Darn you, Polly Esther

Now I do it a bit differently- I alternate quick drying and long-time drying loads which allows the dryer to keep up with the washer. (When I wasn't living alone that is- I don't do much laundry now-a-days.) I throw my bedsheets load in the middle of the alternating loads- they always go out on the clothes line for that yummy fresh air smell. Well, when the weather is decent the sheets go outdoors on the line. I've always said if I win the lottery I want to hire someone to come in every day and wash my sheets, hang them out and put them back on my bed. Oh.... that would be heavenly and I sleep better with the fresh scent drifting thru my empty head! VBG

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

With the new front loaders the clothes are so dry when they spin they dry in the dryer pretty fast too. I hang a lot of stuff out. I just fluff most clothes and hang them on hangers. Like you Leslie I enjoy crisp fresh line dried sheets. Kind of a luxury if you ask me.

The length of time the fr> Now I do it a bit differently- I alternate quick drying and long-time drying

There are 2 coal burning electricity plants within 5 miles of here. I can't hang anything out, unless I want a black line on it. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Vinyl lint hose is no longer allowed around here. The powers that be seem to think the vent fires are caused by the vinyl rather than lint build-up so they changed the building codes. Now you must install metal venting. Debra in VA See my quilts at

My laundry room is the only room without an outside wall, and the dryer exhaust goes about 25' straight up to the vent on the roof. I hope I never have a problem like yours, 'cause there's no way I'd let my sweet yet klutzy DH anywhere near the roof. My sympathies.

Had the Dryer Repairman over yesterday. The 'clicking sound' that we thought was a belt going was a 'bearing'. He said he replaced all the 'moving parts' i.e. everything that came in the Dryer kit. Good as new :) Even with it being under warranty it cost us $44.00.

Butterfly (Sure beats a new dryer as this one isn't that old)

Hahahahhahahahahah!

Cindy

Hummm, I didn't think of that. Barbara in SC

My hoop doesn't fit through the door :-( Roberta in D

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That's life. Everybody wants electricity and it's gotta be made somewhere and the coal is closer to us than oil. The "supposedly clean running" plants think they are fooling everybody because they filter the smoke all day, then vent the filters into the air at night. You can hear the air pressure used to vent the filters around 3 am, even if you are more than 5 miles away. Since air quality samples are taken during the day the plants look like they are following all government emissions guidelines but I doubt they would pass the those tests if the samples were taken in the wee hours of the morning.

Sadly, I can no longer walk through wet grass in white shoes--the toes will turn black from the coal dust. Thankfully, I don't live next to the train tracks. At least there isn't coal dust inside my home. Debra in VA See my quilts at

we get most of our electricity from Niagara Falls. some wind power too. the coal dust -that's aweful, and cant be good for the environment or you. i love sheets on the line. it's probably the one luxury i'll miss when my house sells and i have to go to an apartment. amy

Alas, if you hae been reading the papers you will have seen that they are reducing the hydroE rations across the boards. They say it is because the water level in the lakes is down.

Locally we have what is supposed to be one of the cleanest coal plants in the country. They are planning a new kind of turbine and an experimental CO2 sequestration system.

We also have some of the cheapest electric in the country. I expect that is because it is municipal rather than commercial.

NightMist