Americans, do you use wash lines at all? Or only tumble driers?
I understand people who live in apartments and when the weather is crazy not using washing lines, but what about the rest?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
I use a washing-line* in my Southern English back garden, as do many of my neighbours.
No tumble-dryer, so if necessary I give the washing a couple more high-speed spins then improvise my bathoom and a dehumidifier into a drying-room.
The airer is a remaining half of a frame-type airer I'd found abandoned in the loft. It is supported horizontally over the stair-well, with a couple of windows ajar for ventilation.
*(English usage keeps the 'ing' suffix on compound nouns like washing-line, sailing-boat, frying-pan, etc.)
No tumble-dryer, so if necessary I give the washing a couple more high-speed spins then improvise my bathoom and a dehumidifier into a drying-room.
The airer is a remaining half of a frame-type airer I'd found abandoned in the loft. It is supported horizontally over the stair-well, with a couple of windows ajar for ventilation.
*(English usage keeps the 'ing' suffix on compound nouns like washing-line, sailing-boat, frying-pan, etc.)
@ArishMell thanks, I’ll fix it. I can’t imagine that there are too many days where washing can dry easily on the WASHING-LINE in the UK though. When I was there, it was like 4 seasons in one day. People thought it was summer and there I was with a thick jersey and scarf… I was not acclimatised.
