Outside Cloths Line

37chief · Sep 25, 2015

The California governor may sign a bill saying it is ok to have a outside cloth line again, because of the power shortage(gee thanks a lot) My Mom never had a cloths dryer all the time we were growing up. No one had them back then. Every Monday Mom and her mother would wash clothes, and hang them out to dry, on the outside cloths line. No one thought any different about the clothsline everyone had one. Mom's washer has a ringer where she ran the clothes through the ringer into the rinse then through ringer again. My other Grand mother who also lived in her house on Dad's farm, used a wash board. I grew up with two grand mothers, and no grand fathers. Stan

CenTex Farmall · Sep 25, 2015

So.... Currently it is NOT ok to have a clothesline in CA??? I did not know that.

farmerwithmutt · Sep 25, 2015

Clothes lines are also useful for other things besides clothes a guy told me he never had a night light just fire a round in the air and let the line do the rest . So maybe call it a self defense device

Greg K · Sep 25, 2015

Could I ask if you have any idea of what reasoning was used to paddle this law in the first place? Seems absurd to me without knowing the whole story.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 25, 2015

How do you paddle a law?

Bob Harvey · Sep 25, 2015

I grew up with the same system, except I did a lot of the laundry (mom & dad worked), seemed to work good. We still use the clothes line here - nice fresh smell for free (we do have a dryer which is handy when it's raining !).

Greg K · Sep 25, 2015

Oops, maybe I meant pass but my Internet
machine had a better idea

Kent Petersen · Sep 25, 2015

That will give you a idea how dam dumb the politics are on the left coast

flying belgian · Sep 25, 2015

Mother always said, hang the clothes out on the line when possible. "The wind is free and clothes pins are cheap" That being said, my mil lived in a development with a covenant that said-no clotheslines- her attorney said that one would have a hard time standing up in a court of law as you cannot put unreasonable rules in a covenant.

Brendon-KS · Sep 25, 2015

As a kid I was always intrigued by my grandparent's clothesline. As was common (at least, I believe it was) in Ontario, Canada, they had a small back porch that accessed one end of the clothesline which was set up in a continuous loop with pulleys on the ends. This let you hang up a whole string of clothes without even getting off the porch. We don't have something that fancy but utilize our clothesline whenever the weather permits. Why waste money on electricity when nature can do the job for you?

J.Wondergem · Sep 25, 2015

We still use the clothes line to dry our stuff. I've been the one using it this Summer.

Glen SW Wi · Sep 25, 2015

When I was just a kid I always wondered how those frozen long johns could stand up in the house until they thawed out.

Used to have a clothes line until a 10 point buck got his rack hung up in the ropes and tore it all down. Maybe I should restring the lines before some city idiots decide I can't do it. I'm 10 miles out in the country from the nearest town.

Spudm · Sep 25, 2015

Love a clothesline, especially when doing the bedding.

CenTex Farmall · Sep 25, 2015

Yeah, it was my understanding that there's a large number of folks over there who are mighty keen on saving energy and conservation. Seems like clotheslines would be _required_ by law.

Interesting priorities; If you came to Cali from another country illegally you can get a driver's license but you would get in trouble for owning a clothesline.

Greg K · Sep 25, 2015

Me 2. One of the best nights sleep I get is with sheets dried on the clothesline.

Winchester1 · Sep 25, 2015

I almost always use dry my clothes outdoors during the summer months. During the winter months I use racks over furnace heater outlets. What is the big deal out there anyway?

K Effective · Sep 25, 2015

I used mine yesterday- three sets of work clothes and the bedding. Pulled it back in just before dark and gave it all a spin in the dryer to soften it up a little!

Janicholson · Sep 25, 2015

In the city, 8 lines with 45 feet between pipe supports. My artistic wife has panted them with flowers and vines. We use it all the time. There are several in the neighborhood in use. Jim

fixerupper · Sep 25, 2015

My mother did it all with a wringer washer and a clothes line. She was partially crippled by polio so when she went out to the clothes line she would put the wash basket in the wheel chair and push the wheel chair out there using it like a walker. We did have a dryer but it was only used in the winter.

Tree-Farmer · Sep 25, 2015

File this under "Don't believe everything you read" or "Read the article more carefully."

It's actually Homeowners Associations, condos/mobile home parks, etc, in some places, that ban clotheslines. Otherwise, clotheslines are already legal in California.

The new law will prohibit these associations from banning clotheslines:
http://time.com/money/4048660/clothesline-ban-california-green/

Another article says that California already had a "right-to-dry" law:
Nationwide in the United States, more than a quarter million homeowner associations govern upwards of 60 million people. Alexander Lee, a champion of the right-to-dry movement, estimates that “more than half of them (HOAs) restrict or ban the clothesline.” If he is right, tens of millions of Americans are subject to either full or partial clothesline bans. Some 19 states, including populous ones such as California, Florida, and Texas, have right-to-dry laws. These facts combined suggest that millions of Americans live under illegal clothesline bans.
Clotheslines

farmerwithmutt · Sep 25, 2015

The Amish do the same thing I seem them hook on telephone poles tv antennas and the side of the barn. The ends can be 20 ft off the ground. They put a hook between the two wires about half way to keep it from spreading apart

tractorguy2 · Sep 25, 2015

I have one. There are some larger towns in Nebraska that won't let you have a cloths line. The big wigs think it is unslightly to have your undies hanging on a wire in the back yard for the whole neighborhood to see.

IHplankton · Sep 25, 2015

I can barely believe what I'm reading....right to dry act?! Cloths line bans? What is this world coming to? I didn't realize cloths lines were a thing of the past I had one growing up I use one now, every house on my road Has a cloths Iine. Mine has the double pulleys off the luandry porch never owned a dryer. Granted I do live in the country but making cloths lines illegal? What next illegal to fill up a thermos with coffee at the gas station!

37chief · Sep 25, 2015

I guess it's more of a condo association rule, but still, why does someone say you can't have a clothes line. Stan

BAnNC · Sep 26, 2015

There is probably an APP for your Phone that will allow you to find out if you are covered by "right to dry" regs.

kent@junction · Sep 26, 2015

my daughter lives in a division that requires clothes line not be visible from the street and a privacy fence has to meet standards if used, yard barns have to be a certain size and centerd behind the house.

Donald Lehman · Sep 26, 2015

Any way you look at it, when the state legislature has to pass a "right to dry" law, something is horribly wrong with our country and the people who live in it.

john in la · Sep 26, 2015

As tree-farmer said; I think this has more to do with people fighting HOA rules than state rules.
HOA's make a rule there can be no cloths line; garage door must always be closed; no parking on the street; ect
The people can not fight the HOA so they get the state to make it against the law to make a rule.
Its called the "Right to dry" law
Many states have this law now.

For me this is a perfect example of how people have gotten over the years in telling me what I can and can not do on my own property.

hermit · Sep 26, 2015

34 years ago when we moved here, clothes line poles were one of the first things my wife wanted put up. She found some ready made aluminum ones somewhere in town and I put them up. I am still using them to this day. I do have a dryer, but it only gets used when the weather is bad for a long period. By the way, this January 3rd, the dryer will be 36 years old and still going, although it doesn't look like much!!! When I was growing up, my mother and grandmother both used pots and tubs with a rub board, and home made soap.

Jiles · Sep 26, 2015

My wife an I have a solar clothes dryer----I think it's the same thing as a "clothes line" having four wires stretched between two "T" post.
Just having a little fun--but if people refer to them as solar clothes dryer, it could possibly be accepted> LOL

flying H · Sep 27, 2015

They passed an ordinance in our town. Said I had to tare it down. That lil ol shack that means so much to me. lol. Neighbor always said the world went to h--- when folks started eating outside, and started s----ng in the house. :')

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