Still use a clothesline today and my hubby really needs to brush up on the rules, LOL. Well at least for the four loads a year he hangs out.

my mother followed all those rules. monday = wash day, tuesday = iron day, wed thru fri = clean house day, sat = bake 2 pies, wash & roll hair - go to town. i followed all the rules except they were all done on sat b/c i worked & that's the only day i had. washed, dried, ironed all on sat. good ole days? i think not!

LOL I grew up next to a hog farm, so you could only linedry if the wind was blowing the other way!

however on good days rules 1-8 minus 6 (never hung clothes when it was cold outside) were followed!

Boy that brings back memories.

oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!! i had almost forgotten the RULES! yes i had to follow all of them. thanks for the reminder!!
all those diapers freeze before you could hang them. i had a clothes line up until the early eighties. wish i had one now

I remember my mom had a cute little apron to keep the clothespins in while she was hanging wash. always hated when in winter we had to hang them all up down in the basement. And It was no rec-room!!!

These rules were not printed in stone, but all of us who had to hang wet clothes knew the rules.
My dad and I did most of the washing for a family of 7 kids and mom and dad. He always told me he would hang the sheets and towels if I would hang the wash cloths and little girl undies. Said his hands were too big to get hold of them.
Fond memories.

Two years ago on my 70th Birthday I bought clothesline rope and made myself a clothesline. That night I crawled between those line dried sheets and smiled. Nothing smells better than line dried sheets. They make for a restful sleep. I've not dried my sheets in the drier sense.

OMG I did that....still do when I use my line.
Can't imagine a messy clothes line with everything jumbled and not neatly lined up. One would say that is OCD, maybe so, but still it's gotta look right on the line. And definately the sheets and towels on the outside. No exception to that rule!

At least I don't look my age. LOL

During the summer months or hurricain season in Florida (June thru November) I have to use the dryer. The humidity is so high that the clothes don't dry they sour really bad. And if you don't catch them before the rain every few hours, you're throwing them in the dryer anyway. So I am just going to save myself the aggravation and time during those months. Can't wait to open my windows and put the clothes on the line then when it cools down. The Florida weather is not really my cup of tea. I think I would rather live elsewhere.