You know you’re a Senior Plugger if you can remember that, once upon a time, NO ONE ever worried about pawning the family heirlooms in order to buy diapers – BECAUSE every kid you knew grew up wearing cloth diapers, which were washed out and hung out to dry every day! AND – whenever anyone in the family was expecting – all of the aunts, uncles and cousins, who still have serviceable cloth diapers tucked away somehwere, would pack a couple of dozen cloth diapers into hand-me-down boxes and ship them to the expecting couple!
In all times, my Mother hung clothes ‘on the line’ which was every day that the sun shone, I don’t ever remember any problems with bird droppings, the pollen(if it was brought in)never bothered anybody in the house but I remember going to sleep on the best smelling sheets. Only times the dryer was used was when it was raining or it was Winter ! ! !
I must be a Plugger. We hang out the wash about 90% of the time. If it is snowing or raining, I will stash the sheets in the freezer until I can get them outside. I love the way things smell when you bring them in, and they last so much longer. That stuff in the lint filter is your underwear, y’know.
We live in an apt. now, but I remember hanging up clothes on the line as a kid and bringing them. We lived in Texas at that time and when we finished hanging, we turned right around and brought them in. They dried that fast. (humidity about 15-20%)
I guess someone doesn’t use the word sustainability too much either. Hope I got it right. These young’uns and their desire to constantly make verbs out of nouns and nouns and adjectives out of verbs and so on.
I had a baby and a toddler in diapers and NO dryer! I had diapers hanging all over the house until it felt like a sauna. When I ran out of diapers and none were dry yet, that kid wore a dishtowel! When Himself broke his own rule and bought a clothes dryer ( ON credit)! I kissed that blessed machine. (The dryer, NOT him)
More lint comes from towels. Not only does the hem not hold up, terrycloth tends to lose terries (yes that is the proper name for the little loops sticking to give absorbancy).
LoisG Premium Member about 8 years ago
You know you’re a Senior Plugger if you can remember that, once upon a time, NO ONE ever worried about pawning the family heirlooms in order to buy diapers – BECAUSE every kid you knew grew up wearing cloth diapers, which were washed out and hung out to dry every day! AND – whenever anyone in the family was expecting – all of the aunts, uncles and cousins, who still have serviceable cloth diapers tucked away somehwere, would pack a couple of dozen cloth diapers into hand-me-down boxes and ship them to the expecting couple!
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 8 years ago
That Plugger is me !!! (Great Big Smiley)
Been here 14 years and I have used the line since early on.
stairsteppublishing about 8 years ago
Dyer. No pollen brought in the house, bird droppings and wash any time of day or night.
IndyMan about 8 years ago
In all times, my Mother hung clothes ‘on the line’ which was every day that the sun shone, I don’t ever remember any problems with bird droppings, the pollen(if it was brought in)never bothered anybody in the house but I remember going to sleep on the best smelling sheets. Only times the dryer was used was when it was raining or it was Winter ! ! !
Dani Rice about 8 years ago
I must be a Plugger. We hang out the wash about 90% of the time. If it is snowing or raining, I will stash the sheets in the freezer until I can get them outside. I love the way things smell when you bring them in, and they last so much longer. That stuff in the lint filter is your underwear, y’know.
contralto2b about 8 years ago
We live in an apt. now, but I remember hanging up clothes on the line as a kid and bringing them. We lived in Texas at that time and when we finished hanging, we turned right around and brought them in. They dried that fast. (humidity about 15-20%)
neverenoughgold about 8 years ago
Would if they were permitted in our area…
car2ner about 8 years ago
it is fun to tell folks that you have a solar/wind powered clothes drier.
Radical-Knight about 8 years ago
TV reception gets a little flakey with high winds, though.
Thomas & Tifffany Connolly about 8 years ago
A very unique creature!
pbuckland Premium Member about 8 years ago
I guess someone doesn’t use the word sustainability too much either. Hope I got it right. These young’uns and their desire to constantly make verbs out of nouns and nouns and adjectives out of verbs and so on.
TheWildSow about 8 years ago
Cloth diapers, wringer washer, and clothesline! 1974.
LuvThemPluggers about 8 years ago
I had a baby and a toddler in diapers and NO dryer! I had diapers hanging all over the house until it felt like a sauna. When I ran out of diapers and none were dry yet, that kid wore a dishtowel! When Himself broke his own rule and bought a clothes dryer ( ON credit)! I kissed that blessed machine. (The dryer, NOT him)
hippogriff about 8 years ago
Dani Rice
More lint comes from towels. Not only does the hem not hold up, terrycloth tends to lose terries (yes that is the proper name for the little loops sticking to give absorbancy).