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07-24-2011, 04:15 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by alikat110
My mother still line dries her clothes...follows most of these rules
07-24-2011, 04:21 AM
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Wow, that's exactly the way I remember my Grandma and Mom doing it ---- until they discovered clothes dryers. I would like to hang clothes out but home owners association does not allow it - stuffy fools.
07-24-2011, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by true4uca
Rules for Clotheslines -- You'll love this......
You have to be a certain age to appreciate this. I can hear my mother now.
My mother would have loved this! Do you remember?
THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES: (If you don't know what clotheslines are, better skip this.
1. You had to wash the clothesline before hanging any clothes - walk the entire lengths of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.
2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.
3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail. What would the neighbors think?
4. Wash day on a Monday! Never hang clothes on the weekend or Sunday for Heaven's sake!
5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!).
6. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather ... clothes would "freeze-dry".(I so remember this)
7. Always gather the clothespins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky!"
8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothespins, but shared one of the clothespins with the next washed item.
9. Clothes off the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.
10. IRONED?! On Tuesday .. Well, that's a whole other subject!
You have to be a certain age to appreciate this. I can hear my mother now.
My mother would have loved this! Do you remember?
THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES: (If you don't know what clotheslines are, better skip this.
1. You had to wash the clothesline before hanging any clothes - walk the entire lengths of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.
2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.
3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail. What would the neighbors think?
4. Wash day on a Monday! Never hang clothes on the weekend or Sunday for Heaven's sake!
5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!).
6. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather ... clothes would "freeze-dry".(I so remember this)
7. Always gather the clothespins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky!"
8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothespins, but shared one of the clothespins with the next washed item.
9. Clothes off the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.
10. IRONED?! On Tuesday .. Well, that's a whole other subject!
07-24-2011, 05:33 AM
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I remember my clothesline in the UP so vividly, my fingers ache with the remembrance. In the winter when the snow started falling, it was out to the lines with the basket and tramping down the snow to make paths. As winter went on and colder and more snow, it was out to the lines with the shovel, clothes freezing before you could get them on the lines. When the snow got so high that it was drifted up almot to the lines, you just have to give up and hang in the basement. Oh, yes, I remember it well.
07-24-2011, 05:33 AM
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Yes, I do remember these rules. I still use a few of them. My mother's words perch on my shoulder when I skip a few.
Note to hanging clothes in frigid air. Bring them in to thaw before you attempt to fold them. :0)
Note to hanging clothes in frigid air. Bring them in to thaw before you attempt to fold them. :0)
07-24-2011, 05:34 AM
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I remember this well. Washed the clothes outside on an old wringer washing machine and hung them outside (summer and winter - mind you in Michigan!) Loved the smell of clothes fresh off the line. Thanks for sharing - great memories.
07-24-2011, 05:38 AM
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Yup...I remember them all. And still use them. Clothes dry in a heartbeat here and I love fresh sheets dried in the sun. Most towels these days dry soft in the sun as well. Also admit to loving a line of fresh white diapers flapping in the breeze hahaha. Perma press comes inside and gets 10 minutes in the dryer in place of ironing although I use my iron press for table linens, vintage linens, pillow cases and the hems on top sheets.
For the record.....I only do these things to please myself. You couldn't pay me to do them for anyone else.
For the record.....I only do these things to please myself. You couldn't pay me to do them for anyone else.
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