This Will Take You Back Some...

THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES: (if you don't know
what clotheslines are, better skip this)

1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes
-walk the entire lengths of each line with a damp cloth around the
lines.

2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and
always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.

3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by
the tail!. What would the neighbors think?

4. Wash day on a Monday! . .. . Never hang clothes on the
weekend, or Sunday, for Heaven's sake!

5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you
could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts &
busybodies, y'know!)

6. It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather . . ....
Clothes would "freeze-dry.."

7. Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry
clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky!"

8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that
each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the
clothes pins with the next washed item..

9. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly
folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.

10. IRONED?! Well, that's a whole other subject!