The Clothes Line

The_Valeyard · 14-09-2014 4:34pm #1

Right AH,

This may lower the standard of threads to something completely boring.

Came up in conversation the other drunken night...

1) Is there any harm leaving clothes on the washing line at night time or should they be taken in? -personally think they should, bugs and stuff getting in them.

2) Mate of my living in apartment says he is not allowed to leave clothes on the balcony as they are unsightly? Bit strict?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 14-09-2014 4:34pm

I wouldn't put clothes outside incase of spiders or bird****

The_Valeyard · 14-09-2014 4:36pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I wouldn't put clothes outside incase of spiders or bird****

Wonder does that actually happen a lot to clothes on the line (bird crap that is)

P_1 · 14-09-2014 4:36pm

1 - It would defeat the purpose of leaving them out to dry in the first place. Cold night air and morning dew would negate the drying done during the sunshine.

2 -Stupid vanity rule that only serves to waste electricity.

Archeron · 14-09-2014 4:36pm

Earwigs

The Backwards Man · 14-09-2014 4:37pm

I silently judge people who leave a washing on a line at night.

Nodin · 14-09-2014 4:38pm

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Right AH,

This may lower the standard of threads to something completely boring.

Came up in conversation the other drunken night...

1) Is there any harm leaving clothes on the washing line at night time or should they be taken in? -personally think they should, bugs and stuff getting in them.

And knicker thieves. Never forget knicker thieves.

wazky · 14-09-2014 4:38pm

How will I rob my neighbours knickers if she doesn't leave them on the line overnight?

Supergurrier · 14-09-2014 4:39pm

They will fade if left to get wet again so no.

PeteEd · 14-09-2014 4:41pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I wouldn't put clothes outside incase of spiders or bird****

So you always leave the house naked then going by this logic

14-09-2014 4:43pm

Nothing says ghetto quite like laundry strung across level after level of balconies. It looks awful and I'm not surprised there are rules against it.

If I put something to dry outside it's to let the breeze and the sunshine dry it. Damp night air defeats the purpose and I'd probably wind up putting in the dryer to finish it off anyway. It also looks lazy.

I have to use a dryer for everything where I am, or string unsuitable things for the dryer across the bathroom.

My name is URL · 14-09-2014 4:43pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I wouldn't put clothes outside incase of spiders or bird****

Well that's fcuking stupid.

P_1 · 14-09-2014 4:47pm

Candie wrote: »

Nothing says ghetto quite like laundry strung across level after level of balconies. It looks awful and I'm not surprised there are rules against it.

If I put something to dry outside it's to let the breeze and the sunshine dry it. Damp night air defeats the purpose and I'd probably wind up putting in the dryer to finish it off anyway. It also looks lazy.

I have to use a dryer for everything where I am, or string unsuitable things for the dryer across the bathroom.

So it's ok for people who live in houses to dry their clothes outdoors but if you live in an apartment then tough luck Jack, someone thinks it looks ugly so you can't be doing that?

Pumpkinseeds · 14-09-2014 4:50pm

I had my knickers stolen off the line a few times over the years. I don't leave them out anymore. Sick, creepy fcuks sneaking around peoples gardens stealing underwear.:mad:

14-09-2014 4:51pm

P_1 wrote: »

So it's ok for people who live in houses to dry their clothes outdoors but if you live in an apartment then tough luck Jack, someone thinks it looks ugly so you can't be doing that?

That seems to be the way it is in a lot of apartment blocks. The difference is in a private garden that they aren't on public display.

I don't think anyone can claim it looks good on apartment balcony after apartment balcony. It's one of the downsides of living in a building with communal rules. People usually know that before they move in though, so it's not a case of tough luck, just a tough choice.

Birneybau · 14-09-2014 4:52pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I had my knickers stolen off the line a few times over the years. I don't leave them out anymore. Sick, creepy fcuks sneaking around peoples gardens stealing underwear.:mad:

What's the point of robbing clean knickers?

: D

Iranoutofideas · 14-09-2014 4:58pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I had my knickers stolen off the line a few times over the years. I don't leave them out anymore. Sick, creepy fcuks sneaking around peoples gardens stealing underwear.:mad:

Maybe the breeze took them?

P_1 · 14-09-2014 4:59pm

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Maybe the breeze took them?

Is that what he's calling himself these days :pac:

Iranoutofideas · 14-09-2014 7:02pm

P_1 wrote: »

Is that what he's calling himself these days :pac:

Yes

dmc17 · 14-09-2014 7:08pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I had my knickers stolen off the line a few times over the years. I don't leave them out anymore. Sick, creepy fcuks sneaking around peoples gardens stealing underwear.:mad:

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Maybe the breeze took them?

Nah, they were much too skimpy for the breeze to....... I mean you're right it was most likely the breeze

FloatingVoter · 14-09-2014 7:22pm

Often dry the clothes outside overnight. These mornings the sun burns off any dew quickly enough and they come in in the afternoon. Once the rain and hail season sets in - its back to drying them out on radiators for a month or two.

Sauve · 14-09-2014 7:25pm

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Once the rain and hail season sets in - its back to drying them out on radiators for a month or two.

Dude you need to get your rads serviced.

Iranoutofideas · 14-09-2014 7:33pm

My neighbour lays her clothes out on the bushes and trees in her back garden.

It took me a while to figure out what the fcuk was going on?

Mariasofia · 14-09-2014 7:35pm

I thought I was in the wrestling forum.....
/wanders off out again....

Shenshen · 14-09-2014 7:38pm

As I would be working during the week and only coming home in the evenings, my routine would be to put a wash on when I get home, hang it out to dry (usually around 7 or 8pm), and then take it down nice and dry when I come home from work the next day.

I always found that rule about not being allowed to dry your washing on your balcony rather silly - being from Germany, I thought I had grown up with all the over-the-top, pea-counting rules there are on the planet (such as, not being allowed to mow your lawn between 12 and 3pm on weekends, not being allowed to shower after 10pm when living in an apartment, things of that type), but the no drying laundry on the balcony was a completely new one to me. And one I can honestly see no sense in whatsoever.

catallus · 14-09-2014 7:48pm

Shenshen wrote: »

And one I can honestly see no sense in whatsoever.

It's to combat global warming.

Some detergents have carbo-fluorocarbons which are blown into the air if the clothes are dried outside. Modern tumble-dryers have filters that collect these.

--LOS-- · 14-09-2014 8:19pm

If they're still wet, no might as well leave them out, if they're dry/nearly dry, no point leaving them out for them to get wet again, it doesn't get any more complicated than that.

That's common for apartments, that's written into my contract too. I'd agree with it for apartments but I don't get why it's frowned upon some places to leave washing out at all, even at the back of a fairly private house, where only your neighbours could see it. That's a nonsense.

FloatingVoter · 14-09-2014 8:23pm

--LOS-- wrote: »

That's common for apartments, that's written into my contract too. I'd agree with it for apartments but I don't get why it's frowned upon some places to leave washing out at all, even at the back of a fairly private house, where only your neighbours could see it. That's a nonsense.

Where I'm living, I can see over the back yards of about 20 houses from an upstairs window. There'll be washing out most nights in about half of those. People are working by day and the nights are dry. According to the forecast today, there hasn't been a drop of rain in some parts for a month.

My name is URL · 14-09-2014 8:43pm

catallus wrote: »

It's to combat global warming.

Some detergents have carbo-fluorocarbons which are blown into the air if the clothes are dried outside. Modern tumble-dryers have filters that collect these.

Do they also run on the dreams of children?

I'm not sure if you're being serious but tumble dryers are one of the most electricity-gobbling home appliances you can use. There's no way in hell that hanging clothes out to dry naturally is worse for the environment!

catallus · 14-09-2014 8:50pm

My name is URL wrote: »

Do they also run on the dreams of children?

If only!

Tumble dryers use significantly less electricity than a standard fridge. I also note that you completely ignored the chlorofluorocarbon aspect to defend this heinous practice :mad:

But that's the point; if we had a dedicated detergent forum (of which I could be a mod) then we could educate people like you and your ilk :eek:

FloatingVoter · 14-09-2014 8:53pm

I'll worry about the chlorofluorocarbon problem when China etc. close down the nuclear power plants. Besides its thanks to global warming that I get to hang my chlorofluorocarbons out for longer every year.
I'll worry about the poor little penguins on their wee icecaps later.

The Clothes Line

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