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Fizzy Izzy wrote:My mum lives in Calgary, Canada is it's also forbidden to hang out your washing there. She doesn't take any notice of that and goes ahead and hangs it out anyway (at least in the summer - in the winter it's usually -30 so not really good drying weather!)

We're in NE Scotland, so not quite as cold, but our neighbour hangs her washing out in all weathers: 50-60mph gales, torrential rain, fog, sleet, -10-15C, etc etc. She's a many generation local and says "well, the sun will be out in a wee while". Three months later, we're still waiting...

Mind you, she also goes out to wash her car in her goonie and baffies when the temperature is sub-zero and the water quickly freezes to icicles as it drips off the car.

As for us, we air dry when the weather permits. The rest of the time we have a variety of airers and racks, plus one of those kitchen maid thingies that hangs from the ceiling. It takes about three days to dry a pair of trousers and four or five for a heavy sweater as we don't use the heating much.

Dressing gown and slippers!

Just googled.

Millymollymandy wrote:Dressing gown and slippers!

Just googled.

I guess I speak Stonehead - I understood straight away!

Beats me.....

We have the proverbial Hills Hoist in the back yard and dry on that 99% of the time. The drier got used for the kids uniforms etc years ago during wet weather. The hoist was bought second hand shortly after we moved in and has been doing its duty for 30+ years. It doesn't owe us much!

Nev

Milims wrote: I guess I speak Stonehead - I understood straight away!

You're doomed!

Wombat wrote:We have the proverbial Hills Hoist in the back yard and dry on that 99% of the time.

Our chooks used to perch on ours, much to my Mum's annoyance as it led to a lot of re-washing.

You're doomed!

We're aaaall doomed. (Sorry came over all Private Frazer for a moment)

I must admit, I do hang my unmentionables on the line. But I am at the end of a terrace with a high wall on the one side, so all my manky scants go on that side; and all my nice undies (the ones without holes in. We're not talking Rigby and Peller here) go on the side that the neighbours can see.

I've just read that back and it sounds weird. But that is because we have a good ol' Scottish three-poled drying line (3 poles arranged in a triangle with line strung between. It was a council house, so presumably the council cut corners on giving us four poles in a square). I was moaning to a neighbour about the washing line taking up the entire garden - she sagely told me 'that's because it's not a garden, it is a drying green'. So they'd have a cheek to ban drying in your own drying green, wouldn't they?

I'm also one of those old-fashioned 'community' types that will dash to the elderly neighbours' houses and take their washing in for them when it starts raining. Am I the only person left in the world who does this? I have a stack of ready-written notes saying 'I have your washing safe, will bring it round later for you' for times when said elderlies are not in. (They are probably all at the local launderette tumble-drying their unmentionables).

Milims wrote:That has to be the looniest thing I ever heard! I think I'd line dry my smalls in defiance!

Nah Milims,
What spitfire should do is buy a pack of condoms then hang them on the line to "dry". When neighbours whinge you tell them you are just recycling!!!

After that, "unmentionables" would be seen as a positive......


..told you I was warped....

Medium Big Al

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think if i put on my not so smalls on and walk around the garden and dry them naturally i may get the simpathy vote

was chuckling at this thread and mentioned the just of it to OH - response was 'what, eh?' and i had to explain it again - response was ' what else are you supposed to do' (ie if you cant hang yer washing on the line). I then had to explain that some people use a tumble dryer........

we're joining the head shaking response!

big al, love the idea of recycling the "condoms", do you think i could take the manfactures to court for child support if they fail. hubby likes it even better as he has ambitions of filling the clothes line with them, he said he has to do his part for the cause

citizentwiglet wrote:(They are probably all at the local launderette tumble-drying their unmentionables).

Or hiding behind the door wondering what the nutter with the manky scants who shoves crazy notes through the door is doing to the gusset of their prized bloomers..

..but seriously I think it must have been a very slow news day and wonder, this has got to be a wind up surely

Cheers,

Jesus.

P.s. A link to the article would have been nice ;)

no jesuschristsuperstar no windup.. it really was in the local newspaper..... not on the front page mine you, but in the section called "our region" here in sacramento california. i guess here in the sunshine state they don't want to see your knickers blowing in the breeze, but they don't mind if you go to the beach in a "thong"