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Thread Number: 82532
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| Post# 1066011 4/5/2020 at 09:46 (1,475 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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Post# 1066031 , Reply# 1 4/5/2020 at 11:10 (1,475 days old) by parunner58  (Davenport, FL) |
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HOA here in Davenport Florida will not allow clothes lines. I remember when I my aunt and uncle moved here in the 90's, they live in Tarpon Springs. My aunt put one up in the garage and a neighbor saw it one day and ratted her out to the HOA and they told her she had to take down. I'm not sure if she did. We just hang things in the laundry room or I lay them over the patio furniture in the back yard. You would think with the environment, they would allow it. But in know they probably don't want people leaving things out for days. We have the garbage can rule. Can't put it out any earlier than the evening before pickup and must be taken in and stored before
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Post# 1066040 , Reply# 2 4/5/2020 at 11:34 (1,475 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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I live in an apartment, so no clotheslines here, but when the weather is good I use a drying rack.
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| Post# 1066041 , Reply# 3 4/5/2020 at 11:39 (1,475 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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Yeah I know that in some places in US they ban you from hanging clothes out.
But even in your garage it's a new thing. Honestly I find it absurd that something like that may even exist and I wouldn't want to live in a place like that even if they paid me to, besides is unacceptable and crazy in a country that boasts about its citizen's freedom and freedom as a value. It doesn't seem so free...but the opposite, in your garage?℅ I could understand your lawn and the trash cans, but in my garage I do the hell I want to do. But for that matter I knew that Florida is one of the states where the right to dry movement became law. So you might appeal to that. And to the neighbors? Just say, you put one also and strangle yourself on it. I use the dryer 90℅ of the times but it's a matter of principle. | ||
| Post# 1066055 , Reply# 5 4/5/2020 at 13:14 (1,475 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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I dry everything in the dryer even fine woolens or angora as it has the rack.
But I like to hang out from time to time, especially when we are running out of LP gas in the tank, then if sunny or even beter windy i hang out... and they take weeks to come recharge it so better have It for cooking and heating rather than drying. | ||
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Post# 1066063 , Reply# 6 4/5/2020 at 13:59 (1,475 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1066064 , Reply# 7 4/5/2020 at 14:12 (1,475 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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 I have a vintage retractable "Cordomatic" clothesline on a reel that I found at a garage sale. I know it will last longer than the two cheap plastic modern versions that broke on me.
This is a picture of a NOS/NIB Corodmatic. The blue paint was faded on mine so I gave it a spray of beige to blend into the shed that it's mounted on.
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Post# 1066086 , Reply# 10 4/5/2020 at 16:55 (1,475 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Re: Reply #1 Boy your HOA is harsh!
I’m the pres. of our HOA and have been on the board of 24 of the 25 years we’ve lived here and I would never tell a resident that they couldn’t have a clothesline in their garage! We don’t have garages, but even so, thats just unreasonable.
Our CC&Rs also prohibit clotheslines, but a few residents have them, my next door neighbor for one, and we have an umbrella clothesline that we used to use, but haven’t in a while. Our backyards aren’t visible from the front of the homes and as long as people are respectful of their neighbors and there are no complaints, our board and myself leave them the hell alone.
This is the kind of nonsense that gives condos and HOA’s a bad name. We aren’t all like that.
I’m way more concerned about people that damage the property or make unapproved structural alterations. A few sheets, towels and briefs hanging out for a few hours is not going to hurt anyone. I say choose the hill you’re going to die on.
Eddie
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Post# 1066114 , Reply# 11 4/5/2020 at 18:56 (1,474 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1066119 , Reply# 12 4/5/2020 at 19:31 (1,474 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1066126 , Reply# 13 4/5/2020 at 20:34 (1,474 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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I got my drying rack put together; fortunately it was very easy. Seems to be fairly sturdy. A moderate amount of people in my area have clotheslines in their yards. Anyone who would try banning them in this area would probably be beat up or tarred & feathered. | ||
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Post# 1066127 , Reply# 14 4/5/2020 at 20:42 (1,474 days old) by simpsomatic (Melb, Aust-now Palm Springs,US) |
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Clothes lines If you want to see a real clothesline google "Hills Hoists Australia". There is one in every backyard from the 1950's until today..... | ||
| Post# 1066130 , Reply# 15 4/5/2020 at 21:03 (1,474 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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By living in Italy I see them basically every day everywhere.😂😂
But I know that outside the US they're pretty much common everywhere also. Australia too. Indeed it seems like it's very common the umbrella kind there. I have one also of those, my aunt gave me one but I like my pulleys, no back and forth with baskets clothes and pins. The line moves for me and I stay still with everything handy. In Canada also in some areas it's full of them. Montreal or the East like Newfoundland. | ||
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Post# 1066131 , Reply# 16 4/5/2020 at 21:19 (1,474 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Have 100' on 5 lines outside, they get used a lot in good weather. Also have two lines in the basement, I've never not had a clothesline.
That Cordomatic is beautiful, that must be the deluxe model. I have my grandmother's from her laundry room. I used it for many years myself, but it needs new line. | ||
| Post# 1066177 , Reply# 17 4/6/2020 at 06:35 (1,474 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Depedns on climate. I used one in the warmer months at my first house for sheets and towels. My mom had one always, even after she got her first dryer when I was four. In winter, she hung laundry in the basement to dry. | ||
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Post# 1066193 , Reply# 18 4/6/2020 at 08:58 (1,474 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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 This photo was taken March 21st. We've had this U-shaped clothesline for over 15 years now. The company that makes them also makes cattle stalls. It's the same steel tubing and coating that's used for the stalls. Ours is the 20ft version. These are also very popular with the Amish communities west of Wausau. CLICK HERE TO GO TO polkanut's LINK
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Post# 1066200 , Reply# 20 4/6/2020 at 09:41 (1,474 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Post# 1066315 , Reply# 21 4/7/2020 at 05:49 (1,473 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Bed linens today.
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Post# 1066316 , Reply# 22 4/7/2020 at 06:22 (1,473 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Post# 1066321 , Reply# 23 4/7/2020 at 07:28 (1,473 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1066325 , Reply# 24 4/7/2020 at 08:35 (1,473 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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what you may or may not know about washing/drying of Waterbed sheets compared to standard bedding, is with WaterBed sheets, the top and bottom are attached...
I was fortunate to find sets that allowed you to separate them for laundering, just basically big buttons along the bottom...later I learned to separate other sets and add my own buttons...just made them a lot easier to manage | ||
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Post# 1066341 , Reply# 25 4/7/2020 at 09:55 (1,473 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Martin I never heard of waterbed sheets with the top and bottom sheets attached, you learn something new everyday. I owned a waterbed in the mid 70’s for about 2 years. It was double be size and then I just threw a flat double sheet on top of the waterbed mattress tucked it in all around the sides and the weight of the water held it in place, ditto for the the top sheet, but I just tucked that in at the bottom.
Now that I’ve learned this new bit of info I can understand why line drying these sheets would be better. Eddie | ||
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Post# 1066342 , Reply# 26 4/7/2020 at 10:08 (1,473 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1066344 , Reply# 27 4/7/2020 at 10:13 (1,473 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Clothes lines are forbidden here. We have large terraces and quite honestly there is nothing so unsightly as laundry hanging from every terrace. There is always one who tries to get away with it but they're always caught. The apartments came with a rack in the bathroom which were quite small, I guess for unmentionables. The COOP complex wanted you to do your laundry downstairs in the laundry room. For drying I use a folding drying rack and of course the Maytag dryer. | ||
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Post# 1066352 , Reply# 28 4/7/2020 at 10:45 (1,473 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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| Post# 1066395 , Reply# 29 4/7/2020 at 19:43 (1,472 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Freddie, you'll be sorry you asked ~ LOL!
Because, after sex, --either alone or with others-- and playing with washing machines, hanging out laundry is my most favorite thing in the world, and I do it all year round. I have a million pics of my obsession. Here are too many. Thanks for the opportunity. Hope you like 'em!
The first few are of napkins collected over the years, dirtied at a huge family party last summer, around 65 napkins; the side lawn photos were shot during Winter where the sun is farthest west and beyond the deck. Many seasons, many machines. No snowy clothesline pics available now. Regrets. | ||
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Post# 1066443 , Reply# 30 4/8/2020 at 09:29 (1,472 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia) |
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spoiled for choice we don't own a clothes dryer but we have two clotheslines - one beside the house and an under cover one in the greenhouse. The greenhouse one is fantastic for drying in wet weather. I often go out to hang up washing and come back inside with a few veges... | ||
| Post# 1066509 , Reply# 31 4/8/2020 at 17:42 (1,471 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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So wonderful Michael and it must be beautiful to do laundry outside... with your machines.
I'm having this luck also. Now that I live in the country in our mansion I have plenty of space to do laundry outside in the Summer and have 4-5 machines running, beside mosquitoes at around 19:00 it is so great and I can sunbathe having lots of cooling shooters while doing what for me also after sex and food I like most doing laundry😂😂 | ||
| Post# 1066510 , Reply# 32 4/8/2020 at 17:43 (1,471 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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Post# 1066634 , Reply# 33 4/9/2020 at 12:23 (1,471 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Love the pictures!
My mom always hung laundry out when weather permitted, but also had a dryer. I have wonderful childhood memories of laundry days! She had both pulley lines between the house and a telephone pole in the back yard, as well as a couple of different styles of free-standing ones over the years. We don't have them at our house now, although I from time to time entertain the idea of putting some up. I do have allergies though, and I have read that I should therefore never hang laundry outside. Barry | ||
| Post# 1067505 , Reply# 35 4/15/2020 at 13:03 (1,465 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1067565 , Reply# 36 4/16/2020 at 05:31 (1,464 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Dazzling white polo shirts today.
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Post# 1067617 , Reply# 38 4/16/2020 at 13:22 (1,464 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Barry, your grandma’s rules for hanging out the laundry is exactly how I always hung out the laundry. Especially using only one clothes pin between items hung next to each other. I always took pride in how neatly I could hang my laundry. Some of the hap hazard order of clothes hanging on clotheslines I’ve seen just make my OCD go into overdrive. LOL
Thanks for sharing this.
Eddie | ||
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Post# 1067619 , Reply# 39 4/16/2020 at 13:34 (1,464 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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Eddie, I love it!!! LOL. LOL. That's how I feel too. OCD...LOL. LOL. Barry | ||
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Post# 1067620 , Reply# 40 4/16/2020 at 13:37 (1,464 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Barry, | ||
| Post# 1067621 , Reply# 41 4/16/2020 at 13:38 (1,464 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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Post# 1068029 , Reply# 42 4/18/2020 at 22:15 (1,461 days old) by suds14 (Pittsburgh) |
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My clothsline Here are pictures of my clothes line. First is just the lines the second is most of the wash hanging. I hang out everything love that fresh air smell. David | ||
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Post# 1068097 , Reply# 43 4/19/2020 at 08:37 (1,461 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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David, | ||
| Post# 1068121 , Reply# 44 4/19/2020 at 11:06 (1,461 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Like that 3 or 4 square brick house behind yours. Like my grams was in Midland, and my aunts, but hers had arched window casing brick molds and small keystones. | ||
| Post# 1068458 , Reply# 45 4/21/2020 at 07:36 (1,459 days old) by Xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania ) | ||
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Post# 1069393 , Reply# 47 4/26/2020 at 09:55 (1,454 days old) by suds14 (Pittsburgh) |
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Better view of clothes line Here is a picture of my lines yesterday. I took the picture from the upstairs window.
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Post# 1069406 , Reply# 48 4/26/2020 at 12:59 (1,454 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon) |
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Post# 1069408 , Reply# 49 4/26/2020 at 13:08 (1,454 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose) |
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Clotheslines
The first picture is the retractable line I used to use before getting my new "Latvian Clothes Dryer" seen in the second picture.
There used to be a pool shed in this side yard so the end of the retractable line was attached to that. It had to be propped up with a wood pole in the middle so as not to sag. Now the pool shed (and the pool) is gone, I have more room for drying clothes. The "Latvian Clothes Dryer" is from Brabantia and is made in Latvia. It can hold up to four full loads of laundry easily. I LOVE the smell of clothes dried outside! | ||
| Post# 1069664 , Reply# 51 4/28/2020 at 08:55 (1,452 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Not hanging my Aussiebum's outside for the neighbors to see. No privacy fence on one side yet. | ||
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Post# 1069777 , Reply# 52 4/28/2020 at 21:30 (1,451 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Just waiting for the pollen to get through doing its thing. Nothing better than summer clothes washed in Ariel and hung out to dry in the sun. | ||
| Post# 1069859 , Reply# 53 4/29/2020 at 10:04 (1,451 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Pollen hasn't began yet here. Overnight lows were still in the 30's last week. | ||
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Post# 1069869 , Reply# 54 4/29/2020 at 11:44 (1,451 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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 Nothing more comforting that the fresh smell of line dried sheets on a sunny day.
The sun is also a bleaching agent so it is sanitizing.
In the 70s, We copied our our neighbor and got a Sears pull out clothes line.
Word of warning when buying a home or renting an apartment: Always write into your contract the necessity of reviewing the HOA rules and signing off your approval as a condition. Also knowing what your renting ahead of time will save you from being around the clothes-line-depraved souls.
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| Post# 1069920 , Reply# 55 4/29/2020 at 17:12 (1,451 days old) by cycla-fabric (New Jersey (Northern)) | ||
We have a clothesline like the the post above and enjoy putting out the laundry in the summertime or when the weather permits it. This spring has been cold and wet in NJ and the line is out, but I can't use it as we get 1 nice day and the rest is cold and wet. We are going to go from cold and wet to hot and dry, and no in between time. Oh well at least we can have a clothesline with no one complaining. Use a clothesline and reduce your carbon footprint I say.
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| Post# 1091324 , Reply# 56 9/30/2020 at 10:55 (1,297 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 1091340 , Reply# 57 9/30/2020 at 12:47 (1,297 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
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| Post# 1091347 , Reply# 58 9/30/2020 at 13:51 (1,297 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Post# 1091471 , Reply# 60 10/1/2020 at 09:06 (1,296 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 1091483 , Reply# 61 10/1/2020 at 10:30 (1,296 days old) by Golittlesport (California) | ||
In southern California one can line dry most all of the year. While not working during this pandemic, I've had more time on my hands and have been regularly line drying whites. Fortunately for us, the way the winds have been blowing the smoke from these terrible fires has not impacted coastal Orange County where I am. Nothing beats drying clothes in the sun for whitest whites and fresh smelling laundry.
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