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Cleaning Up:  City Folk  |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 17 2007 : 1:18:59 PM
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One of the dads dropped off his kids this morning and told me that their dryer broke yesterday - with two loads of wet laundry sitting around. So he launches into a whole story about having to go to the ghetto laundromat at 8:00 at night and it was so nasty and blah, blah, blah.
I told him he needed a clothesline and guess what? They have one! But I guess he didn't think he could use it in December or something.
I thought about all of y'all while I was listening to this poor guy reveal his lack of common sense! ;)
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 06:10:55 AM
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| I wouldn't have thought you could use an outdoor clothesline in December. If the clothes freeze, won't they just thaw and be wet again when you bring them indoors? My grandmother always used an indoor clothesline in the basement, so I don't know. |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 06:25:10 AM
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Yeah, but we're in Virginia. It's been cold (but not as cold as NY, I bet!), but windy. They'd have been dry by lunchtime.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 06:49:55 AM
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I've got a clothesline in the basement, too, Jennifer. Unfortunately, my expensive washing machine broke down. I'm thinking about getting a wringer machine like my granny had! LOL! Technology always seems to let me down when I need it most! :(
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 07:22:22 AM
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| Can't use an outdoor clothesline in winter in Washington - or a lot of times in spring or fall either!! Looks beautiful outside, hang out the clothes, then bam, rain. If I'm serious about getting the clothes dry in the same week, best use an indoor drying rack!! Love my outdoor line, but almost dry clothes have been rained on way too many times!! I envy those of you in a dryer climate at clothes drying time. |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 07:56:58 AM
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When it comes right down to it, the man could have hung up clothes to dry over chairs and exercise equipment indoors if he didn't want to go to a laundromat. I certainly do that with items that can't go in the dryer. If he has more than one little kid in the house, though, that's a lot of clothes. Might not have enough furniture to hold it all!
Going to the laundromat might have been the most convenient solution in his circumstances. But he could have at least had the decency to be grateful for the existence of such a service and not trash a facility that just helped him out in a pinch. People like that can make anyplace a "ghetto". |
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 11:15:35 AM
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| My outdoor clothesline is stretched across my garage walls. In the spring I'll move it outside. |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 11:36:03 AM
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Oh, Amie... he's really a nice guy, I promise! "Ghetto" was my word, not his - maybe the wrong word to use but the laundromats here are very, very dirty and not maintained at all - trash a foot deep on the floor and dried poop and gum on the inside of the machines.
I just thought it was funny that it never occured to him that laundry could be done without a dryer.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 12:33:37 PM
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Sorry, Jennifer. That laundromat does sound disgusting. Poop in the machines??! I'm a little touchy about the "g" word because I live in an urban neighborhood and it bugs me that people are so quick to write us off.
It is funny that people can be so helpless, but it's not just city people. My parents and grandparents were all city born and bred, but I grew up in an atmosphere where clotheslines, canning, crocheting and home made clothes were normal. |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 8:47:07 PM
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I'm in Virginia too, and I hung my clothes out monday nite and they were freezing stiff as a board while I hung them! My poooor hands hurt sooo bad. They were dry this afternoon and smell phenominal!!! Maybe he could have just waited and taken them to a nicer laundromat?? I have vowed to never have a dryer, and my husband thinks Im looney!
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Dec 19 2007 : 07:10:30 AM
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Hey Cristine! I went to Longwood for a time and it does get pretty cold there!
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
2552 Posts |
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HFox
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Laura
Parkesburg
PA
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2007 : 06:53:30 AM
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Aww, that poor guy! Someone should (kindly) tell him to use that line! We always used ours up until the middle of January, and all winter if we had warm stretches.
I keep my winter line in the garage. I do use my dryer in "emergencies". |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2007 : 09:18:23 AM
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I would love to be able to use my clothesline year around. Unfortunately, like Sherri, it would be about March before anything was dry!
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 07:22:32 AM
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I remember being one of those city folk. Was raised a city folk but around 18 it hit me. Surprised the stuffings out of all my friends and family. I also remember only a few slips up around my country folk before I started to think more like them. Now country and farm living has become a destination for me. I found an old drying rack last year rummaging. Since my DH and I can not settle on where to put an outside line. I know sounds silly but it is complicated, we are still landscaping hopefully this summer we will be done with the big jobs and we can find a perminate place for an outside line. And we really have no basement room to hang as it is 3/4 motorcycle shop and 1/4 craft studio. Guess I could give up studio space. No never!!!!! But this wooden dryer is the best. Movable, stretchable and sturdy. I wish I had another as two loads fill it up and then I have a back up of laundry. 
3 Blue Star Mother and Proud of it!
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 07:39:34 AM
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| Betty Jo, I'm right there with you in your lack of clothesline space. Can't put one outdoors in the yard because of the old car projects going on. Can't put one indoors in the basement because of the band practice space. I didn't even ask my husband if we could get a drying rack because I was sure he would object. Then last week he picked up a bunch of new wool sweaters at the Salvation Army and he asked me, "Why don't we have some kind of drying rack around here?" You could have knocked me over with a feather. I've got to find one quick before he changes his mind. |
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 08:10:49 AM
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Hi Amie,
Did you ever see the ceiling rack from Lehman's? It's awesome...you let it down to hang clothes, then use the pulley system to raise it up out of the way while the clothes are drying on it! They've used them in Europe for years! We're installing one as soon as our laundry room is finished. Here's the link:http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=6543&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=673&iSubCat=728&iProductID=6543
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She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 08:50:19 AM
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Very Cool!!! WE could hang our laundry from the ceiling just like our Christmas tree.  Good thing we have very tall ceilings.
3 Blue Star Mother and Proud of it!
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 09:00:41 AM
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| Neat!! I could mount it to the floor joists right above my washer and dryer in the basement. |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 09:03:03 AM
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| Oh, I was also thinking about rigging up some kind of retractable clothesline on the screened back porch. The pro would be not having to worry about laundry getting rained on. The con would be the risk of flapping laundry hitting the screen or the wall and picking up dirt. |
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