Finding that I'm vintage
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SW Iowa
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omg! this is so funny to read this today, my clothes line after 17 years fell apart last summer went to lowes the other day and asked a young girl where i could find the clothes lines and i knew the second the words where out of my mouth and the look on her face i knew she had no clue what a clothes line was lol i quickly asked where the rope is, well i found it but it's not the same it's braided nylon thinki'll shop around and hope i can find a good ole cotton rope........not holding my breath tho.
#12
yep, what is an iron? and what is a slip? recently asked by my youngest granddtr. Oh and my husband was shopping once and asked a female clerk where the bath sponges were. She said they don't make them anymore! really? well ,maybe one day the ocean will be dry.
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Vancouver Island, Beautiful BC
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I have vinyl coated clothes line. Have had that type for over 20 years. Cotton clothes line, yes it is sold locally, rots in our climate. I only use it for crafts. You ca buy it through Amazon if you cannot find it locally. Home Depot sells it here.
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
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Our Guild will be having a Quilt Show in the fall. My Gkids have been sewing for a couple years now (ages 9 and 10). They want to make things to sell and I have made some suggestions of easier things. One was to make a little quit to put over a buggy - then 'What's a Buggy?' Next I suggested making coasters and bowls out of clothes lines - then 'What's a clothes line'. Really?
#17
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Join Date: Jun 2017
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Here in Canada, where rain, snow, bitter cold (freezing), and relentless heat-waves are all part of our daily life, I wonder how well a cotton line would stand up.
At least with my blue vinyl line, I can wipe it down (when needed), and it's so durable, waterproof, and doesn't stain or build with mildew.
At least with my blue vinyl line, I can wipe it down (when needed), and it's so durable, waterproof, and doesn't stain or build with mildew.
#18
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: SW, MI
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It's also funny to take them to an antique shop. The wonder in their eyes to see a rotary phone, coiled phone cord and a telephone booth - 'you had to put quarters and dimes in there to make a call?'
Then there's the typewriter. Oh my!!!!
Then there's the typewriter. Oh my!!!!
#19
I used 1930s film cameras for a long time. Some air safety crew insisted that I turn it on before I could board an airplane. Their supervisor straightened it out. I thought it was funny. Don't need no stinkin' batteries.
My GF gave me a fitbit and told me not to wear it beside my watch since the electronics would mess with it. I Just grinned .. then she remembered my watch is a wind up and doesn't use a battery. Heck, one car I had in high school had a wind up clock on the dash.
My GF gave me a fitbit and told me not to wear it beside my watch since the electronics would mess with it. I Just grinned .. then she remembered my watch is a wind up and doesn't use a battery. Heck, one car I had in high school had a wind up clock on the dash.
#20
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
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Old-fashioned? When I was growing up, our wash line was metal. Some kind of strong wire: really a cable of many smaller wires.twisted together. It really held those barn jeans blowing in a strong wind. Such fun trying to hang them up, too. We used clothes-pins made of wood. A round piece of wood about 5 inches long with a slit cut about half way up. The really old clothes-pins had a piece of wire at the top of the slit. They were called "iron-clad". They held on tight in the wind, well, most of the time. Often we had to go collect the dry clothes from various places around the yard.
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