TroopofEchos All American 12212 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "There is a new protest movement sweeping the US and at its heart are two sticks and a piece of string.
Upon the humble clothes line, a battle line has been drawn that embodies a uniquely American clash of ideas about class, liberty and the environment.
Rules imposed by community associations and landlords forbid tens of millions of home owners to dry their washing outside because, they say, it's unsightly and even lowers property prices." |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11417677
FIRST. WORLD. PROBLEM. Jesus, I grew up hanging clothes on the clothes line. There is nothing better than fresh, clean sheets that have been line-dried!10/7/2010 10:15:51 PM |
bottombaby IRL 21952 Posts user info edit post |
In my neighborhood, we can't have clothes lines.
10/7/2010 10:17:09 PM |
poopface All American 29367 Posts user info edit post |
it's for poors 10/7/2010 10:17:50 PM |
jokar2694 All American 801 Posts user info edit post |
10/7/2010 10:18:22 PM |
iheartkisses All American 3791 Posts user info edit post |
After the panty thief incident, I wouldn't dry my laundry outside unless I lived in a rural area. 10/7/2010 10:20:22 PM |
TroopofEchos All American 12212 Posts user info edit post |
I say.
10/7/2010 10:20:43 PM |
poopface All American 29367 Posts user info edit post |
what about pollen season? gross 10/7/2010 10:21:02 PM |
Nerdchick All American 37009 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "In my neighborhood, we can't have clothes lines." |
same here, so I hang most clothes with an indoor drying rack now
I too, grew up hanging laundry. One of my least favorite chores. it was always hot and infested with mosquitoes out there 10/7/2010 10:27:00 PM |
TroopofEchos All American 12212 Posts user info edit post |
I do remember having to take down towels and there was a praying mantis and it jumped on my face and I screamed. Maybe this will be better for everyone involved. 10/7/2010 10:37:58 PM |
jcs1283 All American 694 Posts user info edit post |
when i was a kid we had a clothes line going from the back porch to a detached garage. there was a pulley at each end. i actually remember playing with that being one of the few chores that was any fun. 10/7/2010 10:41:17 PM |
jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
I live in Cameron Village, and there are clotheslines all over the place. Nobody uses them though. My grandmother uses one in her backyard to this day, and I swear it is a main reason why she doesn't smell like an old person. 10/7/2010 10:46:14 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
good fences make for good neighbors 10/7/2010 10:46:33 PM |
Tarpon All American 1380 Posts user info edit post |
I think in Johnson County they still have a law where you can't hang laundry on Sundays. It's a blue law still on the books 10/7/2010 10:47:21 PM |
ncsuallday Sink the Flagship 9818 Posts user info edit post |
in China I paid some chick to wash my clothes and she hung dry them. thems clothes started stinking. 10/8/2010 12:14:03 AM |
GoldenGirl All American 6475 Posts user info edit post |
my H.O.A doesn't allow clothes lines.
I don't really care either way. 10/8/2010 1:39:47 AM |
DoubleDown All American 9382 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "FIRST. WORLD. PROBLEM." |
this is getting annoying. you're not clever10/8/2010 1:44:14 AM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
When people ask "Why Colorado/west?", this is one of the examples I use. The meddlesome, selfish attitude that leads people to even care how others do their laundry is less prevalent and acceptable out here. 10/8/2010 1:45:53 AM |
GREEN JAY All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
i hate towels that have been air-dryed, they are all crispy and rough even if you use some softener. my MIL does that crap, i hate bathing at her house. 10/8/2010 4:10:11 AM |
LeonIsPro All American 5021 Posts user info edit post |
This situation isn't as bad as some places.
In Soviet Russia clothes hang you. 10/8/2010 5:59:49 AM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
i wouldn't like to live near an eyesore like that. 10/8/2010 6:18:49 AM |
HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
Hence another reason why I hate HOAs and would do everything I could to not live in a community that has one. While it's nice to have the electric dryer as a backup, I plan on drying my clothes on a line. 10/8/2010 8:55:00 AM |
zxappeal All American 26824 Posts user info edit post |
My grandmother had SERIOUS clotheslines...and they always got used. The dryer? There if she absolutely needed it, but rarely used.
HOAs can all chomp my miniscule cock. I cannot stand the whole premise of being bound to somebody else's ideas of what good taste is. 10/8/2010 9:04:02 AM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
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[Edited on October 8, 2010 at 9:05 AM. Reason : .] 10/8/2010 9:05:07 AM |
Doss2k All American 18474 Posts user info edit post |
I assumed this was due to the number of people who actually got clotheslined by these things... I know i took a few near decapitations playing football as a kid in my grandmas backyard. 10/8/2010 9:07:59 AM |
sparky Garage Mod 12301 Posts user info edit post |
don't they know that hanging clothes to dry is a great way to lower your carbon footprint?!?! GREEN IS IN!! 10/8/2010 9:11:35 AM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, but only the the hipster HOAs are going to get in on that.
like if there was an HOA in the five points neighborhoods. They've probably started them just to be ironic. 10/8/2010 9:14:04 AM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
^^^that's why you get one like this:
10/8/2010 9:27:41 AM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
clotheslined dried laundry is the best. fuck the dryer. 10/8/2010 9:34:26 AM |
egyeyes All American 6209 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "when i was a kid we had a clothes line going from the back porch to a detached garage. there was a pulley at each end. i actually remember playing with that being one of the few chores that was any fun." |
This is how it was growing up in NJ! You just brought back some nice memories 10/8/2010 9:43:15 AM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "They've probably started them just to be ironic." |
what's ironic about saving energy
I think you use the term hipster too loosely sometimes hipsters are into fashion
and, yes, it is fashionable to save energy right now
fashionable and a very good idea10/8/2010 9:50:09 AM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
what do you save, like 40 cents a load? 10/8/2010 9:53:33 AM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
I don't think its really about money
would you think that you had saved energy if you were able to buy gas for $0.50 less per gallon? 10/8/2010 9:56:22 AM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
You are the worst kind of person. 10/8/2010 9:58:46 AM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
because I point out your specious logic? 10/8/2010 10:00:43 AM |
umbrellaman All American 10892 Posts user info edit post |
I like using a dryer because it's quicker, convenient and I don't have to worry about the weather, but there's nothing wrong at all with a freshly sun-dried shirt. "Unsightly and even lowers property prices?" Since when? 10/8/2010 10:00:49 AM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
No because you are a feminized, ultra liberal cuntface who lives off the government - yet still feels self-righteous enough to give us conservation tips. 10/8/2010 10:08:32 AM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
there you go again with your partial truths I do not live off the government - but I did borrow SOME money for school through a federal program
I'm not giving you conservation tips either - I'm about to use a dryer
I was just pointing out that you're totally full of shit 10/8/2010 10:15:58 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
I don't quite remember how Consuela dried our clothes 10/8/2010 11:49:29 AM |
KeB All American 9828 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "FIRST. WORLD. PROBLEM. Jesus, I grew up hanging clothes on the clothes line. There is nothing better than fresh, clean sheets that have been line-dried!" |
yeah yeah
and if they came out banning dryers, where you HAD to use a clothesline instead, you would be on here bitching about that...10/8/2010 11:53:20 AM |
Skack All American 31140 Posts user info edit post |
I had a housemate who didn't use the dryer to save money. He would string up a clothesline across his room on the days he did laundry.
Then he would cook bread in the oven for like 4 hours a day several days a week, leave the front door open all winter like the glass storm door is some magical insulator, and leave his bedroom window open (cracked) even when there was snow on the ground. Saving energy my ass. That dude was the worst offender in the house.
[Edited on October 8, 2010 at 11:54 AM. Reason : l] 10/8/2010 11:54:22 AM |
Snewf All American 63348 Posts user info edit post |
sounds like your roommate was dumb about energy conservation
and, by extension, everyone else who enjoys air/sun drying their clothing
nice anecdote, though just don't feed the trolls with your stories 10/8/2010 12:28:35 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
hanging up your clothes owns
gotta love living in a city where people aren't slobbering idiots about this 10/8/2010 12:50:23 PM |
Wolfmarsh What? 5975 Posts user info edit post |
Unsightly? Are people hanging them from thier mailbox to thier garage door or something?
We have a clothesline on our back deck, and Ill be damned if someone is going to tell us not to use it when we want.
Pretty soon, churches arent going to be allowed to have crosses on them, because they are unsightly and lower property value. 10/8/2010 12:55:48 PM |
djeternal Bee Hugger 62661 Posts user info edit post |
Yet another reason why I could never live in a neighborhood with an HOA 10/8/2010 12:58:51 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
"unsightly" lmao
who the fuck thinks this. go fuck yourself. 10/8/2010 1:02:53 PM |
ndmetcal All American 9012 Posts user info edit post |
i thought this thread was gonna mention hulk hogan 10/8/2010 1:03:28 PM |
Skack All American 31140 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "sounds like your roommate was dumb about energy conservation
and, by extension, everyone else who enjoys air/sun drying their clothing
nice anecdote, though just don't feed the trolls with your stories" |
My story started from "I know a dude who does this" and ended in a rant. Totally my fault. Definitely not an anecdote for the rest of the non-dryer-using community.10/8/2010 1:06:35 PM |
mcfluffle All American 11291 Posts user info edit post |
i, too, love linedrying 10/8/2010 1:49:04 PM |
Byrn Stuff backpacker 19058 Posts user info edit post |
If we ban clothes lines, then only outlaws will have clothes lines.
[Edited on October 8, 2010 at 2:36 PM. Reason : I definitely want clothes lines, compost heaps, etc.] 10/8/2010 2:35:41 PM |
HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
clothes lines compost piles veggie/herb garden rain barrels weather station solar powered water heater
Oh, and I am moving in right next to Smath. 10/8/2010 2:53:55 PM |