Clotheslines stage a comeback

One tidbit that stood out for me in the article was this...

"opposition to line-drying has often come from neighbors who don’t want to be looking at somebody’s underwear out of the kitchen window"

Yes, unmentionables are such a secret and bad thing, aren't they!

How shallow and small-minded some people are in this perfect little world we live in today! :mad:
 
I detest Homeowner's Associations. I often wondered if those, who like to live in a Homeowner's Association development, would just love imprisonment. Everybody had the exact same cell, they all ate at the same time, etc. My mom & dad bought their home in 1960. It was a typical 60s development. The homes came with clotheslines in the back. Back in the 60s, our neighbors weren't as fragile as today's neighbors. They were made of sterner stuff. They didn't swoon at the site of my tighty whities.
 

I detest Homeowners Associations and do not live in a neighborhood with one. When we moved about 6 years ago, we made a list of what we wanted in a new house and it included No HOA. Our realtor laughed and said he wouldn't have a house with one either. They are very common in this area. I wonder if they are that popular though because when people are selling their houses and are listing the features they say No HOA like its a great thing. For example, "Great view, 5 bedrooms, No HOA".
 
Aunt Marg said:
One tidbit that stood out for me in the article was this...

"opposition to line-drying has often come from neighbors who don’t want to be looking at somebody’s underwear out of the kitchen window"

Yes, unmentionables are such a secret and bad thing, aren't they!

How shallow and small-minded some people are in this perfect little world we live in today! :mad:
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AM "Oh, the horror!" What's next, dogs pooping in public?!
 
Yeah, unfortunately, people I've known--including my huzz--associate drying clothes on a line with being poor and therefore yuck. And in Huzz's case I can understand why he wants to distance himself from being poor because he grew up REAL poor (living in their car parts of the time, literally no food in the house at times, etc.), but one gal I knew who grew up not near as poor as Huzz was telling me that she found her new neighbors to be really odd. Why, I ask. "Because that gal nextdoor frequently hangs her clothes up outside to dry and I know darn well she can afford a clothesdryer, ugh!" she says.
 
My condo community is too small for clotheslines. The groundskeepers are often around leaf-blowing, pruning, mowing, weed-whacking, raking, snow-blowing, etc. It just wouldn't work.

I have a large, folding, aluminum drying rack from Amazon and can hang laundry on it in the upstairs hallway where my washer and dryer are closeted, to save on electricity.

I do miss the scent of air dried, but I'll live.
 
Jules said:
She’s very skilled. Do they have to be ironed and if so, who does it? My two British friends both iron everything. Me, almost nothing.

Do you wear long sleeved shirts too?
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The hand made shirts, I iron. All our other ironing is done by a lady who does ironing for a business.
Yes I wear long sleeve shirts too. Usually when formally worn with a tie, bow tie or cravat.
 
We've had both, a few dryers over the years and the clothesline forever. My grandmother used it, as did my mom. We still use it today, mostly for odd items or if my wife wants to air out the sheets. It's a pulley line from the back porch to an old maple tree. The original wire that held the hook in the maple has disappeared as the tree grew over it. Only the hook protrudes.

It was there when I was a kid (in the thirties) and the pulleys and line have been replaced multiple times but the hooks in the tree and house are still functioning. Can't imagine not having it for those odd little things when that's all that you need to dry and don't want to have to use the dryer.
 
horseless carriage said:
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You can't put hand made shirts in a tumble dryer. You have to dry them outside, in the evening, when the sun is not so strong.
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Now that's what I call a collection of sports shirts!

With normal washing... towels, bedding, unmentionables, any time during the day is a good time to line-dry, but with coloured things, I set the likes of out on the line either first thing in the morning, or late in the afternoon when the sun isn't at it's peak.
 
Nice hearing from everybody!

The article renewed my sense of hope that maybe, just maybe, society (in HOA's) will be given a green light to freely practice homemaking choices that work for them, not others.

I grew up in a home with a clothesline, and have had a clothesline in both homes that we've owned. Wouldn't be without one.

Never have correlated the use of an old-fashioned outdoor clothesline to being poor, and I was born into a poor family.
 
Tish said:
My Hills hoist clothesline. I always enjoy hanging the clothes out rather than using a dryer. I did have a dryer when the kids went to school for their uniforms and mine but got rid of it. Damn thing chewed electricity like mad.

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Love it, Tish, and love the little koala!
 

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