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I am currently living on Ocracoke Island as I do every summer with no TV. I biked around trying to find one and finally at 10:05 found a TV with CBS. It was a great piece, I loved it! What a strong message with just a few folks. Great, great job and what an honor to be with Bill Geist!
Until I saw Bill Geist's segment on "CBS Sunday Morning," (July 12), I'd always thought clothesline clothes drying was "acceptable and desirable." I had no idea it was any kind of issue. I'd like to say to the woman they spoke with in that segment (and anyone else in that housing development) who is offended by the sight of laundry drying on a clothesline, "Get a life!"
The only clothes dryer my maternal grandmother ever owned was her clothesline. I've always thought drying clothes outside on a clothesline was normal and that using a mechanical clothes dryer was artificial. I don't own a (mechanical) clothes dryer myself, nor do I ever intend to. Clothes dried in a mechanical dryer never smell as good as clothes dried outside on a line. I've said that, whenever they make a clothes dryer that makes clothes smell as good as they do when they've been dried outside on a clothesline, then I'll get one. The only downsides to drying clothes outside, though, are strong sunlight (which is good for bleaching whites but also fades colors), and bird droppings. Life is full of trade-offs, isn't it? By not using a mechanical clothes dryer, I never thought I was saving energy (another good reason not to use one, though), but since I am, so much the better. It's just a matter of personal preference, that's all.
There is so much I could say about the sheer pleasure of line drying my clothes here in South Lake Tahoe, Ca at 6300' elevation! It is the most satisfying aspect of housework and I always bury my face in the sunshine-fresh clothing. I like hanging them by color, or by weight, or by whose clothes they are, or by which line gets the most sun at a particular time. In our dry mountain air they're dry in a flash. I admit that in winter when the clothes freeze, not dry, I resort to the dryer. It is not reasonable to haul a basket of wet clothes across snow 5 feet deep to a line that sits one foot off the snow. I am happy when I can hang out my first load in the Spring. It is one of the best things I learned from my mother.
Clothes line comment: Thank you! I thought I was alone. For the past 2+ years I have hung wet clothes out of doors to dry, and enjoyed every minute for many reasons. As a 61 year old, the additional exercise hanging clothes allows is welcome. I carry baskets of clothes in and out of the house, and stretch as I reach for the clothes line. Nothing has as fresh an aroma as sun dried clothes, and then there's the money saving element. Drying clothes out of doors suits me just fine. And those who object need to stop behaving so shabbily, and consider the effort that those of us who respect and care for the environment make. There is no noise and no toxic emissions involved in hanging clothes out of doors. Drying clothes on a line is free! Clothes dryers load up the electrical grid, and we end up paying more on our electricity bill. I love watching sheets on a line blowing in the wind. It takes me back to a time when we didn't have clothes dryers and life was slower, and maybe a little sweeter. I think neighbors were wiser when I was younger because our mothers and aunts visited with neighbors and one another while hanging or taking down clothes. Nobody in my small town was selfish enough or inconsiderate enough to complain about viewing clean clothes quietly drying on a sunny day. Some of the nicer aspects of life really are free! Keep up the good work!
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