I got it right this time!
By Fleur
@Fleura (34927)
United Kingdom
March 10, 2025 10:48am CST
Third time lucky it seems. My partner tried to do it but couldn’t get it right, and then I had a go, and made it worse! But this time I seem to have succeeded! Although it did take about an hour to unwind and then re-thread the whole thing. Just in time to hang a load of washing out in the sunshine (and for it to actually fully dry as well!) and convince myself that spring has really come – it hasn’t, as the weather forecast predicts freezing temperatures again later this week.
Still, I enjoyed it while it lasted, and there’s something very satisfying about seeing a load of clean washing blowing in the breeze on a sunny day. You just don’t get the same satisfaction from damp clothes draped around your house, or from the rumbling of a tumble drier!
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 25
Haha - I knew you could do it! I rarely need to resort to clothes on a airer or my dryer. We get a surfeit of sunshine sometimes and you need to get the clothes in as soon as they're dry or they can become 'cooked' like cardboard.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Mar 25
My mother had one of those... I think my next sister has it now.
I did laundry on the weekend but used my dryer. Maybe the next time I do a load, and it's not raining or snowing, I might hang my laundry outside to dry.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
11 Mar 25
I haven't dried clothes outside in years it does give them a nice smell but I use dryer sheets from Mrs Meyers that are honeysuckle and they make my clothes smell lovely.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
10 Mar 25
Congratulations! I'm glad you got it figured out! 
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