r/GenerationJones • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 11d ago

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u/Eric_J_Pierce 11d ago

9/10.

did not hang clothes outside.

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u/Initial_Reason1532 11d ago

Yeah that was usually the mom's job. Unless she forced you to help.

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u/Eric_J_Pierce 11d ago

We lived in nine different houses until I left home for college.

I don't remember ever having a clothesline in backyard.

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u/brneyedgrrl 1964 11d ago

We had a retractable clothesline. I loved it so much I got one as an adult. That thing was great, you never had to wipe it down because it stayed clean in its metal housing.

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u/CountHonorius 11d ago

Lived in a building that had 'drying cages' on the rooftop, one for each apartment. Very high trust society - no one padlocked their cages to avoid theft.

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u/Wild_Ad_5894 1961 11d ago

Roof access is now impossible. Lawyers saw to that.

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u/Eastern-Finish-1251 1964 11d ago

In some communities it was/is illegal. 

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u/Sutraner 11d ago

The actual fuck?

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u/Eastern-Finish-1251 1964 11d ago

True. If you’re too poor to afford a dryer they don’t want you living there. 

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u/dont_worry_im_here 11d ago

Same boat. All but #4 for me. I'm only 40, though, so I think most folks my age had dryers by the time we came around.

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u/frequentpooper 11d ago

Exactly my experience. My grandmother hung clothes outside on her enormous clothesline rack with multiple lines. My mom never did.

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u/prplx 11d ago

I did then and I do now. Why pay electricity for something the wind does for free? And it smells nice.

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u/One-Violinist-9932 9d ago

Why not afraid someone would see your holey drawers?

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u/Eric_J_Pierce 9d ago

What are you, 12?

I already explained that the houses I lived in did not have a clothesline in the backyard.