I am in my 70s and continue to hang clothes. My favorite time to go to bed is Monday night's since the sheets smell so fresh and, no, I do not iron my sheets and pillow cases--they go immediately from the clothesline to the bed. I still hang the socks facing in the same direction (by the toes) and hang whites with whites and colors with colors (all shirts together and all pants together). It may sound crazy to some people but all I have known my whole life is "clothesline hung clothes." My roommates and I even hung clothes when we lived in an apartment in Arlington, VA. I dread Mondays when it rains (only day I do bedding). I will dry the sheets in the dryer but hang the pillow cases and let them dry inside so that my "nose" can still nestle in the good-smelling pillow cases. :D