Thread: O/T: Clothes Lines

On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
> As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>
> She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
> smell of clothes from the dryer.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------
> Are there any out there who still know what a clothes line is?????????
>
> Remember?
>
> You have to be a certain age to appreciate this.
> I can hear my mother now......
>
> THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:
>
> (If you don't know what clotheslines are, better skip this)
>
> 1. *You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes - walk
> the
>
> entire lengths of each line with a damp
> cloth around the lines.
>
> 2. *You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang
>
> "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.
>
> 3. *You never hung a shirt by the shoulders *- always by the tail!.
> What
>
> would the neighbors think?
>
> 4. *Wash day on a Monday! . .. . Never hang clothes on the weekend, or
>
> Sunday, for Heaven's sake!
>
> 5. *Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide
>
> your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)
>
> 6. * It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather *... clothes would
>
> "freeze-dry."
>
> 7. *Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! *Pins
>
> left on the lines were "tacky!"
>
> 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.
>
> 9. *Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the
> clothes
>
> basket, and ready to be ironed.
>
> 10. IRONED?! *Well, that's a whole other subject!
>
> A *POEM
>
> A clothesline was a news forecast
> To neighbors passing by,
>
> There no secrets you could keep
> When clothes were hung to dry.
>
> It also was a friendly link
> For neighbors always knew
>
> If company had stopped on by
> To spend a night or two.
>
> For then you'd see the "fancy sheets"
> And towels upon the line;
>
> You'd see the "company table cloths"
> With intricate designs.
>
> The line announced a baby's birth
> From folks who lived inside -
>
> As brand new infant clothes were hung,
> So carefully with pride!
>
> The ages of the children could
> So readily be known
>
> By watching how the sizes changed,
> You'd know how much they'd grown!
>
> It also told when illness struck,
> As extra sheets were hung;
>
> Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
> Haphazardly were strung.
>
> It also said, "Gone on vacation now"
> When lines hung limp and bare.
>
> It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged
> With not an inch to spare!
>
> New folks in town were scorned upon
> If wash was dingy and gray,
>
> As neighbors carefully raised their brows,
> And looked the other way .. .
>
> But clotheslines now are of the past,
> For dryers make work much less.
>
> Now what goes on inside a home
> Is anybody's guess!
>
> I really miss that way of life.
> It was a friendly sign.
>
> When neighbors knew each other best,
> By what hung on the line.

I liked using the clothes PROP as a javelin!

John Kuthe...

On May 12, 9:49*pm, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>
> > She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
> > smell of clothes from the dryer.
>
> > Enjoy
>
> > Lew
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Are there any out there who still know what a clothes line is?????????
>
> > Remember?
>
> > You have to be a certain age to appreciate this.
> > I can hear my mother now......
>
> > THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:
>
> > (If you don't know what clotheslines are, better skip this)
>
> > 1. *You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes - walk
> > the
>
> > entire lengths of each line with a damp
> > cloth around the lines.
>
> > 2. *You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang
>
> > "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.
>
> > 3. *You never hung a shirt by the shoulders *- always by the tail!.
> > What
>
> > would the neighbors think?
>
> > 4. *Wash day on a Monday! . .. . Never hang clothes on the weekend, or
>
> > Sunday, for Heaven's sake!
>
> > 5. *Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide
>
> > your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)
>
> > 6. * It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather *... clothes would
>
> > "freeze-dry."
>
> > 7. *Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! *Pins
>
> > left on the lines were "tacky!"
>
> > 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.
>
> > 9. *Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the
> > clothes
>
> > basket, and ready to be ironed.
>
> > 10. IRONED?! *Well, that's a whole other subject!
>
> > A *POEM
>
> > A clothesline was a news forecast
> > To neighbors passing by,
>
> > There no secrets you could keep
> > When clothes were hung to dry.
>
> > It also was a friendly link
> > For neighbors always knew
>
> > If company had stopped on by
> > To spend a night or two.
>
> > For then you'd see the "fancy sheets"
> > And towels upon the line;
>
> > You'd see the "company table cloths"
> > With intricate designs.
>
> > The line announced a baby's birth
> > From folks who lived inside -
>
> > As brand new infant clothes were hung,
> > So carefully with pride!
>
> > The ages of the children could
> > So readily be known
>
> > By watching how the sizes changed,
> > You'd know how much they'd grown!
>
> > It also told when illness struck,
> > As extra sheets were hung;
>
> > Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
> > Haphazardly were strung.
>
> > It also said, "Gone on vacation now"
> > When lines hung limp and bare.
>
> > It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged
> > With not an inch to spare!
>
> > New folks in town were scorned upon
> > If wash was dingy and gray,
>
> > As neighbors carefully raised their brows,
> > And looked the other way .. .
>
> > But clotheslines now are of the past,
> > For dryers make work much less.
>
> > Now what goes on inside a home
> > Is anybody's guess!
>
> > I really miss that way of life.
> > It was a friendly sign.
>
> > When neighbors knew each other best,
> > By what hung on the line.
>
> I liked using the clothes PROP as a javelin!

I'd like to see state laws that guarantee the right to use a
clothesline. Laws that trump local ordinances and condo association
rules.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

On May 12, 10:01*pm, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 12, 9:49*pm, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > > As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>
> > > She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
> > > smell of clothes from the dryer.
>
> > > Enjoy
>
>
Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. I used mine today to hang out
sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. Clothes pins left on
the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
items. But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
again in April.

On May 12, 11:06*pm, itsjoannotjoann <itsjoannotjo...@webtv.net>
wrote:
> On May 12, 10:01*pm, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 12, 9:49*pm, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > > > As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>
> > > > She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
> > > > smell of clothes from the dryer.
>
> > > > Enjoy
>
> Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. *I used mine today to hang out
> sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. *Clothes pins left on
> the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
> items. *But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
> again in April.

In many places they are against the rules.

--Bryan

On Wed, 12 May 2010 21:34:26 -0700 (PDT), Food Snob®
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On May 12, 11:06*pm, itsjoannotjoann <itsjoannotjo...@webtv.net>
>wrote:
>> On May 12, 10:01*pm, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On May 12, 9:49*pm, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> > > > As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>>
>> > > > She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
>> > > > smell of clothes from the dryer.
>>
>> > > > Enjoy
>>
>> Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. *I used mine today to hang out
>> sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. *Clothes pins left on
>> the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
>> items. *But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
>> again in April.
>
>In many places they are against the rules.
>

White trash have clothelines in front.

On May 13, 7:23*am, brooklyn1 <gravesen...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2010 21:34:26 -0700 (PDT), Food Snob®
>
>
>
>
>
> <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On May 12, 11:06*pm, itsjoannotjoann <itsjoannotjo...@webtv.net>
> >wrote:
> >> On May 12, 10:01*pm, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > On May 12, 9:49*pm, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > > On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >> > > > As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>
> >> > > > She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't likethe
> >> > > > smell of clothes from the dryer.
>
> >> > > > Enjoy
>
> >> Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. *I used mine today to hang out
> >> sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. *Clothes pins left on
> >> the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
> >> items. *But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
> >> again in April.
>
> >In many places they are against the rules.
>
> White trash have clothelines in front.

You know why White trash put old appliances in their front yards? So
that everyone who drives by can see that they have gotten *new*
appliances.

--Bryan

itsjoannotjoann wrote:

>On May 12, 10:01*pm, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 12, 9:49*pm, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> > > As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>>
>> > > She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
>> > > smell of clothes from the dryer.
>>
>> > > Enjoy
>>
>>
>Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. I used mine today to hang out
>sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. Clothes pins left on
>the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
>items. But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
>again in April.

I have a clothesline in my basement, for foul weather drying of items
that can't go in the clothes dryer, car drying towels, etc. Outdoor
drying doesn't work well where I live, too many birds and birds rather
perch on clotheslines than anywhere else.

On May 12, 11:06*pm, itsjoannotjoann <itsjoannotjo...@webtv.net>
wrote:
> On May 12, 10:01*pm, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 12, 9:49*pm, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > > > As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>
> > > > She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
> > > > smell of clothes from the dryer.
>
> > > > Enjoy
>
> Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. *I used mine today to hang out
> sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. *Clothes pins left on
> the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
> items. *But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
> again in April.

Right to Dry:
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/rpt/2008-R-0042.htm

--Bryan

On May 12, 10:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:

<snipped>

Here's what I think of clotheslines:

1. I have better things to do than stand around pinning up clothes
2. I prefer my clothes to be soft, smell like the dryer, and not
require
ironing
3. I prefer not to have bird**** on my freshly washed clothes

You can keep your nostalgia.

Cindy Hamilton

On May 13, 7:32*am, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
[tangential deletiopn]
> You know why White trash put old appliances in their front yards? *So
> that everyone who drives by can see that they have gotten *new*
> appliances.

HEY!! I used to have old cars and old appliances in my front yard! And
our mobile home was at the end of a dead end road!!

Oh, that's right, I guess we WERE White Trash! Hee hee! :-)

John Kuthe...

On May 13, 8:27*am, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 13, 7:32*am, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [tangential deletiopn]
>
> > You know why White trash put old appliances in their front yards? *So
> > that everyone who drives by can see that they have gotten *new*
> > appliances.
>
> HEY!! I used to have old cars and old appliances in my front yard! And
> our mobile home was at the end of a dead end road!!
>
> Oh, that's right, I guess we WERE White Trash! Hee hee! :-)

A mobile home on top of a mountain, at the end of a gravel road, with
ferrets running around your trailer. Um, I'm at a loss to find a way
to disagree.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

On May 13, 8:49*am, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 13, 8:27*am, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On May 13, 7:32*am, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [tangential deletiopn]
>
> > > You know why White trash put old appliances in their front yards? *So
> > > that everyone who drives by can see that they have gotten *new*
> > > appliances.
>
> > HEY!! I used to have old cars and old appliances in my front yard! And
> > our mobile home was at the end of a dead end road!!
>
> > Oh, that's right, I guess we WERE White Trash! Hee hee! :-)
>
> A mobile home on top of a mountain, at the end of a gravel road, with
> ferrets running around your trailer. *Um, I'm at a loss to find a way
> to disagree.

Hey! They lived in a cage!

Now the FLEA problem was another thing! Ick! I can't believe we lived
like that! I guess the sex was just too good. ;-)

John Kuthe...

On May 12, 9:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
> As a kid, I still remember wiping the clothes lines for my mother.
>
> She still hung her clothes on a clothes line at 102. Didn't like the
> smell of clothes from the dryer.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------
> Are there any out there who still know what a clothes line is?????????
>
> Remember?


I like clotheslines - for other people. Sometimes I borrow my
neighbor's if I have rugs, etc. to hang up. But I prefer soft clothes
from the dryer. Outdoor lines (parallel ones with a big metal T-post
at each end) do make me remember my childhood on the farm - those were
good times.

N.

On May 13, 8:54*am, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 13, 8:49*am, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 13, 8:27*am, John Kuthe <johnku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 13, 7:32*am, Food Snob® <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > [tangential deletiopn]
>
> > > > You know why White trash put old appliances in their front yards? *So
> > > > that everyone who drives by can see that they have gotten *new*
> > > > appliances.
>
> > > HEY!! I used to have old cars and old appliances in my front yard! And
> > > our mobile home was at the end of a dead end road!!
>
> > > Oh, that's right, I guess we WERE White Trash! Hee hee! :-)
>
> > A mobile home on top of a mountain, at the end of a gravel road, with
> > ferrets running around your trailer. *Um, I'm at a loss to find a way
> > to disagree.
>
> Hey! They lived in a cage!
>
> Now the FLEA problem was another thing! Ick! I can't believe we lived
> like that! I guess the sex was just too good. ;-)

I never knew you involved the ferrets!!!!! That's just sick.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>On May 12, 10:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>Here's what I think of clotheslines:
>
>1. I have better things to do than stand around pinning up clothes
>2. I prefer my clothes to be soft, smell like the dryer, and not
>require
>ironing
>3. I prefer not to have bird**** on my freshly washed clothes
>
>You can keep your nostalgia.

Agreed... and there are much better ways to save electric than not
using the clothes dryer... like not owning an electric stove/oven, and
then using it to bake one potato, plus all the lights folks forget to
turn off when they leave a room... and many folks don't use their
dryer efficiently, they overload it and dry only on high heat... you
will save energy and extend their life by removing heavier items
before completely dry and hang them; comforters, blankets, winter
outerwear, floor mats, etc... that's why I have lines in my basement.
And the UV from sunlight deteriorates fibers, fades colors, and
destroys elastic... cuts the life of your laundry by at least half...
and I detest linty clothes. And yoose ladies shouldn't be machine
drying your expensive delicates... machine dry on low for five
minutes to remove wrinkles and lint, then hang them somewhere, they
don't take much room and they dry fast. I still own one of those
wooden clothes drying racks that stood in the bathtub, from many years
ago, before I had my own house.

On May 13, 9:24*am, Cindy Hamilton <angelicapagane...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On May 12, 10:38*pm, "Lew Hodgett" <sails.m...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> <snipped>
>
> Here's what I think of clotheslines:
>
> 1. *I have better things to do than stand around pinning up clothes
> 2. *I prefer my clothes to be soft, smell like the dryer, and not
> require
> ironing
> 3. *I prefer not to have bird**** on my freshly washed clothes

> You can keep your nostalgia.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

I'm with you. I had to deal with a ringer washer and clotheslines on
pulleys as a kid. In the winter, bring in those towels which were
frozen boards and let em dry on a rack after 3 days of waiting for a
thaw. And bring em in before it rains. And NEVER have laundry still
on the line on a Sunday. I know all about it. My mother knew the
lore.

And I DON'T care for the fresh cotton smell, Yankee candles be
damned.

As to my electricity usage, I'd rather give up a night or two of the
drivel on tv than stop using my dryer. I had enuf of clothesline
drying. I DO keep a folding rack tho, to dry delicate sheer curtains
etc on a nice day out on the deck.

I lived in a place where clotheslines were frowned upon, as well as
trucks, rvs and boats in the driveway. I can understand it - some ppl
would leave laundry on the line for days and it looked like the devil.

On May 13, 10:20*am, brooklyn1 <gravesen...@verizon.net> wrote:

*I still own one of those
> wooden clothes drying racks that stood in the bathtub, from many years
> ago, before I had my own house.

My wooden rack is always standing in my bathtub which is never used
for a bath. I use the rack to dry damp towels and handwashing.

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> On May 12, 11:06*pm, itsjoannotjoann <itsjoannotjo...@webtv.net>

> > Ummmmmm, I still use a clothes line. *I used mine today to hang out
> > sheets and yes, I have a clothes pin bag, too. *Clothes pins left on
> > the line get dirty and transfer that dirt to your freshly washed
> > items. *But I usually stop using it sometime in November and start up
> > again in April.

> In many places they are against the rules.

So much for "land of the free" :-)

I use a clothesline as much as possible, winter and summer. There is
nothing like the smell and feel of clothes and bedlinen
dried in the fresh breeze and sunshine.

Back in the 60's my landlady dried her washing in the yard which was
the entry to our flat. She always hung out her ancient husband's
enormous underwear in weird contorted shapes so that it wouldn't make
us young ladies think about male anatomy.

Janet

Kalmia wrote:
> On May 13, 9:24 am, Cindy Hamilton <angelicapagane...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:

>> Here's what I think of clotheslines:
>>
>> 1. I have better things to do than stand around pinning up clothes
>> 2. I prefer my clothes to be soft, smell like the dryer, and not
>> require
>> ironing
>> 3. I prefer not to have bird**** on my freshly washed clothes
>
>> You can keep your nostalgia.

> I'm with you. I had to deal with a ringer washer and clotheslines on
> pulleys as a kid. In the winter, bring in those towels which were
> frozen boards and let em dry on a rack after 3 days of waiting for a
> thaw. And bring em in before it rains. And NEVER have laundry still
> on the line on a Sunday. I know all about it. My mother knew the
> lore.

Ah, people after my own heart. I have NO fond memories of
line drying, the weather never cooperated when it was important
and I'll be happy to spend the rest of my life not dealing with
frozen towels that dry to a nice scratchy texture.

I have a dowel held up by a couple of loops of rope in my
utility room, I hang up whatever I don't care to put into the
dryer for whatever reason.

> I lived in a place where clotheslines were frowned upon, as well as
> trucks, rvs and boats in the driveway. I can understand it - some ppl
> would leave laundry on the line for days and it looked like the devil.

I'm not nostalgic for the underwear-on-display look, either. I know
that's not a popular sentiment in these here parts. Heh.

nancy