This made me smile
07-24-2011, 11:33 AM
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Hey, don't forget about those wringer washers, you know even though it took time when I was a young girl of 12 it still brings back the fondest memories of when I could be with my mom and helping her do the wash and then hanging it out in the yard-----nothing beats the clean fresh smell of how those clothes were when they were dried and you folded each piece as they came down off the line----- of course being a helper once I stood on a old table in the yard as I was hanging clothes and it tipped and I broke my arm and mom had to rush me to the doctor's office where he set my arm and put a heavy cast on it---- they are still good memories----life was simple and good
07-24-2011, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by NikkiLu
My mom lived in a subdivision with rows and rows of houses - back to back - and she HAD to be the first one with clothes on the line on Monday mornings! Anybody remember the pole that you put under the clothesline to raise the clothes up?
07-24-2011, 11:48 AM
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Talk about grinning-I still do it all-that same way, except for ironing, I iron as I go. And the smell, heady, huh? Especilly when you crawl into bed with fresh linens off the line. With the hot weather we're having, clothes dry in 20 minutes. I rub it in to DH all the time about the grief he gave me when I insisted on clothes lines when we bought the house. Our solar dryer is free! Thanks for the list and reinforcement of a good, green thing.
07-24-2011, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by valsma
A few years back I tried to buy a clothes line in the store. You know the square kind on a pole that open like and umbrella. Nobody seemed to have a clue what I was talking about of the younger associates. An older associate heard my request and said "oh you mean a SOLAR Clothes Dryer." Apparently that is what they call them now. I about died laughing. LOL
07-24-2011, 12:43 PM
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"Remember the jeans stretchers you put jeans on to dry them on the line?"
I had several of them as years ago my DH wore cotton chinos to work. Liked the fact that by using the stretchers I didn't have to iron the pants. Nowadays I take his cotton slacks right out the the dryer and hang them by the cuffs, making sure the creases are even and that's it - I really hate ironing and try to do as little as possible.
I had several of them as years ago my DH wore cotton chinos to work. Liked the fact that by using the stretchers I didn't have to iron the pants. Nowadays I take his cotton slacks right out the the dryer and hang them by the cuffs, making sure the creases are even and that's it - I really hate ironing and try to do as little as possible.
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