Rules of the clothesline...
09-12-2010, 08:42 PM
#21
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number 5. is one I never did !! My unmentionables were always died in the house. When I was younger my older sister was visiting from Michigan. Mom told her to bring in her personal items. She didn't the next day her bras were gone and the crotches of her undies were missing.
:shock: :shock:
:shock: :shock:
09-12-2010, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jemma
what was the length of wood with a notch used to raise and tighten the line----our first line went from our house eves to a branch on our red river gum tree--40 years ago that branch is now 2 meters higher than the house
09-12-2010, 08:57 PM
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What about putting those pant stretchers on the blue jeans?
Washed diapers everyday when my olders daughter was a baby
in the wringer washer with all those rince tubs. That was
46 years ago.Thank the Lord everything is better today.
Washed diapers everyday when my olders daughter was a baby
in the wringer washer with all those rince tubs. That was
46 years ago.Thank the Lord everything is better today.
09-12-2010, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by slk350
I remember my mom with her first washing machine, an old wringer type.She would wash the clothes, hang them on the clothes line to dry...take them in (sometimes frozen), sprinkle them with water, roll them in bath towels, put them in the refrig for a day or so, then take them out and iron them !!! CRAZY ??? I never understand it.
09-12-2010, 10:48 PM
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Well blow me down! :D So "that" is where my Mom got her rules! :D :D :D A trip down memory lane for sure. I'm so very thankful we have clothes dryers now. :wink: I do have a clothesline that I use ever now & again. I remember having to go gather ny baby brotheres diapers off of the line in the dead of Winter. :shock: Yep sometimes they were frozen to the line & stiff as a board. :roll: Geez.
09-13-2010, 03:37 AM
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I still use a clothesline. I do have a dryer, but only use it in the really cold monthes, or a long rainy spell!
Sometimes its a pain, but it saves money! LOL, I only follow a few rules, undies are hidden in the middle, but I live way out, no one will see, and I wash my line to, in case of bird poop!
Sometimes its a pain, but it saves money! LOL, I only follow a few rules, undies are hidden in the middle, but I live way out, no one will see, and I wash my line to, in case of bird poop!
09-13-2010, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by theoldgraymare
Do you remember the metal stretchers that were inserted into the legs of Daddy's khaki work pants so they wouldn't have to be ironed? I hated those things with a passion...
Mom used those things - and then they ended up tangled in a corner of the room she did laundry in. And we didn't call it a laundry room then. Who had rooms dedicated to doing wash back in the day? LOL!
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