Welcome to my new project – Washing Lines
The five best places to find washing lines for photo opportunities are Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Malta.
This one is from Malta, Valletta I think although I cannot be absolutely certain…
Clearly it was trousers, jeans and tracky bottoms washing day. I can’t help noticing that they have been hung to dry inside out, I imagine this is so they don’t bleach in the sun
My only other observation is that personally I would have hung them from the bottoms and then the waist band would dry quicker that way.
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That’s a good idea to hang it that way from the bottom haha. Here is mine for today. https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2021/05/03/washing-lines-windows-in-burano/
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😊
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No. I would still hang them from the waist. The other way means you would need to iron the cuffs.
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Good point John, always good to cut down on the ironing.
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ahh hard to get away from a habit, back to washing lines lol!
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I have a whole album full.
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omg!
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I hate things hung from the bottoms, practical though it may be 🙂 🙂 Some people always wash and iron things inside out. I suppose with logos and things on t-shirts it makes sense. Funny lot, aren’t we?
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We all have our own little ways Jo,
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Don’t we just! 🙂 🙂
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Since many many years I use dryer… The washing line is from Portugal: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/washing-day-in-porto/
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Yup, we hang everything outside to dry here in Spain. Always inside out for the very reason you mentioned. Great Malta pictures.
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Thank you Darlene
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Good to see the Maltese hang their washing outside, and I agree with the reason for inside out! Here’s mine, another from Lucca….all socks and pegs, https://suejudd.com/2021/05/03/monday-washing-lines-italy-lucca-2/
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Seriously? My pet hate is trousers hung from the bottom. They are so much easier to iron, or better still avoid ironing hung from the waist. You haven’t got the job, you’ll be relieved to hear.
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If you put the peg on the seam then it doesn’t mark. Alternatively use soft pegs.
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Nah. Not convinced. It’s just … wrong.
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Nicely observant
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Thank you Derrick.
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Beautiful Malta. And I’m in another classic washing line city this week – Havana: https://travelwithintent.com/2021/05/03/hanging-out-in-havana/
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You keep changing how you do your link so mine doesn’t work until I edit my post!
As for hanging jeans inside out, I do it that way so that the pockets dry. Same with any jimjams with pockets. And hanging from the bottom is just so wrong!
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I am not deliberately changing things so I blame WP.
This hanging which way debate seems rather like which way do you eat cream scones – Devon style or Cornwall.
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No, it is the way you name the posts – most are Monday-Washing-Lines-10 (or 11 or 12) but occasionally you use the name of the place as today with Malta. I schedule my posts so take a punt on what link you will use 😂
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I think I have the answer. I call all the posts Monday Washing Lines but because I have duplicated the title WordPress assigns a number to differentiate, In future I will add a location to avoid that duplication. Thanks.
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quite unusual to hang from the bottoms. works well for pants don’t need ironing i guess! small laundry for me today: https://lolawi.blog/2021/05/03/monday-washing-lines-11/
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No laundry at all here – it is pouring with rain!
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Definitely got to be hung bottoms to the top.
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This seems to be a very contentious issue, thanks for adding your opinion.
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Good bit of social history
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Thank you.
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Shame about the red pair! Needs another red pair at the opposite end for balance. On the great inside out debate, I’m all for it, both to protect the side you wear out and to dry pockets quicker. In hanging from the waist or the trouser bottomed, I’m for trouser bottoms. The waistband is the thickest part,
And holds more water which will take ages to drain through the garment if you have it at the top, ironing? What’s that?
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Hang things properly and hang neatly and no ironing is required.
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Quite! And if it really needs ironing (eg linen) I don’t buy it.
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Reading about ironing, Andrew, pants that require ironing don’t make it into our household. 🙂 –Curt
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Ironing is not a favourite chore of mine but luckily Kim seems to like it so that works well.
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Peggy likes ironing about as much as I do, Andrew. 🙂
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We have a good arrangement
“Jack Spratt could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean and so between the pair of them they licked their platters clean.”
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Not a bad arrangement at all, Andrew. While there are many responsibilities we share, like cooking for example, there are other things we specialize in.
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I have a Valletta washing post lined up, too! Sadly, there are many mish-mashes of random clothes hung any which way.
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Well. it takes all sorts!
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Wasn’t going to comment but then when I saw all the aspersions caste on ironing just had to jump in! I love ironing, especially with lavender linen spray – like an aromatherapy session 😂
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Kim would agree with you on this point. She loves it.
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