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5-12-23
5-12-23
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I hear that these still work pretty good:Really, the drier is the only problem, and only a problem if you don't have a wood stove.
I have one of those modern 'portable' mini-washing machines, common in japan, etc. They are designed to hook up to a sink faucet, and don't use very much power or water. They can easily be run on a small solar system.
I have four of those lines. They do come in handy even when we do have electricity.I hear that these still work pretty good:
Indeed, I have several.....but they are rather seasonalI hear that these still work pretty good:
Seasonal? When I was a kid and the family servant, I hung clothes outside on a clothes line year round in South Dakota.Indeed, I have several.....but they are rather seasonal
That's why I said, if you have a wood stove.....I would think it goes without saying during the summer that you just hang things outside.
Seasonal? When I was a kid and the family servant, I hung clothes outside on a clothes line year round in South Dakota.
I used a 10-gallon grain bucket and a toilet plunger, it worked great!Other times we've used double tubs and a hand cranked wringer (from Lehman's).
In our experience the washboard sucks. Instead use a "rapid washer" from Lehman.
https://www.lehmans.com/product/rapid-laundry-washer/
It rains and snows and freezes. It certainly didn't rain or snow often on Saturday, but there may have been snow on the ground. Ever take frozen clothes off the line? They can be stiff as a board. The irony? We had a clothes dryer! But when there is a family of 7, it takes a long time to dry a weeks worth of clothing and bedding. At least one bed had bedding washed every week.Maybe it never rains or snows in some places I guess. I've never been to southdakota.
Clothes only get dry outside semi-reliably about three months a year here.
I have three of those folding racks as well, but I rarely use them. I have a clothes dryer that is about 1.5 years old. I don't have a lot of laundry. I do sometimes run the wet clothes through the dryer for a while and then hang them to finish drying. It is arid enough here that it doesn't take long.I haven't had a clothes dryer for forever. It's not a big deal. Today was a rain day and I had three loads. I have those fold out racks. Three of them are in our bedroom right now with laundry drying on them.
It rains and snows and freezes. It certainly didn't rain or snow often on Saturday, but there may have been snow on the ground. Ever take frozen clothes off the line? They can be stiff as a board. The irony? We had a clothes dryer! But when there is a family of 7, it takes a long time to dry a weeks worth of clothing and bedding. At least one bed had bedding washed every week.
We had a clothes dryer, but we had a wringer washer.It rains and snows and freezes. It certainly didn't rain or snow often on Saturday, but there may have been snow on the ground. Ever take frozen clothes off the line? They can be stiff as a board. The irony? We had a clothes dryer! But when there is a family of 7, it takes a long time to dry a weeks worth of clothing and bedding. At least one bed had bedding washed every week.
We didn't have clothes lines in the basement, they were all outside. I have thought more than once that having lines in the basement would have been wise, especially in the winter.We didn’t have a dryer until I was in high school. And even then it was used in a very limited basis. There were three wash lines in the basement to hang from. I currently still do some hand washing at all in the winter it’s hung on a towel in front of my radiators. I also have an extra tension rod in my bathtub and have these clothespins that have a hook on the top like a hanger.
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