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Hanging out the washing thread

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Jul 2016
10:56am, 20 Jul 2016
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mrs shanksi
Yes it came too quickly so mine is probably wetter than it started. Rain seems to have gone off again.

I love a huge pile of clothes to sort. I dump it all on the armchair in my bedroom then sort it all in to piles for each member of the family on the bed. Quite soothing really.
Jul 2016
11:02am, 20 Jul 2016
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Velociraptor
I think I hate sorting out the clean clothes, but when I actually do it I quite enjoy it. Apart from the socks. Two men who wear the same size of socks and have some odd pairs makes this a little challenging.

When I got home last night, the washing was still all on the line :( But it hadn't rained :) One or two of the descendants' garments may have been folded up with bird poop on them. They never wear anything for more than five minutes at a time, they won't notice.
Jul 2016
2:35pm, 20 Jul 2016
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fetcheveryone
Nice day for drying now :-)
Jul 2016
2:57pm, 20 Jul 2016
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Carpathius
I have washed and dried two loads. One has been put away. They dried really quickly. I'm considering pegging myself out next.
Jul 2016
10:30pm, 21 Jul 2016
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Silvershadow
Lol lammo. My phone only copied the first 4 numbers of the image reference which turned out to be contro.
Been another good drying day today. Am I the only one who takes the washing down in order of oldest to youngest family member? No? My OCD then.
Jul 2016
10:37pm, 21 Jul 2016
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Lip Gloss
There are only the two of us so it doesn't came into play...in my previous life there were 3 . Like to hang them out as smallest stuff first graduating to the larger stuff and my things together and his things together..but probably so does everyone else :-)
Jul 2016
10:50pm, 21 Jul 2016
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NoFleecingAround
Nope, just whites/colours/stinky kit. The fleecelings' socks are smack in the middle of the last 2 categories :)
Jul 2016
10:52pm, 21 Jul 2016
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mrs shanksi
Nice ocd Silvershadow.

I have 2 lines with a stretcher each so imagine 4 sections. The 2 sections on the right get most sun so I start with the longest, heaviest items starting in the middle and working right. Then next 'right' section. Then I do the two 'left' sections. Underwear on the last section. I facilitate this by pre sorting the washing as it comes out the machine on to heavy / light clothing. I sort the dry clothes out in piles of oldest to youngest left to right. As Harry Hill once said, you've got to have a system.
Jul 2016
11:17pm, 21 Jul 2016
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Lip Gloss
Thats some system Mrs S.
Jul 2016
9:12am, 23 Jul 2016
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
So tempted to take down the full length curtains in the sitting room to wash, the thought of ironing them puts me off though, and they are quite heavy.

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For lovers of the art of hanging the washing out:

Weather forecast: Shall I hang my washing or not ? Check here:

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Terminology: 'Fluffing' -- Going out and runninng your hands over the washing just to feel whether still moist. Sometimes not needed but we all like to fluff

'Melvyn' - where you run you fingers through your washing, you think it's damp but you're not sure. It could be dry. You leave out or take in? you've done a Melvyn'.

Also for sharing photos of 'Extreme pegging'. Plastic or wooden they are all embraced here :)

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