We haven't had a dryer in the house in over 45 years. We line dry everything. Summer, fall, winter and spring. Maine, NC and New Mexico. Frozen clothes just take a bit longer to dry
We're not allowed to have a clothesline here. Apparently it doesn't meet some "aesthetics" requirement of the company that owns the building, to have clothes drying on the balcony. On the other hand, balconies filled with truck tires, bikes, and garbage bags of whatever are just fine.
It's a nice racket, since the dryers here almost never dry everything properly the first time. I bought a drying rack and extra clothes hangers and put it in front of a window where there's enough sunlight and it can be opened in the summer. I refuse to pay for two drying cycles.
When I told the manager about this he said, "You're the only person who has ever complained about this," and I told him, "No, I'm not. I may be the only person who has complained to you, but I'm not the only one who complains, period."
Free-standing ones are two poles in the ground, with a line attached to them. You hang the clothes on the line so they dry.
Others may be attached between walls indoors, or one attached to an outdoor wall and the other end is a pole. These operate on a pulley system, with dividers to keep the heavy stuff from dragging on the ground or floor.
A lost art.
We have a clothes horse in the utility for when its too wet to line dry.
For some reason those are somewhat expensive these days, even the old wooden kind my mother used to have.
So, let me make sure I have this straight...
You take your just cleaned clothes out of the washer, then take them outside and hang them up to see how much grit they can filter out of the wind before they blow off and fall on the ground?
You attach them with clothespins. You also, if you have the choice, take into account how the wind usually blows and you have sense enough not to hang the clothes out when there's a lot of grit blowing around. That's why I wouldn't hang my clothes on the balcony even if allowed, because I live near the corner of the property where the wind tends to pick up a lot of sand and dirt - and during a wind storm, it's amazing some of the things I'd find on my balcony (twigs, and even a kids' windmill toy).
Please remember when trying to explain things to me that even though I am not dumb, I was raised in the desert so certain aspects of normal civilization may be difficult to correlate to my experiences.
Think of the old Star Trek episode about Harry Mudd and the time he was selling women as wives to the miners. One of the women suggested he hang his pots and pans outside to let the sand clean them.
Well, with clotheslines you're not using sand and they're already clean, but you are using wind and air to dry them. The fresh-air smell of clean sheets is amazing.
Please forgive me then if I do not reply to your messages until it's fixed. It is a headache to read.
Yes, it is incredibly annoying, and I won't be reading them until the posts are right-side up.
I'm not joking,
@aimeeandbeatles. It's really inconsiderate to expect people to read upside-down, especially people who are already dealing with vision problems.
