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Oh, I remember that so well!!! I still do the same routine, except no sub-zero for me.
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How funny and I remember this and these rules! Nothing smelled better than sheets and towels dried in the sun! I can still remember than incredibly fresh smell.
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love my sheets hung out to dry!! ever notice yellow colored material seem to attract more bugs?
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I love sheets on the line! And I love when it's a super windy day and the towels get so whipped that it's like they were in the dryer. I actually didn't have a dryer until I got married at 25 (and that was in '86!). I grew up doing laundry on Thursdays with a wringer washer and hanging it up either in the basement (winter) or outside. My mom always had to have the socks facing the same way, and that's the way I have to do it now too. Funny how those things stay with you!
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I still hang some clothes out on the line, then pop them in the dryer to fluff and soften them a bit. I love the fresh air smell!
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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! |
I had to follow these rules with my mom. My first "chore" was to clean the clothes line. It does bring back memories.
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Yep, I learnt these rules at mother's side plus panties should be hung with one pin so they hang shapeless and anonymous.
Dad's heavy railroad work clothes often froze but never freeze dried. As the oldest and tallest I'd be sent out into the icy darkness to wrestle them free of the lines--usually stiff as boards. A line was rigged in the kitchen just for them. Sometimes they had to go back outside in the morning. |
I still like to hang cloths out. The sheets smell so good fresh off the line.
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I can't believe there are some communities that prohibit clotheslines. Wonder what the residents do if their dryer breaks on wash day and the car is in the shop for repairs so they can't get to the Laundromat? Hang in the bathroom or the basement - borrow the use of the neighbor's dryer - move? Don't you think that is a bit much ..............
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