tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post2882843968587014198..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Illegal Solar Laundry Drying ApparatusGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-86238137248895102152017-12-29T01:28:27.280-04:002017-12-29T01:28:27.280-04:00ThanksThanksThomas Venneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806971416198629441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-45471993304537020082017-08-22T08:17:47.612-03:002017-08-22T08:17:47.612-03:00nice postnice postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357933460302060158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-19733328682915963022016-07-30T15:54:02.581-03:002016-07-30T15:54:02.581-03:00Great post! It's hard to believe that hanging ...Great post! It's hard to believe that hanging clothes on a clothes line can be outlawed in a "free" country!<br />http://drlorraine.net/laundry-study-americans-few-hangupsDoctor Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641427036124927618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-89084364158221648452013-04-08T14:15:32.859-03:002013-04-08T14:15:32.859-03:00I'd be totally banned in your neighbourhood- w...I'd be totally banned in your neighbourhood- washing on the line and chickens in the garden! Oh, and a veg plot..NicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-12509820836525684522013-04-06T16:30:52.809-03:002013-04-06T16:30:52.809-03:00agreed that tumble dryers are totally unnecessary....agreed that tumble dryers are totally unnecessary. i grew up in Italy and then lived in France and hanging clothes outside is normal for everyone. now here in the US, i sometimes see a few sneaky urban eco-ninjas with clothes lines on their balconies or rooftop decks and i love it because it reminds me of my homes. :-) Chloenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-36593486242876809792013-04-03T17:23:40.708-03:002013-04-03T17:23:40.708-03:00I like your attitude! If it is good, moral, and do...I like your attitude! If it is good, moral, and doesn't hurt anyone (REALLY hurt anyone), how can it be "illegal"? <br /><br />We should make greed and waste illegal.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-8008540560880144732013-04-03T17:20:03.209-03:002013-04-03T17:20:03.209-03:00Using a tumble dryer for every wash emits about 14...Using a tumble dryer for every wash emits about 140kg of CO2 a year, and could cost more than $170 dollars a year. You save money and reduce CO2 emissions, your clothes last longer, and like you say, clothes smell fresher when line dried.<br /><br />But then again, the selling of appliances and power adds to the GDP of a country, and that is how we currently define success. For this we have discarded the timeless usefulness of the sustainable outdoor laundry line.<br />Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-45872082859156207222013-04-03T17:11:39.501-03:002013-04-03T17:11:39.501-03:00Same rules here. Good for you for persevering and ...Same rules here. Good for you for persevering and doing what you can where you are at.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-29143384251745641272013-04-03T17:03:31.171-03:002013-04-03T17:03:31.171-03:00I find my daily routine can be like moving meditat...I find my daily routine can be like moving meditation. Dishes? Hoovering? Cooking? Bring it on! <br /><br />However, I do not have access to a clothes line, and it is against building rules to put any laundry out in the sun on our porch. If laundry is hung inside, it must not be visible from outside.<br /><br />When did doing laundry become such a subversive activity?Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-70551508145714621712013-03-29T18:17:38.784-03:002013-03-29T18:17:38.784-03:00Most N. Americans have tumble dryers (about 76%), ...Most N. Americans have tumble dryers (about 76%), but less than half (about 46%) of people in the UK have them. In Italy, only 2% own the machines.<br /><br />Bring on the spring weather!Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-92018143304679933982013-03-28T18:52:59.720-03:002013-03-28T18:52:59.720-03:00We are not allowed to hang our clothes out to dry ...We are not allowed to hang our clothes out to dry in the neighborhood (covenants of the subdivision) but since we are planning to put in "illegal" gardens and have "illegal" chickens...what the hell! the clothes will be the least of the complaints!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-11424246145467376312013-03-28T14:27:13.196-03:002013-03-28T14:27:13.196-03:00I heard about this some time ago and just couldn&#...I heard about this some time ago and just couldn't believe that it is forbidden to line dry! In Germany everyone is hanging out their clothes on a line, on the balcony, in the garden... When I lived for some months in California in a appartment and didn't have a garden or balcony (I don't know, maybe it was forbidden to line dry anyway...) I had to use the dryer. All my clothes shrinked and looked awful after just some months and they really smelled bad. Nothing beats the fresh smell of line drying. I think in whole Europe there is no law that forbids line drying...Milahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795942523155691515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-56392848647874457252013-03-28T11:50:33.448-03:002013-03-28T11:50:33.448-03:00We are not permitted to hang clothes here in the m...We are not permitted to hang clothes here in the mobile home park where I live. I get around the problem by using a drying rack on the screened in porch. Up until I moved in here with my mom, I always used a line to dry clothes. <br /><br />Apparently our houses must look as though no one actually lives there, both inside and out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-66182559478192895032013-03-28T06:05:13.919-03:002013-03-28T06:05:13.919-03:00Here in Tasmania,we always clothes dry.I feel phys...Here in Tasmania,we always clothes dry.I feel physically cross in winter when I have to use the drier. Everyone should hang clothes out, it's fun and meditative.<br /><br />FrancescaWinterfell Mixed Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085237973862858567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-59425902439524800962013-03-28T05:50:24.026-03:002013-03-28T05:50:24.026-03:00I find it unbelivable that visable washing outdoor...I find it unbelivable that visable washing outdoors is viewed in this way- in the UK, hanging washing on the line is completely normal (at least where I live!). We had a tumble dryer when we moved in, as it came with the house, but it broke last year and as we only used it a few times per year, we didn't replace it. It looks like spring might finally be showing its face here, so I am looking forward to hanging washing outside, rather than drying it on a clothes horse indoors. It smells so much nicer!NicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.com