Rules of the clothesline...
09-17-2010, 10:22 AM
#141
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OMG, i'm 51 and i remember all that stuff. i learned at about 3 how to do it, by watching others and neighborts. remember the stiff metal thingys for putting in mens pants so yu wouldn't have to iron them???? and the pullys system for hanging out cloths from the widows walk on the second floor???
09-17-2010, 10:11 PM
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Weather permitting and no humidity, I still hang clothes out and for the most part, still follow the rules. Heck, even living in the 'hollera in the country, I can't have the farmer next door when he is in the field see my undies!
Because I never leave the clothespins outside on the line, I still have most of them from 33 years ago.
Nothing like clean smelling blankies and sheets. Towels dry great 'cuz they soak up more moisture from your body.
Because I never leave the clothespins outside on the line, I still have most of them from 33 years ago.
Nothing like clean smelling blankies and sheets. Towels dry great 'cuz they soak up more moisture from your body.
03-08-2012, 08:26 PM
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Got some news...cloths dry just fine on a clothsline when its freezing outside.
The only real problem is pinching cloths pins with mittens on.
The process is called sublimation. If you don't use the ice cubes in your freezer, you'll notice they evaporate away also.
The only real problem is pinching cloths pins with mittens on.
The process is called sublimation. If you don't use the ice cubes in your freezer, you'll notice they evaporate away also.
03-09-2012, 12:33 PM
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And we did that every day except sat and sun. Because we took in washings. we lived in a little town and did a lot of people's laundry. 20c for a pair of cacky sp. pants. washed starched, sprinkled and ironed. Many bushel baskets full a week. We ironed everything but towels, dishcloths, sheets, undies, slips on and on and on. We did it in the winter and hung lines thru the house and finally someone slammed the door and all the clothes and ceiling fell in the floor.ha.
03-09-2012, 03:40 PM
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8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.
I did not know we were being "efficient." We just never had enough to hang all the clothes at one. And when the "plastic" pins came, they were pretty but not as strong as the old wooden one.
My kids don't even know what a clothes line is for.
I did not know we were being "efficient." We just never had enough to hang all the clothes at one. And when the "plastic" pins came, they were pretty but not as strong as the old wooden one.
My kids don't even know what a clothes line is for.
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