By golly yes! I remember the clothesline days! and we even had the washer that you had to hand run the clothes thru the wringer! Yep, those baskets were heavy too. In the winter we didn't hang outside as much. But in the basement was strung lines and in the attic too! Now let me tell you taking the laundry basket allllllll the way up three flights of stairs to the attic was no small task! Steep steps in the basement and up to the attic.. I think back then houses were built with such narrow steps from basements and attic and steep! As Archie and Edith sang....."those were the days....." "_