Washing lines

Common,!Please to people with that mind set no wonder the earth is in the way it is convenient in every way plastic ,carry outs, throw away electric dryers being one of many items after little use. Just go to recycling dump and observe what is thrown away if it stops working get a new one ? ,What did your Grandmother Mother Greatgrandmother do in years before you were even born HAD THEY ALL A INDOOR DRYER. I think not ? Common never heard such snobbery,Give me a long close line white sheets ect blowing in gods fresh air Think before you print I. REST MY CASE

Fabulous post Julia M. Only on to say, don't hang out the pillowcases of anyone who is allergic to pollen.

Noreen3 folk complaining about neighbours leaving washing out all day wouldn’t like to live next door to my neighbour.

He hung out a few items of washing and it was there for nearly a year. It was a few dark coloured items and they eventually turned a dirty shade of grey.

One day he went out to mow his grass and meticulously unhooked the washing line from one end with the 5 items of washing still on it.

He then raked up the grass and hooked the line back on and left the washing still on it.

It hung for another couple of months then disappeared. Not sure if he removed it or if it rotted and fell off the line.

My mother always had a long washing line but thought rotary dryers were “common” and she would always do the wash on a Monday!

I do not have a washing line. My washing is hung on a pulley in a room with very high ceilings and is dry next day.

I have one of those that attach to the wall and two lines come out of it. Very useful, sheets, towels duvet covers and all our clothes go on the line. I check the weather forecast the day before, do the washing that evening if it’s going to be nice and then out it goes the next day. Lovely not having to use the tumble dryer which only gets used in winter on a low heat. Personally, I don’t like soft towels, a good one dried on the line seems to dry you better, I could be imagining this of course. I like to see the washing in the sun and the wind and it smells so fresh when I bring it in.

An afterthought, when I lived in Germany, I put the washing out one Sunday and the landlady went bats. She told me the police would come and made me bring it in.

My Grandma, who was from Scotland although she lived in Durham, wouldn’t hang out washing on a Sunday. She wouldn’t do so early Monday either - in case people thought she’d actually washed it on the sabbath!

Foxy on a similar vein, we were self catering in Florida on Anna Maria island and we’d already been in Orlando for the previous 10 days so had a fair bit of washing. We hung it out and the Janitor man used a loud speaking system to tell us to get the laundry in as it wasn’t allowed outside.

I'm dead common then as my washing goes out on any day of the week when the weather is fine, although absolutely nobody can see it as we're well off the beaten track. Nothing beats the smell of airdried washing although I was annoyed last week - having hung out a couple of loads first thing in the morning, I noticed a couple of hours later that the field nearest the house was being liberally spread with some very stinky cow slurry! Unfortunately the smell permeated the washing & I had to start all over again & use the tumble drier! Mind you, I do always tumble my towels, I can't bear crunchy towels!

I have always hung out my washing whenever it has been possible to do so. Love the smell of washing dried out in the fresh air and doing my bit for the environment. I did have a tumble dryer when my daughter was in terry nappies used when the weather was really bad (40 plus years ago) - however, even then I preferred to see them all blowing outside! I call it a 'whirlygig' too!! - and although my washer is a washer/dryer (installed with the kitchen in my house before we moved) I have never used the dryer function.

Just brought mine in off the line. Sunny but windy here in Scottish Borders so dried in no time at all. Love the fresh smell of clothes dried out doors.

There are strange folk around isn’t there...... the Sunday thing is because it might offend god.... well he offends me with e dry disaster and plague that hits our earth... amen.

Missfoodlove. I read the heading and thought it was a joke! Crumbs what a strange idea! surely it's healthy to let your washing dry in the open air? Indeed I am sure I read recently on a Science website about washing things with best hygiene, that to hang your tea towels outside after a hot wash was best!

I wish I could put more washing outside. My slowness and pain have made me dry more indoors as I can't dash out when there is a shower. In common with many of us here, I just love that fresh outdoor smell of the washing off the line. My mother once scorned me for sniffing my laundry but she could be difficult too.

Ignore these snobs. They do things for what others think not for the right sensible reasons.

I’m in my bed reading all these posts ( not lazy just five hours time difference) and now I want to get up, do laundry and hang it up. I’ve been lazy lately and just dump the lot in the dryer,no more, it’s back to the whirly for me.You have inspired me.

Saggi. It's what people say about God, not God him/herself. The plagues and horrible things are the work of the Devil. God can't intervene because we have chosen freedom of choice and not to live in the state of Eden as at the beginning. But He/she is always near to comfort and support us. What is more, life here is short and temporary, and our spirit lives on after our body dies. God wants us to return to him/her then. I nearly died and experienced this. It changed me and made me realise how simple everything actually is.

All probably human-made, or at least through human errors and negligence Saggi

It's a pity that those castigating GabriellaG did not read more than the first page as they would have known that her first remark was very tongue in cheek and typical. I have enjoyed reading everyones replies.

I have no option at the moment as my tumble dryer died and delivery can only be made to my front door during the Covid problem : kitchen is upstairs (upside down house). However, I prefer to hang washing outside when I can. I do miss being able to ‘refresh‘ towels in the tumble dryer though, so they are not as scratchy.

As for not hanging out on a Sunday, neither my mother nor grandmother would do it. Some local authorities and landlords did not allow it unless there was someone sick in the house or a baby (only baby things in that case).

I think there is nothing nicer than a lovely line full of fresh clean linen blowing out in the wind. My naughty mum used to comment on whites which were not as white as they should be, especially nappies.

Just read it.
It seems like a double entendre!

It's one of my favourite jobs. I love seeing a line of washing.

Since we moved abroad we havent owned a tumble dryer. If the weather is fine then we wash and if it's wet we don't. We have a long line on the roof terrace plus one of those fold out airers for the smaller items like underwear, socks etc. My DH now does the washing and hangs it out as I cant manage anymore. Although Portugal isnt a particularly religious country generally I have never seen our neighbours washing out on the line or on the airers you generally see on Sundays.

When living in Australia in the 60s they had really strong rotary airers which you could wind up higher once you had hung the washing on it. When we returned to England we bought a house where the back gardens were lower than the back of the house so you could see into all the neighbouring gardens. One couple had a daughter a year or so younger than my daughter and I used to pass on my daughters better clothes which hadnt had much wear to her. Unfortunately she washed everything in the same wash so delicates and whites were washed in with jeans etc. One Saturday Mum was looking out of the window then turned to me and said "well whatever X (a teacher) got her degree in it certainly wasnt in washing". I was most surprised as Mum rarely made comments about other people.

Common!! What rubbish. I find it very soothing to watch washing blowing on the line. Methinks some people are beyond parody.

No it’s normal to hang washing outside to dry but I must admit I put my underwear on the inside lines but that’s just my personal shyness. The only things I don’t put out are nighties bed linen and towels just because my husband and I are hay fever suffers.

I hang out all my washing if the weather allows. A friend's daughter started giggling because there were some knickers on my line, so I said "Doesn't your Mum wash yours- or maybe you don't wear any!" She stopped giggling.