| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| sleepless reader |
Posted - Mar 12 2006 : 5:56:37 PM
It is with a heavy heart that I say good-bye to my clothesline. She just couldn't hold up to the weight of snow. I didn't think to close her up because I'd been hanging clothes just a few days before. Ah well, now I can search for the four-sided model I really wanted. Don't think I'll be hanging out for a while anyhow...
Sharon
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| sleepless reader |
Posted - Mar 17 2006 : 5:30:10 PM
I've thought of that, but it's a smallish garden and I have a trellis made of old bicycle wheels. I promise I won't toss all of her to the heap. Hmmmm, maybe I could trellis by the chickenyard with "the remains".
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| theherblady |
Posted - Mar 17 2006 : 12:49:16 PM
Yes...Yes...Put her to rest in the garden~~~~!
Jan |
| Rusty pins |
Posted - Mar 17 2006 : 09:26:36 AM
Who's got the tissues? Don't put the 'ol gal to the curb.........how about using her in the garden for climbing plants??? I mean.......the poor thing..she may be old....but she's not dead!!!! There MUST be something useful she can do now......PLEASE SAVE THE CLOTHESLINE!!!
"Life shall judge us harshly enough. Let us at least be gentle with each other."
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| Rosenwalt |
Posted - Mar 15 2006 : 09:55:31 AM
Oh dear *sniff* I was so sorry to hear that *pout*. But gee, can't you put her out to pasture, maybe like for a skip rope *blubber* or a lasso *sniffle*?
Rose Marie,
Central New York
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| sleepless reader |
Posted - Mar 15 2006 : 09:52:00 AM
Thanks, Catherine! I'll read her the eulogy as we cart her off...
GUESS WHAT?! My nextdoor neighbor hollered over the fence yesterday that they had a clothesline they never used anymore and I could just have it! AND it's the four-sided kind. The laundry gods are smilimg upon me!!! I won't be putting it up until after this snowthing is done. I'm sooo happy. Simple minds, eh?
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| cajungal |
Posted - Mar 14 2006 : 04:15:58 AM
Sharon, I feel your pain. She led a good life serving you. Here's my eulogy....
Sharon's clothesline had to go
It broke down under the weight of snow
It served its time drying the linens
A replacement will give a new beginnin'
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| Mag |
Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 5:41:23 PM
Sharon,
I am sorry about your clothesline. I am sure she served you well over the years.
Forgive my ignorance but when you say 4 sided do you mean the type that look like an umbrella without the cloth? If so, has anyone ever used one of those? All I have ever used is line and now that we are fixed in one spot and not moving I was thinking about trying one of those instead of lines. What do you "experienced" ladies think of that type?
Thanks for the advise!
Margaret |
| sleepless reader |
Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 4:08:37 PM
That's exactly what I'm going to get. Many years ago, I had a four-sided which got taken out in a snow and wind storm and could only replace it with a flat one. I'm hoping I can get a four-sider one at Home Depot or Lowe's.
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 07:56:20 AM
The four sided ones are getting popular again. A couple of years ago you couldn't find one to save your soul. You had to order online. Now I've seen them in stores. Love hanging out clothes! I'm chomping at the bit to do that too. I miss that wonderful smell in my towels and sheets.
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| Photobugs |
Posted - Mar 12 2006 : 8:25:54 PM
My oh out my I can't believe you gals can hang clothes now. Ours would freeze up in No. Idaho. I can't wait!
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Mar 12 2006 : 7:46:58 PM
i was sitting on the back porch with honey hunk today looking at my old four-line clothes line .. (the 'poles' are tree trunks .. and wondering if i should take it down and replace it with a most marvelous fold out antique one that i bought several years ago but have never put up. (it has old red/mustard and black paint and is ADORABLE!!)
but the nostalgia of just using that olde one for the last two years (more to 'decorate' the seasons with vintage aprons/undies/long johns and such) .. and to hang my tea-stained dolly cloth on to dry) .. and i decided i just couldn't bare to take it down. will have to find another spot for the 'tique one!
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| sleepless reader |
Posted - Mar 12 2006 : 7:25:30 PM
Thanks, Jenny. I knew my farmgirl friends would understand...Good luck with getting your lines back up.
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Mar 12 2006 : 6:35:43 PM
Oh...how sad. I hope you are able to get a new one soon....what a sad day. I haven't been able to hang clothes lately because husband still hasn't replaced my lines..he had to take them down to dig a ditch across the yard in November and I have been without my clothesline all this time. When it snows like today I don't miss it as much..but we are supposed to have a welcome warming trend later this week...and I will be chomping at the bit to hang clothes out!!
Jenny in Utah
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