tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post4421849607918199992..comments2024-03-29T07:42:14.853+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: Washing One’s Dirty Linen In PublicAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-14011805790433136072015-05-03T20:15:53.995+01:002015-05-03T20:15:53.995+01:00I have a selection of the curvy plastic dolly type...I have a selection of the curvy plastic dolly type pegs like the orange/yellow one in the middle of your row of pegs. I've had them 35+ years and the plastic is now starting to go brittle and my pegs are breaking. They have outlived my wooden ones that I had at the same time : ) Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16855403299773356566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-14553346170589325002015-05-01T22:18:49.767+01:002015-05-01T22:18:49.767+01:00I have a mix of pegs but like lakeland's best....I have a mix of pegs but like lakeland's best. Trousers and skirts by waists shirts by hems, socks by toes. I must confess to never having thought about hiding my undies! Do you hide bob's as well?Christine17https://www.blogger.com/profile/13305963901751150615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-16521681247195082412015-05-01T21:02:50.127+01:002015-05-01T21:02:50.127+01:00In the small mining town where I grew up, a woman&...In the small mining town where I grew up, a woman's housekeeping skills were measured by how tidy a washing line she had, as in, 'Aye, she pits oot a nice line o washing'. It would have to include nothing grey that should have been brilliant white and no felted knitwear! Also, those dolly clothes pegs made great babies' dummies/soothers - the rubber teat from the bottle being attached to the top - much before my time, I hasten to add!Hope you have a domestic trivia-free weekend, Angela. x<br /><br /><br />Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-3570241368271235752015-05-01T20:53:11.333+01:002015-05-01T20:53:11.333+01:00I have a high line and a low line, both strung fro...I have a high line and a low line, both strung from two huge poles like flag pole. The high line is for sheets, towels and big clothes. I always hang the smalls on the low line, so they can be seen by neighbour's! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555001676886354389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-41176524555619109482015-05-01T16:06:01.038+01:002015-05-01T16:06:01.038+01:00The only eyes looking at my hanging out to dry sma...The only eyes looking at my hanging out to dry smalls, belong to wildlife.Dave, the builder arrived this morning..I was willing him not to look up at the line.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-74663033312812105282015-05-01T15:10:44.422+01:002015-05-01T15:10:44.422+01:00We have no washing line, just a communal lawn and ...We have no washing line, just a communal lawn and I do put laundry out to dry on an ancient clothes horse, but oh the times the wind has blown the whole lot down when I have used a new style of airer. I dry my smalls indoors, not keen on the neighbours seeing them and if the airer fell down or high winds caught them, I wouldn't want them strewn across the lawn!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238571735302117986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-74769724016683620112015-05-01T13:26:30.649+01:002015-05-01T13:26:30.649+01:00ps Badger would love to come to Dorset- do I have ...ps Badger would love to come to Dorset- do I have your new address? And no, there was no visual that applied to your Bob at all!magsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-72526014176869197082015-05-01T13:25:27.462+01:002015-05-01T13:25:27.462+01:00Oh I am liking GoodHhousekeeping's association...Oh I am liking GoodHhousekeeping's associations with gin and prosecco. Most acceptable. I am very fussy about only having wooden spring pegs, although the camping pegs are admittedly plastic. I hang trousers upside down on the line and in the wardrobe too. I don't like rotary lines, and so haven't had an outside line at all since we moved, as i can't work out where anotheer retractable set of stright lines would go. I do miss my retractable lines. Thankfully though the previous owners left their big old pulley rail and that has been a delight! It's the ironing that defeats...magsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-25490553544742301382015-05-01T10:13:48.781+01:002015-05-01T10:13:48.781+01:00Lakeland pegs win every time. They stay where you ...Lakeland pegs win every time. They stay where you put them and dont break.<br />Yes, I hide my undies too!Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-51138240432555305112015-05-01T09:13:12.689+01:002015-05-01T09:13:12.689+01:00I just love the phrase "Squeezing our maidens...I just love the phrase "Squeezing our maidens onto the balcony"!! I grew up with the term "clothes horse" - not heard "maiden" before!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-86285158115387792182015-05-01T08:08:28.851+01:002015-05-01T08:08:28.851+01:00When I lived in Shrewsbury I once commented to a f...When I lived in Shrewsbury I once commented to a friend that I thought I was the only woman in Shropshire who wore knickers as I had never seen any on anyone’s line. Here in Lincolnshire the custom is to let it all hang out.Frugally challengedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222391810215537820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-66998256972848265802015-05-01T08:05:25.096+01:002015-05-01T08:05:25.096+01:00Interesting post - I too have had this sort of con...Interesting post - I too have had this sort of conversation with friends and it is interesting to note the different ways we all have of doing things. I hate leaving a space if something is dry and taken in and will move things along to fill the gaps. I hang shirts by the hem so that the wind can get inside the shoulders and blow them better, tee shirts are hung by the hems but nightdresses by the shoulders (why?!) trousers by the waist since the top seems to dry faster on the line than the hems below (nearer the sun perhaps?!) socks by the toes like you ....Regarding pegs I like the lakeland ones for teeshirt hems but find that they don't grip the line as fast as the older wooden ones and with very thin things like scarves they tend to slip along the line. I wonder someone hasn't done a report on the psychology of why we do our washing in one way or another it might prove interesting but what it would say about me who doesn't mind my undies on show I don't know! Granny used to spread hers over the bushes preferably lavender to dry.Marigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-28146115705384921662015-05-01T07:47:22.141+01:002015-05-01T07:47:22.141+01:00I hang trousers from the waist to avoid ironing. S...I hang trousers from the waist to avoid ironing. Some t-shirts or blouses are hung on coat hangers again to avoid ironing. I dislike ironing.<br />I also have a rotary line and I place underwear in the middle, on the shortest lines with longer items hiding them.<br />Carolx Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332392686031711784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-55512797656943239112015-05-01T07:39:56.944+01:002015-05-01T07:39:56.944+01:00I remember reading the advice to hang tops by thei...I remember reading the advice to hang tops by their bottoms, a,d bottoms by their tops. But I don't always follow it. We don't have outdoor drying facilities, except by squeezing our maidens onto the balcony. I hang stuff any which way though: if folk want to inspect my smalls (or rather, my "bigs"!) then they can. (You could do another blog post on what these clothes airers are known as - Mr FD calls it a clothes horse, but I know it as a maiden. Lord knows why!!!)Fat Dormousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061838276997211115noreply@blogger.com