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Across the Fence:  all about clothes lines  |
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Crafty Chic
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Melissa
West Plains
MO
USA
64 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 12:50:43 PM
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Ronna, would it be ok to post the poem on my blog?
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 1:12:07 PM
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| Sure, I just wish it had a name attached to it for credit. It came in an email to me. If anyone knows of the author, please lets give credit. Someone posted something just a day or so back that should have had credit for the author, maybe I should add that to her posting. |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 4:13:32 PM
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Can you recommend a good sturdy easy to install clothesline for my garage??? I was thinking just some rope and hooks. Also, I need a little drying rack for Charlie's small stuff, socks, etc...
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Cheers,
Heather
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 4:19:06 PM
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I love the pic too!
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 4:22:08 PM
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| They make spring loaded ones for temporary use. Hook on either end, and just reel it out when needed and back in when you aren't. Nice for use in a rental or when you don't have the ability to set one up forever yet. |
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 7:46:45 PM
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All those "rules" about a clothes are the rules I grew up with. It was very important "what the neighbors thought" about your wash. Long towels first, medium ones next, then the wash cloths. Socks-matched in pairs. My daughters thought it was so funny when helping my mom hang out clothes she would tell them to "flirt out the clothes" (shaking them several times to remove lint and wrinkles) before pinning them on the line. It was good in the winter to hang out the clothes and let them freeze--it made the whites whiter and all the clothes softer (according to my mother).
I usually take hangers to the line with me when the clothes are dry and put them on hangers before bringing them in. It helps to keep them from getting wrinkled from being in the clothes basket.
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 2:00:41 PM
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Ronna,
I Love the sharing with the poem and the rules.
Here is my story of the adventure of the clothesline poles.
I have been looking at this set of older poles that have been in this deserted piece of property that they are slowly demolishing. I have gotten daylilies, a deep purple lilac, peonies,trumpet vine, and now clothesline poles. They are all a delight to me. Yes, with permission ladies. They are using the area to dump dirt in and road junk from contruction.
So a few weeks back dh and I decided we better go attempt to get them because they will be under the dirt piles soon.
So we take gloves and shovels and my little Geo over to do the job. We had dug and dug and dug and dug. They were 4 feet down and not put in with sac crete but Portland cement which was much heavier. They cement was 4 ft down as well. Yes, we used lots and lots of leverage and drank lots of water and tugged and pulled and then there was delivery!!!!!!! One out and one to go. We got help from our daughter and son in law, these old folks were having a tough time with these puppies. Finally they were out and we put them in my little Geo, alias truck, and drove home with over half of them hanging out!!!!!!!
Yes, they are sitting in my back yard thanks to my sil and daughter. Someday we will get them in the ground, just give us a few weeks to rest. Yes, older is better!!!!!!!!!
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 2:33:44 PM
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Older is better for what....besides knowledge, experience and fine wine. Just asking :)
I think you get a medal for perseverance! |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 2:40:02 PM
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Older clotheslines poles are better and being older, I realize how much more I appreciate out of life.
The fine wine sounds good though girl, gonna bring me a glass?
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 2:42:40 PM
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| Carol Sue...you know I am a Tea person...will that do? I'll have to go toss some in the box I'm filling for you so I don't forget. |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 7:41:00 PM
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LOL, drat I forget that, but tea you know I won't refuse!!!!!
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 8:43:38 PM
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| Bet if you found Carol Sue some moonshine, she'd sleep good even without your pillows Miss Wilma! |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 9:33:33 PM
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very funny you too, moon shine.....hmmmmmm always wanted to try some.....seriously.....no laughing.....
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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sugarplum
True Blue Farmgirl
131 Posts
RoseMarie
MS
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2008 : 9:38:57 PM
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You know I still have mine up think I'll use it tomorrow, Oh no, I forgot you have to wash them first. I guess I'll cross that out, laundry is not my favorite thing to do. I do love my laundry room though. I have read this before too, someone just recently had it on their blog. Night, Night, RoseMarie
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 09:56:44 AM
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My clothesline today - it's so nice and fresh outside after a week of rain!
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 8:26:09 PM
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Love the rules and poem. I also grew up with these rules, especially remember sheets on the outside and "unmentionables" on the inside. I've been digging up some of my yard to put in a garden and my two sons are going to put up some clotheslines for me. I can't wait to see the clothes waving in the breeze just like Peanut's.
Wonderful memories
Vicki
Farmgirl Sister #120
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nelia48
Farmgirl in Training
43 Posts
Cora
Spring Hill
FL
USA
43 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 04:49:35 AM
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I grew up with clotheslines, too! And we had rules. Sheets got 3 clothespins, hung on the outer line, etc. Shirts were hung a certain way, underwear on the middle lines, etc. It was always my job to hang the wash and bring it in! Loved clean sheets and how they smelled!!!! Cora
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 09:19:09 AM
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Ronna,
I guess you made a few of us cry! Your poem brought back so many memories to me of my mother hanging our things on the clothesline and rushing to take everything off when she saw clouds forming in the sky and the wonderful smell of the freshly folded things that she took off the line and my sisters and my crinalons (big full lacy slips) that she carefully starched and hung out to dry!!! I often wish I had a clothes line when I think off all the things I end up hanging in my laundry room that I don't want to put in the dryer.............every time I hang something I think of my loving mother and the fact that she hung Everthing out to dry.....We had no dryer when I was little and were lucky to have a washing machine! Thanks for the notalgia trip!! It is a nice start to my day!
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 7:46:45 PM
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| I was hoping someone might know the author of the poem, so we could give credit where it's due. Lots of memories, mostly good at that! |
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Sagewood
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
South Carolina
106 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2008 : 06:33:20 AM
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Ronna,
I know someone has already asked, but I'd love to put this on my Hedgewife blog if it would be ok along with a challenge (sort of) for all the blogging farmgirls to post pictures of their clothes lines. Would this be an ok thing for you since this is your post? Let me know! Thanks again for the rules and the poem, they are very cool!
Sage,
The Hedgewife
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DearMildred
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Amanda
Tulsa
OK
USA
223 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2008 : 12:34:24 PM
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The "rules" are going to come in handy with my new clothesline since I can barely remember using the one we had when I was little. :D
We're building it this weekend and I can't wait!
~Amanda in OK~
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered by your old nonsense. -Emerson |
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Bfriday
True Blue Farmgirl
125 Posts
Jessica
Miles
TX
125 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2008 : 1:05:19 PM
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Anyone have tips for hanging jeans? And does anyone use pants streachers? Where can you get them? My husband likes his jeans creased and starched. Is there a way to hang them to get a better crease without streachers?
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Across the Fence: all about clothes lines |
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all about clothes lines
