Love my clothesline!!

[luvs2eat]

I LOVE crunchy towels dried on the line... got 'em and our bed sheet out there now! The only thing I don't like dried on the line is underwear... I like the dryer for those!

We usually keep Babe's red union suit hanging out there for the neighbors to chuckle over. I remember living in a house in the country years ago and the neighbor actually came over and told me my clothes line was an eyesore. We were both on 5 acre lots and not in a "neighborhood." I told him where he could stick it.

[Rubelishous]

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I love the smell of things that have been on a clothesline. I love having towels freeze on the line in the winter - they were so soft when they finally dried.

Wish I had a clothesline now.

[Chocolate Moose]

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I used to hang towels to dry, then on another site a woman remarked that in a house with kids, towels are often put in the hamper wet or otherwise soiled like lying on a bedroom floor for a while, and very often they smell mildewy (see my other post). She recommended washing and drying on hot, even though it's going to shorten their life.

[AllieK]

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I have a clothes line and cannot use it. We live between corn fields and I get a itchy rash if I dry clothes outside.

[mew]

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I'll never understand the thing about 'fluffy soft' towels. Give me mine line dried as well.

[Ro-Ro]

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((( I don't have a clothes line. The way my house is set up, I'd have to go thru the dining room each time and then treck down to where a line would fit.

I did stop using a dryer sheet in my white towel load and they absorb better.

[SHEL]

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I Use My Clothes Line For: Towels, Jeans And Sheets. I Love The Smell When You Put On Jeans That Were Dired On The Line.

[Sabine]

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haven't used a clothes line in many, many years. I much prefer soft towels out of the dryer. I have so many allergies, I just couldn't see hanging sheets and towel out to dry and then use them, all that stuff that's in the air. Just wouldn't work for me.

[wellsms]

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I have had a clothes line. My mom always uses hers. I use mine for heavy clothes, sheets, things I want to air out. Usually I use the dryer on whites. Years ago, a woman my age came to pick up her son, and I was taking down clothes from the clothes line--she told me she had not seen a clothes line in a long time and asked why I did not buy a dryer-told her that I did have a clothes dryer--I especially like to use it to get lint off of dry clothes-I set the dryer to fluff-no heat.

[doreenb]

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Dont have a clothesline anymore....... Loved it when I used Ivory Snow for baby/ little ones' clothing. Awwwwwwwww.....they smelled so good on the line, as did bed sheets, blankets, etc. I always did my towels in the dryer........I like soft, warm towels to fold. JMO.

[Joanne]

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Clothes dryer only here.

[SouthernCookn]

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I use mine year round for everything.

[Cindy]

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I am a dryer person too. I just don't want to think of birds or bugs on my clothes. I am such a city girl! *L* Don't hate me because I like a dryer.

[CalicoSkiesNC]

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Dryer only for me, clotheslines are so 1960s. I don't have time to do laundry as it is, let alone taking more time for clotheslining stuff. I grew up with most of our clothes line dried, I can remember finding bugs in stuff sometimes. I remember the scratchy, stiff towels and stuff. Not for me. I haven't seen a clothesline anywhere in my town.

[MaryJo]

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I'd like to air dry to help avoid shrinkage and to cut down on the electric bill. You probably are all aware that the dryer sucks a lot of energy. But I use the dryer because I don't like crunchy towels and everything is wrinkled. Is there a trick anyone can share to avoid the crunchies?