Ode to the neighbours washing line thread

[GiraffeObsessedBaby]

So I thoroughly enjoyed and ended up twitching from the thread about someone's neighbours washing line was a mess. And the replies still haunt me - on a swing set?!

Anyway watching teletubbies this afternoon and the video bit was a little girl hanging the washing out with her dad and I found myself shouting at the screen worse than my husband watching Man Utd losing

Attached pictures to see if you share my outrage! (Please excuse the mess my ds been his own little hurricane today).

Tops by the shoulders and dress by the ribbon ties

OMG 🙈🙈🙈🙈 No, just NO!!!

As in it's hung all the wrong way😂

I know! That poor child. She'll never get anywhere in life

I hang tops by the shoulders, is that not the done thing?

I hang tops by shoulders too

Why would you put off marks at the shoulders 🙀

Peg marks

I can't even type for the horror

No! Tops by bottoms and bottoms by tops! It puts potential peg marks in less visible locations.

Nooo you get peg marks on the shoulders

Don't you just iron the leg marks out?

Sorry, PEG marks...

Pegs under the armpits ffs. We're not savages!

Even the sock is pegged wrong

I do it that way because I have to have my clothes a certain hight from the ground, sometimes I fold them over the line in order to achieve this as well.

My DB has it affirmed by witness that anyone who hangs the washing on a line will have it adjusted by someone else. My DM did it to me numerous times when it was really hot and anything would dry anyway and I'd rather not have peg marks.

And this is from a DM who taught me how to hang washing. I put what is appropriate on hangers on the line.

I hang dd's school dresses from the shoulders as the skirt part flares out & I just can't hang it from the bottom properly.

This upsets me but I've got some lovely 'soft' grip pegs now & they dont leave marks.

My dm doesn't hang things (or fold) the same way & I have to resist changing things if she helps me!

@elephantoverthehill I use hangers too sometimes! Limited space on the line with a 9kg drum and a literal fuck ton of washing to do with very little outside drying time available in wet Lancashire got to make the most of it!

I was confused about peg marks but realise I have soft pegs so no marks

Just posting because I love this thread, bravo! X

@Almondio @GiraffeObsessedBaby
Im dying with your comments, 'wont get anywhere in life' and 'savages'
This is gold!

It's true. My mum would still shout at me now if she caught me doing that.

Well you’ve all got shit pegs if they’re leaving marks! Get some proper ones

Tops hung from shoulders is correct, if hung by the bottom the sleeves and neck area mush together and don't dry at the same rate.

Also hang jeans and other trousers by the legs so the legs don't flap around in the wind.

And peg marks are just ironed out????

Hangers take up less room on the line and can be pegged to stop slippage down the line. Line dry, throw into the tumble drier for a quick air and 'iron', replace on hangers to go into the wardrobe.