[laplata]

That’s funny about the arms getting squished. We were told the same.

I’m almost 68 and do remember clothes hanging on the line. Frozen on the line in the winter. As kids we’d take some of the clothes pins and rig up wooden match shooters.

I’d bet those old washers aren’t to be found new today.

[Windflier]

I’m almost 68 and do remember clothes hanging on the line. Frozen on the line in the winter.

My wife and I were discussing SHTF scenarios the other day, and that question came up. I told her that I still know how to use a washboard and clothesline, but I was stumped about the winter angle, because I grew up in warm country.

How the heck did you dry clothes in the wintertime?