could do that in the tucked in area of the back porch
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@AlanLampwick (26)
• United States
17 Oct 15
Heh. When we lived in our house we were in the country with no neighbors. Our clothesline was configured so I could hang the undies between the other stuff. Even though no one lived nearby I didn't want the undies on display.
-Alan.
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@Juliaacv (51193)
• Canada
17 Oct 15
During the warmer months I do hang things outside. I love the feel of sheets line-dried. During the winter months, I have a bar hanging near our boiler. The boiler is the hottest place in the house when its running, so to hang anything bulky, like sweatshirts there, they will dry over night while we sleep. I like it because those items take forever in the dryer. Since I've been doing this I notice that my dryer is lasting longer then the last one did as I dried everything in it.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
Great combination of resources. We need to take care of our appliances as they are expensive to replace.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
@Juliaacv I am not sure what I will use it for in particular. It will not be all the time.
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@Juliaacv (51193)
• Canada
17 Oct 15
@GardenGerty Yes they are, I only use the dryer for socks, underwear, face and hand towels, and shirts. But it drastically cuts down on the use when you factor out the jeans and heavy bulky things like sweatshirts and larger towels.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
We have a couple of racks, or airers we can hang on and have done so.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
17 Oct 15
We have too many trees and the such around that I'd be afraid to hang a clothesline. I have never had a clothesline but I believe my aunt has one, or had one. In the summer we would hang our swimsuits across the bar in the bathroom to dry so that we could reuse the next day before washing them on the third day.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
My mom never had a dryer. My grandma had neither a washer nor a dryer and I can remember the boiling cauldron and washing that way. Grandma had one line and filled it up. In latter years she took the wash to town on Tuesday which was the day they would "go to town."
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
17 Oct 15
@GardenGerty You know I am one for nostalgia and the "older ways" of doing things. I am sure wash with a cauldron and washboard had the clothes fresher and softer than a dryer and chemicals ever could.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
@ScribbledAdNauseum The dryer can help soften. I am finding the home made soap and vinegar rinse are great for softening.
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
In warm weather it is convenient to do that. I want to be able to choose.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
That is a good thing. The new line here is braided wire covered with plastic.
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
I think clothes hanging is a nice gentle way to get some movement in plus our Vitamin D from the sun.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
17 Oct 15
My country is always so hot and humid, so we do not need a dryer.
We do not use cloth line.
Nearly all the families use bamboo for hanging our clothes.
We have to buy clips so that the clothes do not fly off.
When the day is really hot, the wet clothing will dry in just 2 hours, and you can even smell the nice scent of sun-dried clothing.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
So you clip clothing to bamboo to dry. That sounds reasonable.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
17 Oct 15
We hang it out in the summer but winter we have to dry it indoors! Probably because it is raining for most of the time or there is no sun!
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Oct 15
I enjoyed putting the clothes on the line when growing up, but at our current house we don't have anywhere to hang anything, plus if i did, it could take me days to bring it in again. Maybe when I retire, I can get a single pole with several lines on four sides, but until then, the dryer is my only option.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
17 Oct 15
Our other house had a broken dryer for a long time. Lines were needed. Hubby is the frequent wash person here as he has to dress a certain way for work. He hangs things and most of the time gets them in.
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@AlanLampwick (26)
• United States
17 Oct 15
I live in an apartment and use the coin operated washer and dryer here. In our old house we had a clothesline in the back yard and as others have mentioned, the smell of outdoor dried clothes as well as bedding is wonderful.
A friend of mine has a clothesline hung in his basement. It seems to work well for him.
-Alan.
