How did I miss this thread? When we married, we had a wringer type washing machine and no dryer. The clothesline was in the backyard of our apartment. We shared with a neighbor. For a while, they had no washer and carried clothes to the in-laws to wash. So we made a "deal." :wink: She used our washer and did our laundry also. She spoiled me completely. When I got home from work, the laundry was done -- washed, dried on the line, and folded. How good was that. When we moved into our house, I really missed this good neighbor's "services."
We did have a clotheline at our new house. DH soon tired of going around the poles with the lawnmower, so removed it. Yes, I loved the smell of the sheets and towels.
Hanging clothes out during the sugar cane grinding season was tricky. At that time, the air is filled with soot (from the burning of the cane leaves). We had to check the wind direction before hanging out the clothes. We also checked to see if anyone in the area was burning cane that day.
[And our kids think they have a hard life. :? ] lol
As far as the drying rack goes, I had one in college; then I used it when the first baby was born. After that -- for #2 and #3 -- it was the dryer.