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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:27 PM Original message |
Whatever happened to the old fashioned clothes line? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. What happened? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep, in some communities... |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. When I lived overseas I used a clothesline |
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JFreitas (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. I live overseas... |
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Suich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have a clothesline in my backyard. |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Too many Democrats hanged themselves with them. n/m |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I just put up a clothes line in my yard. |
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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. good on you |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. A long stick with a fork in the end works as |
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momwholoves2cook (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Where did you purchase your clothesline? |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Check out |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Line dried clothing here in NM this time of year |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Australia rocks |
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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I dont possess a dishwasher n/t |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I don't either. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Modern dishwashers actually use less water than washing by hand. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. They DO use electricity, however, and the resources expended in |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. Hey, being able to live without dishwashers and clothesdryers and |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Another DUer with no |
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yop (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Dishwashers aren't so bad |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Cool |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. I have a dishwasher in my apartment, and have had them in |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. What happened? TINY backyards |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. You don't need a big yard for one of THESE: |
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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obviously, attitudes (for the sake of the planet) should start changing. |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. My mom in Minnesota had sheets on the line today when I visited. |
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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I wish everyone was like your mom |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Typical American extravegance |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. I haven't used dryers for 14 years. One load of laundry is spread out over |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. I still use a clothes line, weather permitting. |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I once lived in northern michigan... |
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snacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. There's one in our yard... |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. we have 4 short lines |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. I use one all the time - quit using a dryer when mine died |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. Thanks for the reminder - a spring project |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. I have an old clothesline in my backyard. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
26. Homeowner associations killed them |
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TexasBushwhacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I will never live under HOA tyranny again |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. Time. |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. I don't think your excuses are lame |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. I need to get one. I want one of those umbrella ones since my backyard is small. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hills Hoists are an Aussie icon! |
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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I use a Hills Hoist |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. YES! I totally agree with your post. Clothes lines |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. We had a big one when I was growing up |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. We always had a clothesline when I was growing up. Mom had a dryer, |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
39. Clotheslines are alive and well here in Austin, Texas. nt |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
40. I've got one! |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. I use mine whenever I can. even in the winter if |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. It's in my back yard and gets plenty of use. |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. My asshat neighbor took mine down |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
48. My clothelines are were built poorly positioned. |
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