It is expensive but portugal is very green! Also everyone uses less due to drying outside! It is very seldom to see a dryer in Portugal it is more of a commodity!
I remember even though we lived on the ground floor my grandma always dried her laundry from the lines above the window at the back of the flat! When it was raining she had lines inside the little area just in front of the window inside the house!
Those were the days!! I live in the U.K. now and we have a dryer because of the weather here, sometimes I hang some laundry around the house but then my hubby complains it’s not soft! 😅
Before some items hit the washer it had to hit the scrub board (the knuckle buster). As stuff hung in the basement it did not have the same fresh smell and when the dryer was used it was vented in the basement for heat and some moisture as needed.
i love this dirty talk...trash yesterday laundry today. I'm a creature of push the button and the machine does the work. The housekeeper hung the laundry on the line but of course it had to be when the neighbors couldn't see and then she had to iron it cause it was too stiff. When Sarah lived in Australia for a year she hung laundry on the line she is thankful for the dryer now she is home. The chinook winds would rip the laundry to shreds, but i love the warm chinook winds especially after 10 days of -30.
The sheets did great. But the towels were like cardboard. If it rained, my mom didn't do the wash. Worst was when it was cold. The clothes froze on the lines and then we draped them all over the place o thaw and dry. Our basement was too scary to dry clothes in.
We too had lines in the backyard, but sheets if weather permitted (in Southern California, it usually did) hung outside on the lines even after we got a dryer. I also remember our wringer washer that would smash buttons.... my Dad was the one who insisted that it was time to upgrade to an automatic washer. This was probably due to the the buttons my Mom had to replace on his shirts before ironing them every week...
For my entire adult life up until FL, we always hung clothes outside when not raining or frozen (in PA); living in gated communities in FL and with the always present humidity, we have shamefully resorted to the electric dryer. Bad for the environment and bad for my soul. Refreshing to see that the people in Portugal have "permission" to hang laundry out!
We have a washer and dryer (separate items) and the dryer is very necessary in the land of endless damp and mist. That said, it does take FOREVER to dry, which makes me somewhat question how "green" it is. It's a condenser dryer as well, so seems like that first load takes even more time to get remotely dry.
Brings memories of the 60’s, with my babies. I was more than thrilled when we found a washing machine for $10. Looking back it’s pretty disgusting that it hooked up to the kitchen sink - need I write more. The diapers on the line ,yes very stiff, I would roll snd twist to soften. Those were the days!
Clothes smelled like sunshine. Towels were kind of stiff and scratchy. We had a ringer washer, as kids we were not allowed to touch it. I think it caused a lot of accidents with fingers.
I grew up in a 9 story apartment building. No clothes lines anywhere. Today I line dry all my Pickleball clothes.
It is expensive but portugal is very green! Also everyone uses less due to drying outside! It is very seldom to see a dryer in Portugal it is more of a commodity!
I remember even though we lived on the ground floor my grandma always dried her laundry from the lines above the window at the back of the flat! When it was raining she had lines inside the little area just in front of the window inside the house!
Those were the days!! I live in the U.K. now and we have a dryer because of the weather here, sometimes I hang some laundry around the house but then my hubby complains it’s not soft! 😅
Before some items hit the washer it had to hit the scrub board (the knuckle buster). As stuff hung in the basement it did not have the same fresh smell and when the dryer was used it was vented in the basement for heat and some moisture as needed.
i love this dirty talk...trash yesterday laundry today. I'm a creature of push the button and the machine does the work. The housekeeper hung the laundry on the line but of course it had to be when the neighbors couldn't see and then she had to iron it cause it was too stiff. When Sarah lived in Australia for a year she hung laundry on the line she is thankful for the dryer now she is home. The chinook winds would rip the laundry to shreds, but i love the warm chinook winds especially after 10 days of -30.
The sheets did great. But the towels were like cardboard. If it rained, my mom didn't do the wash. Worst was when it was cold. The clothes froze on the lines and then we draped them all over the place o thaw and dry. Our basement was too scary to dry clothes in.
We too had lines in the backyard, but sheets if weather permitted (in Southern California, it usually did) hung outside on the lines even after we got a dryer. I also remember our wringer washer that would smash buttons.... my Dad was the one who insisted that it was time to upgrade to an automatic washer. This was probably due to the the buttons my Mom had to replace on his shirts before ironing them every week...
For my entire adult life up until FL, we always hung clothes outside when not raining or frozen (in PA); living in gated communities in FL and with the always present humidity, we have shamefully resorted to the electric dryer. Bad for the environment and bad for my soul. Refreshing to see that the people in Portugal have "permission" to hang laundry out!
There is nothing better than sun and wind to dry the clothes 😂
As Alice said, "the smell of sunshine".
We have a washer and dryer (separate items) and the dryer is very necessary in the land of endless damp and mist. That said, it does take FOREVER to dry, which makes me somewhat question how "green" it is. It's a condenser dryer as well, so seems like that first load takes even more time to get remotely dry.
Power monitoring is a competitive sport here in CPH. It has to be when costs get up to almost $1 USD a kwh. sob....
Question: Why is electricity in Europe so expensive?
I am not sure it is all of Europe...but Portugal is very high.
Brings memories of the 60’s, with my babies. I was more than thrilled when we found a washing machine for $10. Looking back it’s pretty disgusting that it hooked up to the kitchen sink - need I write more. The diapers on the line ,yes very stiff, I would roll snd twist to soften. Those were the days!
Diapers...washing machine... and kitchen sink. Three things that should not be in the same sentence.
Well what if id used a laundromat? 😳
Don’t forget the mangle. All sheets were mangled. I still hang up all my washing. It has the smell of sunshine.
I don't recall mangle, but I recall me hiding the fact that several fell to the ground before I got them in the basket.
Clothes smelled like sunshine. Towels were kind of stiff and scratchy. We had a ringer washer, as kids we were not allowed to touch it. I think it caused a lot of accidents with fingers.
Yep...I recall stories of the wringer washer accidents!