Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 09, 2015

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    southerncd  over 9 years ago

    i miss that. apartment retirement.

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    hawgowar  over 9 years ago

    Saves a buttload of electricity or gas, too, and usually faster than a dryer. When we were stationed at Ft Sill, Oklahoma, in the summers, my wife would wash then hang up the sheets, and as soon as she got done hanging the last one, she’d be able to go back and start taking down the now dry sheets at the beginning. Lowered our electric bill by 20% in the summers. And they do smell very nice after line drying. Softer, too.

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    Nachikethass  over 9 years ago

    The smell of sun-dried clothes… Heavenly! But yes, here in Chennai, India, it takes hardly half an hour to dry a load of clothes!

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    RH3  over 9 years ago

    Fresh air and sunlight are great disinfectants, and bleach your whites as well.

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    Say What? Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Don’t tease Janis about her clothesline, or she’ll give you sheet.

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    doublepaw  over 9 years ago

    Sounds like my wife. But if you hang pants out in the winter, you can stand them against the wall until they defrost.

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    duggersd Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Janice does not have a clothes line. It is a solar powered dryer.

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    ScullyUFO  over 9 years ago

    Failed hippie or senile feminist also works.

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    Sportymonk  over 9 years ago

    Yes with all the pollen on them. A real allergy nightmare. We couldn’t think of doing a clothesline.

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    Fred Renigar  over 9 years ago

    Nothing better than line dried sheets, sleep like a rock in them. It almost makes me feel sorry for those who have foolishly surrendered their basic property rights to the ridiculous HOA’s.

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    Marko56  over 9 years ago

    Seldom works in Central Kalifornia…too much pollen, air pollution for folks with allergies. And line-dried fabrics are stiffer than dryer tumbled, in my experience. And a bit more time and labor to hang out stuff, than to just toss into the dryer. But to each, his own.

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    ARLOS DAD  over 9 years ago

    Everyone has an opinion, follow your own and enjoy the results….

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    ChessPirate  over 9 years ago

    “Up your nose with the smell of those!”

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    locake  over 9 years ago

    Who would make fun of a clothesline? They are a good idea. Janis is probably just oversensitive and she misunderstands what people mean when they comment on the clothesline.

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    Sheila Hardie  over 9 years ago

    What? Feminism doesn’t have anything to say about clotheslines. Don’t be silly.

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    Chuck_it_all  over 9 years ago

    " Smell these. We are going green. How else do you think I look like this and it is cheaper than a gym."

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    whisplicka Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Love the grin on Arlo’s face. In N. Michigan, even the cold wind will dry sheets and towels. May take most of the day, but hey, they are “freeze dried” and fresh. Warm is better, but it still can be a challenge to hand them when it is cold, not snowy, tho..

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    Mary McNeil Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Or someone (like me) whose dryer has kicked the bucket.

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    Saucy1121 Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I use an ancient Kenmore dryer when it’s raining, cold or pollen is high. Rest of the time I use the line. My aunt gave my Mom the dryer sometime in the early 1980s when she moved from her house to an apartment. We’d never had one before that. I can remember my Mom hanging out sheets in the winter and they’d freeze and have to thaw before they could dry. We had a line in the garage to use when it rained.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 9 years ago

    “How is she a “failed Feminist” when she is living the way she wants to?”.Obviously under the concept that domestic chores should never be done by TRUE feminists.If you were a feminist like me, you would understand.

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    K M  over 9 years ago

    Arlo’s smiling now; but I bet he wishes Janis would be as excited about him as she is about those sheets. I’m familiar with the feeling of being a lot further down her list of things to do as the marriage wears on.

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    water_moon  over 9 years ago

    Banning clothes lines is actaully illgeal in some states..Our HOA only had a policy that they not be visable from the front, and with 6 ft tall board fenes that wasn’t hard, still I only line dried my comforter, and had to be vigilant while it was out, stupid birds…..

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