11/4/09

Rules for Using a Clothes Line

  1. First you have to actually have a clothesline
  2. Before hanging clothes..use a wet cloth to wipe the line clean
  3. Hang clothes in a certain order: whites with whites
  4. I also hung like items side by side: T shirts together; socks together etc.
  5. Never hang a shirt or blouse by the shoulders/reason: You had obnoxious  crunches and folds /they take extra time to iron smoothly.
  6. Wash on Monday! Never hang clothes on the weekend.
  7. Hand large pieces like sheets, towels and pillow cases on outside lines to hide your undies.
  8. Always gather your clothespins when you take in the laundry/it's totally irresponsible to leave those pins on the line in the weather.
  9. If you do it right one clothes pin will neatly and efficiently hold two items together.
  10. Clothes should be taken in before dinner[folding as you removed] ready to be ironed.
* As recently as 1993-2006 on the farm in southeast Texas we had and used a clothesline. We did have a modern clothes dryer for back up but we chose to use the clothesline whenever time and weather permitted

Once when a group of ladies from a garden club in nearby Jasper, Tx, came for a tour of "The Old Barn" and our farmhouse & lunch one of the ladies asked me: "Is that your laundry on the clothes line or is it just for show?"
I replied: "Both.  We do use the clothes line but I made sure there was laundry hanging for your visit, knowing that it had likely  been many years since you had used a clothesline." 

They appreciated the show!

Note: These rules are a mix of my own thoughts and experiences along with those passed around by friends in emails.
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