Clothes Lines

[Egon]

A couple of rear axle spindles and rims from a wrecking yard might work.

 

[3930dave]

A couple of rear axle spindles and rims from a wrecking yard might work.

What are we hanging up, main sheets from the Bluenose ? :thumbsup:

Rgds, D.

 

[Egon]

What are we hanging up, main sheets from the Bluenose ? :thumbsup:

Rgds, D.

Should be inexpensive and durable.

 

[fried1765]

Topic came up as a tangent in another thread, thought I'd start this one......

One of the best setups I've seen was at my grandmother's house. Big country house, with attached large woodshed. Shed had a dedicated walkway along one wall, that had a tall narrow door at the end. The pulley was inside the shed, so you didn't even have to go outside to hang up clothes - nice, given Nova Scotia weather - back when, clothes still went outside on clear Winter days. Sloped side-lawn, so the line came out almost at 2nd storey height, and had a long run across a big lawn to a pole at the edge of the farm-field. Long run of line, and the clothes were already inside once you took them off the line.

Clothes Lines - who still uses them, and what different setups have you seen ?

Rgds, D.

Dave,
I use a clothes line.
Mine is not sophisticated.
Just a basic line strung on three poles!

I do also have a clothes line at my cottage in Nova Scotia, but rarely use that line anymore.
Rather than battling the black flies and/or mosquitos, when there, I opt for the dryer most times.

 

[fried1765]

Should be inexpensive and durable.

Wouldn't work for Bluenose sheets!
Much too inexpensive !

 

[2LaneCruzer]

The old farmer down the street uses one, the only one I've seen in ages.

His appears to be a couple 4X4 posts with some sort of cord. I'm sure he likes it that way, the clothes feel better air dried or something because he ain't poor LOL

The best ones I've "seen" are these.


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I hope those things are on a pulley wheel!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Gramp was a well-driller, so things were always built out of pipe at their place - long lasting build, esp. if you kept the pipe painted.

Rgds, D.

Painted Aluminum. My Dad loved Aluminum paint; in fact, if it was metal, and didn't move, chances are he painted it...Aluminum.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We nhad a Hills Hoist which was pretty rough after years of abuse before we got the house, we pulled it out and replaced it with a new clone, worst move we ever made and should have rebuilt the Hills.
We are about to pull it out and replace it with a fold out rack, 8' wide and 8 runs of line, collapses to two vertical poles when not in use and gives us lawn space.
I remember those clothes lines across the street when I lived in the UK, they were very common in the 50's, we lived in the country but we saw them when we came to town, there was an unofficial washing day that everyone seemed to adhere to and the streets were quite dark when the washing was out, a bit like fish and chips on Friday and chicken on Sunday, I think Tuesday was washing day.

I hope you know, your screen name has caused me considerable consternation. I woke up in the middle of the night, with the word "Bunyip" running through my mind. When I got up later I couldn't remember it for awhile...and when I did, I had no idea if it was a real word, or if I created it in my own mind...so, I did the only rational thing...I Googled it, and lo and behold! It's a real word! I had no idea!

Just kidding...it really didn't cause consternation, but I had no idea what it meant or where it originated until I googled it.

Regards,
Dennis

 

[sailorman]

I live in the woods . If I used a clothes line the birds would do a real job on my clothes ( if ya know what I mean ) . And then there's the squirrels issue . I did use one in my college days when renting cheap run down house apartments to live in . My mother used one all the time . She also had an open tub electric driven washer . Ya had to crank the wet clothes through rollers to ring them out. Then to the clothes line .

 

[bunyip]

I hope you know, your screen name has caused me considerable consternation. I woke up in the middle of the night, with the word "Bunyip" running through my mind. When I got up later I couldn't remember it for awhile...and when I did, I had no idea if it was a real word, or if I created it in my own mind...so, I did the only rational thing...I Googled it, and lo and behold! It's a real word! I had no idea!

Just kidding...it really didn't cause consternation, but I had no idea what it meant or where it originated until I googled it.

Regards,
Dennis

We live about 20km from a town called Bunyip which is on the Bunyip River, only a small town with 2 pubs but it is there, not far away is Garfield of cat fame (I have never looked into the origins of the name but Bunyip was on a swamp that was supposed to have a population of Bunyips, or maybe it could have been something good they were smoking back then).
Just to add to your consternation I shall throw Yowie into the ring

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We live about 20km from a town called Bunyip which is on the Bunyip River, only a small town with 2 pubs but it is there, not far away is Garfield of cat fame (I have never looked into the origins of the name but Bunyip was on a swamp that was supposed to have a population of Bunyips, or maybe it could have been something good they were smoking back then).
Just to add to your consternation I shall throw Yowie into the ring

You Aussies never run out of strange critters...I mean, a tiger that has a pocket like my old bib overalls?

 

[bunyip]

The Tasmanian Tiger (thylacene) is extinct although a few claim to have sighted them from time to time and it is said of the 20 deadliest snakes in the world we have about 15 0f them, step carefully.
We also have a place called Nimbin, now home to some of the worlds oldest hippies, I give it a wide berth when driving up that way.
Our new clothes line looks like it is going up this weekend, fitting the post hole digger on Friday after I have finished spreading 20 truckloads of sand in the arena.

 

[NoTrespassing]

My wife, being Filipino, was fine with using a clothes line when she first arrived in the US back in 2007. Everyone in her town still uses them as well as washing clothes by hand in a basin with hand pumped well water. All was fine until wasps started coming in on the clothes during the summer. After a few of those instances she started using the dryer more and more. The clothes line no longer exists but I'm thinking about putting up another one this year. I like the pulley system idea. I'm not sure if she'll go for it but I'm sure I could barter with a new kitchen floor or something.

Kevin

 

[3930dave]

I hope you know, your screen name has caused me considerable consternation. I woke up in the middle of the night, with the word "Bunyip" running through my mind. When I got up later I couldn't remember it for awhile...and when I did, I had no idea if it was a real word, or if I created it in my own mind...so, I did the only rational thing...I Googled it, and lo and behold! It's a real word! I had no idea!

Just kidding...it really didn't cause consternation, but I had no idea what it meant or where it originated until I googled it.

Regards,
Dennis

:laughing: Sounds like a single-word version of getting a song stuck in your head...... I remember Safety Dance (Men without Hats) getting stuck in my head for a long time, when it was first out.....

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

The Tasmanian Tiger (thylacene) is extinct although a few claim to have sighted them from time to time and it is said of the 20 deadliest snakes in the world we have about 15 0f them, step carefully.
We also have a place called Nimbin, now home to some of the worlds oldest hippies, I give it a wide berth when driving up that way.
Our new clothes line looks like it is going up this weekend, fitting the post hole digger on Friday after I have finished spreading 20 truckloads of sand in the arena.

A picture flashed into my mind of some new crazy version of Aussie beach volleyball, but then realized that the new line and the sand are probably separate activities...... ?

Maybe 2Lane and I are drinking the same beverages ? :drink:

All joking aside..... a pic of that new line fully extended would be neat..... pretty sure we don't have 'em here......

Rgds, D.