I have had one SENIORS MOMENT too many this morning. Put the sheets etc in the washing machine, turned it on. When I went to hang them out I couldn't make out how hubbies shirt got in with the sheets. Under the sheets I found not only socks and jocks but also a pair of jeans. I had put them in the machine the other night with the intention of turning it on first thing the next morning and must have forgotten about it. Just loaded up the sheets etc without seeing the other things in there waiting. I thought I had had all the senior moments there was to have. Just wonder what the next one will be LOL Hugs Shirley

Now there's a good old Aussie back yard for you. Ours never was actually 'lawn' but mowed down pasture and so it remains..... an interesting variety of pasture grass and weeds, some areas dry, brown and bare and others tinged with green as some seeds soak up the morning dew and germinate. We have the gum trees, too, separating the back yard from the first paddock, now a back bush garden as we no longer carry stock.
Our first Hills Hoist came to an untimely end not so long ago. It had been weakened years ago when a grandson swung on the corner of it and it collapsed onto the ground, bending the inner shaft. That was fixed but time did its job very well and eventually we needed a new line. The new one is green, smaller, closer lines and looks less robust but it is doing a might job..... I guess that's progress but I was a tad sad to see the old line go.
AlmaG.

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by shirley124 25 Jan 2014

Yes you get used to some things and it takes awhile to get used to the new. This is not a lawn but like yours just mowed grass. Shirley

Fun Thread. Thanks

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by shirley124 24 Jan 2014

Thanks

I like Loralie's definifion better - tropical moment! lol
I'll have to remember that! i tell my hubby he's having a gray moment!
We all have one no matter what we call them (mine are blonde moments)!
I always liked being able to hand clothes out, but now in an apartment it's not possible.

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by shirley124 24 Jan 2014

Tropical moment for some. I would rather say a warm moment lol Yes I love to be able to hang the clothes out.

Don't feel bad I have done the same thing.

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by shirley124 24 Jan 2014

Pleased to hear I am not the only one.

ahhhhh thanks for sharing the pic Shirley if we can't have the warmth over here @ least we can "view" you having it................wanna trade for the snow LOL I do! Oh & it's no longer called a senior moment it is a Tropical Moment. I have that on very good authority LOL mine. That way we can pretend we were thinking about a vacation & not chores

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by shirley124 24 Jan 2014

LOL No I do not think I want the snow, but I do not like the heat either. It is just nice here at the moment. Did have a heat wave last week though. Hugs Shirley

well it least all was clean in one time, hope the colours did not give problems to the white.

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by shirley124 23 Jan 2014

Lucky. No problems with colours. The sheets are a pale blue. Shirley

I did that last week: I didn't realise my swimmers (swimming costume) were in the bottom of the washer from earlier in the evening (stripped off there when I got home from the pool) .. I did a big load of towels and then hung them out along with the swimmers .. next morning I went out to get my swimmers .. well. Hrm. Don't wash swimmers with towels lol ... lint! (I washed it off in the pool later that day lol).

I have the same really big Hills Hoist (Sky Dry I think my model is) but as it's so hot here I have a cover over the top of it so my washing doesn't get sun bleached. .. mine was the top of one of those square fold up gazebos, but you can get ready made ones from Bunnings or make your own as my neighbours have done with shadecloth held down with pegs on the outer line - if anyone's interested. It's really windy at night and a lot cooler so I tend to wash and hang out at night and it's dry in the morning, but the shade is there for any time :) xXx

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by shirley124 23 Jan 2014

Oh dear. Don't you just hate the lint from towels etc. Nothing worse than leaving a tissue in a pocket or up a sleeve. Have done that on many occasions. Shirley

I just love to see a line of washing. Best way to dry. Don't worry about the senior moment - we all have them!!!

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by shirley124 23 Jan 2014

Yes nothing like seeing a line of washing blowing in the breeze. Not so good hanging it out on a windy day though. I guess I will have many more senior moments as time goes by. Shirley

Don't you just love those senior moments! I once managed to wash my thumb drive with a load of clothes and another time I managed to not see a blue piece of clothes in with the whites. The whites became pale blue.

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by shirley124 23 Jan 2014

Yae we all have those senior moments worse luck. I have not as yet washed a thumb drive. Will try to keep them close to my compiter just in case lol.

I remember that thread now! They are called Hill's Hoist!

I have stitched this design on sweatshirts, about 4 times now and everyone LOVES it. I got it from Embroidery Supply. http://www.embsupply.com

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by shirley124 23 Jan 2014

It was a very interesting thread. Just went in and had a look at this design. Too large for more machine sorry to say, but love it just the same. Shirley

Noah wanted more details on the clothes line. These are a Australian invention a Rotary Clothes Line by Hills Hoist. There are 4 rounds of wire going into the centre at about 15 inches apart. Holds a good size wash. See the handle on the stem, it can be made higher or lower by wiinding this. My BIL had one that was raised by a water tap when he first bought his home. Before this invention we had long wires strung between poles and used a long prop to put it up higher once the washing was hung out. There was a thread on these clothes lines some time back by a cutie but I don't remember which one (another senior moment I think) Shirley

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by pennifold edited 22 Jan 2014

Hi Shirley, it was actually Jan (hightechgrammy) who put up a post a couple of years ago about clothespegs/pins. I've just re-read it and it was wonderful reminiscing. I used to swing from my mum's and we now have a green Hills Hoist in our backyard, love Chris


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by hightechgrammy 22 Jan 2014

I kind of remember that!

by shirley124 23 Jan 2014

Thanks Chris. I remember it being a interesting topic. Shirley

by noah 24 Jan 2014

Wow ours have been out for years but they don 't look like this.I can't show you its under the snow here .thanks hugs

by cfidl 24 Jan 2014

That is a lot of snow!

we just about all have clothes lines like this in Australia ,they are called Hills Hoists ,they have about 5 to 7 rows of lines getting smaller as they go towards the center, They spin in the breeze .I guess we just assume everyone has one, I hardly ever use my dryer ,even in winter I get my washing dry out in the fresh air.

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by shirley124 22 Jan 2014

I agree nothing beats the fresh air to dry the washing. I hardly ever use my dryer in the winter either.

That is a quick way to wash a load of laundry. Like your umbrella clothes line. The one I had had several rows to dry on and sometimes I would muster up the strength and lift it out of the holder in the ground when we got daily quick rains. Now I realize there should have been an umbrella to cover the clothes line. lol Right now our clothes would freeze dry in the arctic cold wave we have been having.

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by shirley124 22 Jan 2014

You can get smaller lightweight ones similar to this one that can be folded down and taken out of the ground when not in use.

This is one terrific clothes line! My Mom had one when I was a little girl that stretched across the back yard three lines long, as she often had 24 sheets a day hanging when she used the second floor of her home for tourist. We lived within an hour of the Great Smokey Mountains and Gatlinburg, TN. and tourist would travel for miles to find a place to sleep. These were years before the hotels and interstates. Kay

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by shirley124 22 Jan 2014

Boy what a lot of sheets to wash each day. Now i guess they would be done commercialy.

It makes me long for summer! I bet they smelled wonderful!

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by shirley124 22 Jan 2014

Yes it is quite warm here at the moment. I love the smell of fresh washing.

ben there done that more than once. I like your clothes line.
hug lenamae

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by shirley124 22 Jan 2014

This is a first for me. I have a habit of putting the soiled clothes in the machine for a quick start next morning. This is one time I forgot.

lol been there done that but i did it in the dark without the light on to see in the washer lol
Question ???I have never seen a line like this has it only one line??tell me about it please??hugs

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by shirley124 22 Jan 2014

It was not dark, I just did not look. See above answer to your question about the line. Shirley

by noah 24 Jan 2014

thanks huggers :):)

That is just asking your washer to save water and multitask. ;)

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by graceandham 22 Jan 2014

Now, that puts a pretty face on it. I want to keep you handy for my next Senior Moment.

by shirley124 22 Jan 2014

Yes I said to hubby "That is one way to save water"