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Clothes dryer, washing line
Only washing line
35.2%
Only clothes dryer
7.3%
Washing line [dryer for emergencies]
9.1%
Clothes dryer [washing line for emergencies]
3.6%
Both, mostly washing line
15.2%
Both, mostly dryer
17.6%
Clothes horse / other
10.9%
I don't wash clothes
1.2%
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Mar 20 at 7:27pmWeb
Show threadUniversal Basic FriendMar 20
Subtly different follow-up...
I have a dryer
9.1%
I have a washing line
36.4%
I have both
42.4%
I have neither
0%
I have a secret third thing
12.1%
Poll ended at .
Show threadUniversal Basic FriendMar 20
I was going to do a [what kind/where are you from] poll, then I realised they will all just say australia/Aotearoa.
Show threadUniversal Basic FriendMar 20
It's interesting that 100% of us are doing laundry given we (the fedi, my corner of the fedi) are generally a pretty disabled demographic.
Show threadE TūMar 20
@coolandnormal Yes lol
Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterMar 20
@coolandnormal well… I just boosted and my followers are mostly Western European, so :)
Show threadUniversal Basic FriendMar 20
Is it socially acceptable to dry laundry outdoors where you are?
Mostly yes
80%
Mostly no
4%
Conditional (eg only if you have a yard)
16%
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Show threadMaaikeMar 20
@coolandnormal I think, anyway. Or is one of those racks that hang from the top of a door classified as washing line/clothes horse? Not sure on the proper terminology 😅
Show threadSjoerdMar 20
@coolandnormal detailed answer: in previous house, we had a dryer, which we used exactly 2 times in 7 years (and that was in Northern England, where it can without exaggeration take 3 full days for clothes to dry on the line, I *still* very much preferred the line — by comparison here in Melbourne with a little exaggeration I find there are days once I’m done putting up the clothes on one side, I can straightaway start taking them down from the other 😅)
Show threadUniversal Basic FriendMar 20
@slevelt here we only have a washing line, which is almost always fine, it will be fine for years at a time. Then sometimes we have a season that doesn't stop drizzling for four solid months and you just can't wash clothes until it stops.
Show threadPinkyMar 20
@coolandnormal Our "washing line" is an indoor extendible pole that goes the length of our bathroom. We live in an apartment with a combined laundry/bathroom. When we do a load of washing, we put the clothes on a coat hanger and hang them along the pole, which has been placed as close to the ceiling as I can reach.
Show threadIrinaMar 20
@coolandnormal Depends on the thing. Household textiles go in the dryer, clothes mostly on the washing line.
Show threadHalla RemptMar 20
@coolandnormal drier for fabric that is suited for it, lines for other fabrics? About fifty-fifty?
Show threadwilMar 20
@coolandnormal I used to do mostly line, but it brought allergens into the house. It's a shame because we have a lot of sun.
Show threadWynkeMar 20

@coolandnormal washing line and clothes horse wpuld be most accurate. And washing line both in the back yard and in the attic.

If I had a lot more space and a bit more money I would consider a dryer and only use it for towels, bedlinen and emergencies.

Show threadMalus is here nowMar 20
@coolandnormal this is absolutely wild to me as a usamerican
Show threadjMar 20

@coolandnormal

Do you count a drying rack as a washing line?

I would consider a classical washing line to be super inconvenient and inefficient. No idea how I would use that, especially for a full load.

Honestly I cannot remember seing a classical washing ljne around here.

Show threadUniversal Basic FriendMar 20

@jonasgraphie in every street I've ever lived on there has been one of these in every back yard.

The only exception was when I lived in Port Melbourne for a job, which is a high density urban area between the port of Melbourne and Melbourne central business district. There we had a rectangular folding structure attached to the side of the building, it folded down only when needed.

https://hillshome.com.au/collections/hills-hoist-clotheslines

Hills Hoist Clotheslines

Show threadjMar 21

@coolandnormal

Crazy how different things are even for such simple things.

Those rectangular folding things, I know too, and even without space constraints I would highly prefer them, as you can take them away. You would usually find them at people with a larger throughout + garden.
However, I had consider them a subset of drying racks...

And by the way: if you translate the German word for it literally, it would be loundry spider. No idea why it is not laundry spider web.

Show threadUniversal Basic FriendMar 20
@jonasgraphie what kind of difficulties would do have using a washing line with a whole load?
Show threadjMar 21

@coolandnormal

Space constraints on my balocony... And if it is not warm enough I would dry the stuff inside, where I also want to be able to just take it away.