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serious crayons:
Well, Matthew does have reason to look that way, if not Scarlett. Drying clothes outside is obviously better for the planet. And some say it's good for the clothes!
brianr:
My next door neighbour, to whom I have not spoken in over 6 years but that is a long story, puts her washing out on the line and leaves it there for days. I know she goes to work but I also wonder if she ever looks at the weather forecast. It can have been a hot day and I am sure they are all dry then it rains overnight. My sister suggests she does not actually wash them just lets the rain do it, ;D
My mother always taught me never to leave clothes on the line overnight. In winter I usually bring them in before the sun goes off the line and hang them in front of the heat pump overnight. Bed clothes are the biggest problem in winter. I look for a day with a very good forecast.
When I first visited London in 1974, I went to the laundromat and was just reading the signs to find what coins I needed and an elderly lady came up and asked me if I knew how to wash clothes. I felt like saying "even the Aborigines have to wash their lap laps sometime" ;D
I have never liked Rotary clothes hoists even though they are an Aussie invention. However we had one when I was young and liked to swing on it until Mum caught us.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 27, 2018, 07:02:14 pm ---Well, Matthew does have reason to look that way, if not Scarlett. Drying clothes outside is obviously better for the planet. And some say it's good for the clothes!
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Oh, trust me, I know.
Mom has a line in the back yard, and when I wash clothes in the late spring through early autumn, I hang them out to dry.
ZK:
OMG Chuck I do remember that exact conversation and yup that picture sums it all up, ya know a picture is worth a thousand words LOL, too funny and good times to remember as well. I agree however its far better for the earth to use the suns rays. We have a series of lines rather than a rotary clothes line, and I confess not to bring the clothes every night, though mostly I do. Thanks for reminding me Chuck, such great times and the very best of company ;)
brianr:
Hi Matt
Hope you have some cool breezes on Waiheke.
For everyone else NZ is having a heat wave. Some places in the 30s'C which, as an Aussie by birth, I should laugh at calling a heatwave but I have become acclimatised. I moved from Sydney to escape the heat and they have had record temps over 45'C this summer. Even down here in the south we have forecast 27'C again today and 33' for Wednesday, which if it happens will be a record.
My sister asks when I am moving to Antarctica.
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