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In reply to the discussion: My Mom had a wringer washer and a clothes line. Yes I am old & I want a clothes line again [View all]zeusdogmom
(1,001 posts)3. I'm glad I don't have to put clothes thru the wringer
But I still line dry everything. HOA says no clothes lines but I have a 40+ year old wooden drying rack which I fill with wet laundry and take the loaded rack out onto my deck for things to dry. No one has ever complained.
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My Mom had a wringer washer and a clothes line. Yes I am old & I want a clothes line again [View all]
irisblue
Apr 29
OP
Remember the smell of the clothes just from in from being dried on the clothes line?
Peregrine Took
Apr 29
#12
I am in tbe US. A friend told me the Irish do different. I bow to their different
irisblue
Apr 29
#13
You're welcome to mine. I hang a quilt out if I happen to wash one, but I try to avoid drying
Vinca
Apr 30
#25
Nice to go down memory lane. I remember my grandma's/great grandma's old washing machine, with the tumblers on
SWBTATTReg
Apr 30
#27
My job was to wipe off the cotton rope and bring out the cloth bag of clothes pins.
irisblue
Apr 30
#32