Hung jury?

at least they should lethally inject it. hanging is so inhumane.

There's a joke in there somewhere about separating whites and colors, but essentially Fox News sucks and your mother's a whore.

sandi_fish: Hung jury?



Not necessarily!

I honestly don't understand the problem. I grew up in Pennsylvania (I'm 38) and everyone had a clotheline. Why is it a big deal? When did we start scrutinizing every damn harmless thing our neighbors do?

This is so wrong! We should get to the root of the problem and try to understand why the clothes are wet.

gshepnyc: I honestly don't understand the problem. I grew up in Pennsylvania (I'm 38) and everyone had a clotheline. Why is it a big deal? When did we start scrutinizing every damn harmless thing our neighbors do?

9-11.

This thread is useless without knicks

Doing it in the front yard is not being discreet, do it the back yard,,,,

i hope they can iron out the wrinkles in the ruling.

I Like Bread: There's a joke in there somewhere about separating whites and colors, but essentially Fox News sucks and your mother's a whore.

What he said.

You have to fight for such a trivial thing?

/Sheets smell so much better that way

Cue up the HOA hate thread.

FS2k: You have to fight for such a trivial thing?

/Sheets smell so much better that way

My sheets don't stink.

Mom says "put it in the dryer" and you say "no way"
Gonna let it dry outside on a bright sunny day
You gotta fight
For your right
To hang Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaundry!

LET ME SHOW YOU MY SKID MARKS.

My skidmarks, let me show you them.

By laundry, you mean black people. You racist bastards!!! What is wrong with you???

Laundry hung outside has that fresh ozone scent.

That said, I never hang the underwear outside.

gshepnyc 2009-11-19 10:40:22 AM
I honestly don't understand the problem. I grew up in Pennsylvania (I'm 38) and everyone had a clotheline. Why is it a big deal? When did we start scrutinizing every damn harmless thing our neighbors do?

I also grew up in PA and I still hang my laundry out. However, I have always scrutinized the "harmless" things my neighbors do, vis-a-vis their laundry.

"I see the Smiths have an extra set of sheets hung out this week. Did they have company, or was there an incident that required a mid-week change of linens?"

"Three tablecloths for the Johnsons... they're having lots of parties this holiday season and not inviting US..."

"How many pairs of granny panties does Mrs. Olson HAVE?"

"If my husband has a right to have guns in the house, I have a right to hang laundry," said Froehlich, who is writing a book on the subject.

That's going to be scintillating reading.

fark those farking homeowners' associations right in their motherfarking ears. I would never move into a neighborhood that had 'rules' telling me what kind of curtains I can hang in my windows or what flowers I can plant in my garden. That kind of conformity needs cleansing by fire.

Hoity-toity neighborhood associations have regulations against it because it looks lower class.

Nothing to do with 9/11. It's all about appearances. Laundry on lines looks like you can't afford a clothes dryer. It looks 1950s tenement.

sandi_fish: Hung jury?

Came here to say that.
Leaving headed off at the pass...and the thread's done in one.

Subby's mom asked me to buy her a new washer and dryer,
so I got her a douchebag, and a towel.

Shakespeare's Monkey: Cue up the HOA hate thread.

HOAs are the nascent cradle of citizen democracy. The same people that have been disenfranchised by their political leaders can at least band together in their communities to determine the kind of place they want to live in. If that isn't self-governance at its finest, what is?

Who gives a f*ck what other people think? Tell them to get bent.

Bill stickers is innocent!

Having been broke enough to where the laundry was done in the bathtub and then hung on hangers to dry (fortunately we had a fan that helped speed the process), I for one am grateful to have a washer AND dryer.

That said, bedding hung outside to dry does smell better...
especially if you forget to take it in and it gets rained on and has to dry all over again.

Using dryers all the time? That's just asking for an upsurge in Downy's Syndrome.

yakmans_dad: Hoity-toity neighborhood associations have regulations against it because it looks lower class.

Nothing to do with 9/11. It's all about appearances. Laundry on lines looks like you can't afford a clothes dryer. It looks 1950s tenement.

I only skimmed TFA, but where does 9/11 fit into this issue? I've got to know.

Norman Greenbaum: gshepnyc 2009-11-19 10:40:22 AM
I honestly don't understand the problem. I grew up in Pennsylvania (I'm 38) and everyone had a clotheline. Why is it a big deal? When did we start scrutinizing every damn harmless thing our neighbors do?

I also grew up in PA and I still hang my laundry out. However, I have always scrutinized the "harmless" things my neighbors do, vis-a-vis their laundry.

"I see the Smiths have an extra set of sheets hung out this week. Did they have company, or was there an incident that required a mid-week change of linens?"

"Three tablecloths for the Johnsons... they're having lots of parties this holiday season and not inviting US..."

"How many pairs of granny panties does Mrs. Olson HAVE?"

Ok, fair enough and that's pretty funny. But it's not something one makes a case of.

I don't hate HOAs per se anymore than I hate the sort of person who thinks they are a good idea and wants in on them. Either it means you are ok with people nitpicking over you or you are the asshole who wants to do the nitpicking.

"My clothes smell as fresh as all outdoors."

"You never lived in my neighborhood, man. You'd burn that stack."

/will soon be hanging laundry
//two loads today
///RIP George

ME-iac: Bill stickers is innocent!

Dammit.

/ f5

They can take my clothes line when they pry it out from under my cold-wash only delicates.

but but but it's ugly!!!

srsly though I'm all for democracy, but only people who are affected by a thing should have a say in it

Laron Laundry?

This is actually a conspiracy by housing associations and electricity suppliers to ensure you can't dry your laundry for free. It's just another denigration of your ordinary commonlaw rights, folks.

Well that's capitalism for you, America. We did try to tell you, but you were too busy stuffing donuts and plastic cheese into yer obese children at the time.

My neighbors do this. Looks great next to their above-ground pool and trampoline. Trash.

Man, I hate this neighborhood.

Mecha Edwin: My neighbors do this. Looks great next to their above-ground pool and trampoline. Trash.

Man, I hate this neighborhood.

How about just not care what your neighbors do with their yard? Phase it out. Don't even notice. You'll be happier not worrying about shiat you can't and SHOULDN'T be able to change. You're obviously not above this sort of thing if this is the best place you could afford anyways.

Trampolines are awesome and anyone who disagrees is a communist.

I'd have thought the Asinine tab would have been more appropriate for this.

Lab Badger: fark those farking homeowners' associations right in their motherfarking ears. I would never move into a neighborhood that had 'rules' telling me what kind of curtains I can hang in my windows or what flowers I can plant in my garden. That kind of conformity needs cleansing by fire.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is such a thing as a neighborhood without an HOA these days. When we were looking into buying a house, we sure couldn't find one in our state. Had to get a townhouse built, and the HOA had even worse rules.

Oh, and Yakmans Dad, can you afford to buy us another planet?
You probably don't object when you're driving through an Amish town and see a farmhouse with laundry hanging on a line next to it.

Seriously, the only objection I can see being reasonable is the underwear hanging on the line. Seems like HOAs could save themselves a lot of trouble by revising those 'no hanging' rules so that people could hang most laundry, but require unmentionables to be dried indoors. There is such a thing as a laundry rack that can be used inside.

I do have one question about air-drying, though. Some of the people here have used clotheslines, so I have to ask: How do you keep birds from messing up your clean laundry? We get a lot of Canada geese out here, flying poop machines. I'm not sure if I'd dare to hang anything outside.

gshepnyc: When did we start scrutinizing every damn harmless thing our neighbors do?

When we shifted to being a Social Democracy, as opposed to be a Constitutional Republic.

We used to believe that totalitarian government was oppressive... now, totalitarian government is OK, so long as the government is democratically elected.

Or you could stop pestering your neighbors and mind your own damned business.

I lived in Pennsylvania all my life. We hang our "warsh" (spoken just like it is written) on the line nearly all year around. Hell, the Amish hang their laundry on the front porch even in the middle of the winter.

Once again, I remember why I am glad I live in the middle of nowhere. I can build what I want, where I want, when I want. I don't have to kiss the ass of a bunch of suburban pricks to save money and energy by line drying clothes. Besides, line drying makes your clothes last longer, and smell better, since you don't run it through a dryer.

gshepnyc: When did we start scrutinizing every damn harmless thing our neighbors do?

Well, what did you expect? When we as a society decided that virtually no issue or problem was outside the scope and purview for government involvement, it was inevitable that they'd eventually get around to micro-managing even the most inconsequential aspects of our lives. Thus, federal, state, and local governments combine to now dictate how you may dry your laundry, how many gallons of water your toilet may use per flush, what kind of lightbulbs you are allowed to use (after 2012), where you may smoke, whether you may play online poker for money, whether you may choose to ingest trans-fats, etc, etc, etc.

The list goes on and on and on, and yet people on the left and right still spout empty platitudes about some kind of unique American "freedom".

/rant off

Lyllydd: Lab Badger: fark those farking homeowners' associations right in their motherfarking ears. I would never move into a neighborhood that had 'rules' telling me what kind of curtains I can hang in my windows or what flowers I can plant in my garden. That kind of conformity needs cleansing by fire.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is such a thing as a neighborhood without an HOA these days. When we were looking into buying a house, we sure couldn't find one in our state. Had to get a townhouse built, and the HOA had even worse rules.

Oh, and Yakmans Dad, can you afford to buy us another planet?
You probably don't object when you're driving through an Amish town and see a farmhouse with laundry hanging on a line next to it.

Seriously, the only objection I can see being reasonable is the underwear hanging on the line. Seems like HOAs could save themselves a lot of trouble by revising those 'no hanging' rules so that people could hang most laundry, but require unmentionables to be dried indoors. There is such a thing as a laundry rack that can be used inside.

I do have one question about air-drying, though. Some of the people here have used clotheslines, so I have to ask: How do you keep birds from messing up your clean laundry? We get a lot of Canada geese out here, flying poop machines. I'm not sure if I'd dare to hang anything outside.

My husband built a 12x24 'picnic shelter' where we keep the picnic table and the bbq grill. I string my clothes line between the posts. Laundry is protected from the birds and the direct sun, but still smells fresh. It is far enough back in the yard that the only way to see it is to come on the property.

And yes, I did RTFA, and know that there aren't any government laws against drying laundry outsite.

Yet.

There will be. I guarantee it.

Florida is the only state that has a "right to dry" law on the books. Can you believe it? Florida does something right??

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/rpt/2008-R-0042.htm

I can't believe people will move into a place with a HOA. I grew up hanging clothes out on the line and there is something special about the smell.

The other thing is the hypocrisy of it all. You can bet that most of the people living in some of those HOA prisons are the ones driving hybrid cars with the "green" bumper stickers, purchasing the most expensive "energy efficient" items to show off to the neighbors, but someone actually hangs clothes out rather than using electricity...Agast!!!

//Can't stand snobbery