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[Cynthia]

Oh, yes Miss Sally, diapers are for the clothesline--must have sun and fresh air to get those nappies clean.

[~Geektastic~]

I miss having a clothesline like we did at our old place in the country. Our backyard has no grass (despite our efforts), so I don't want to risk clothes falling off the line and into the dirt.

[Phil]

Last place I lived, the HOA didn't allow clotheslines.

When using a clothesline, please put sheets and towels on the outer lines, so your unmentionables are hidden from public view.

[Cynthia]

Phil wrote: "Last place I lived, the HOA didn't allow clotheslines.

When using a clothesline, please put sheets and towels on the outer lines, so your unmentionables are hidden from public view."

I don't hang the panties outdoors--that is what the collapsible dryer is for.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

evie wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "I think there is a place at the bottom of my hall closet where bad smells go to die."

It's bugging me (and I know it shouldn't) I need more info about the mystery smell in LG's..."

The smell seems to be gone. I don't know what it was. At first I thought it might be a dead mouse inside the wall, but I've smelled that before and it wasn't that bad. A lot milder.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Cynthia wrote: "I ADORE my clothesline. I am very bothered by housing developments that do not allow clotheslines. Stupid."

Our bylaws don't allow clotheslines, but I honestly don't think anyone has read the bylaws in years (except me, I guess), because there are several laws I see being violated all the time and no one ever says anything about it.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I hang things up to dry in the shower (over the tub) often. Things I've handwashed. I would love to have one of those retractable clotheslines that's built into the wall in the shower. I had one in a hotel bath in Italy and I've never seen one since. They're so useful for lightweight stuff.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Seeing that rotisserie chickens are half-price at the grocery, then seeing that they're sold out. Naturally.

Seeing that the Kerrygold Dubliner cheese I bought at Whole Foods a few weeks ago for $2-something is $4.89 at my grocery. Naturally. How could it be otherwise?

[Kevin]

i use a motorcycle for a lint brush. after 70mph whatever is left stuck to me deserves to stay

[Phil]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I hang things up to dry in the shower (over the tub) often. Things I've handwashed. I would love to have one of those retractable clotheslines that's built into the wall in the shower. I had one..."

I think I saw one of those retractable clotheslines in "Final Destination."

I'll avoid them, thank you.

[evie]

We have a communal clothesline in our apartments . There are no formal rules about how we use it . I think good manners apply.

1 Don't use other peoples pegs just because they leave their peg bag/bucket/old /ice cream container near the line.
2 Please don't leave pegs clipped to the line "for later"
3 If you drop some pegs don't leave them for someone not wearing their glasses or shoes to step on them
4 Don't spread your washing all over the line so someone else has to use the gaps available

[Cynthia]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I hang things up to dry in the shower (over the tub) often. Things I've handwashed. I would love to have one of those retractable clotheslines that's built into the wall in the shower. I had one..."

LG: I've seen those in one of those catalogs that sells things to make you more organized. I'll try to dig it up. But I'm not very organized. No promises.

[Cynthia]

Catherine wrote: "People that use food stamps or whatever sucking-off-of-the-government tit program they're using to buy Cheetos and chips for their 8 kids under the age of 12 and they pull the card out from their D..."

things that really bug me: anyone who bitches about what people buy with their food stamps. Most food stamp recipients are children, and they usually get about $40/month. It does not buy many Cheetos.

[janine]

Cynthia wrote: "LG: I've seen those in one of those catalogs that sells things to make you more organized. I'll try to dig it up. But I'm not very organized. No promises."

Maybe if you'd bought the clothesline ...

[Cynthia]

I'm sure that if I bought the clothesline, some clear storage containers and a shoe rack, my house would be cleaner, my thinking clearer and my life would become wildly organized. Right.

[janine]

I don't think it's fair to judge a group of people from their appearance. Yes, the way you describe it it looks like they're abusing the system, but what do you know about their personal circumstances?

I'm living on government money at the moment (receive more than I need actually, I buy cute dresses with the money) and pay far less for my health insurance than I receive in benefits. I use the system because it's there, in a few years I'll be paying for it and someone else will be using it.

[Sally, la reina]

I don't really see people abusing the system here where I live. Most people are surviving by their wits, more than being lazy or selfish.

[Cynthia]

janine wrote: "I don't think it's fair to judge a group of people from their appearance. Yes, the way you describe it it looks like they're abusing the system, but what do you know about their personal circumstan..."

Yes, J. is right. We all take our turn at the government teat: especially banks, and corporations. Food stamps are a mere drop in the bucket compared to corporate pork, military contracts, bank bailouts, subsidies for "farmers" like Michele Bachmann.....

[Cynthia]

Catherine wrote: "janine wrote: "I don't think it's fair to judge a group of people from their appearance. Yes, the way you describe it it looks like they're abusing the system, but what do you know about their pers..."

I spent a year in Minneapolis working with food banks in Minnesota and studying food stamp law, Catherine. No one gets their jollies being on food stamps. It is not fun. And it does NOT mean they are not trying to change their status quo. Most poor people would rather not be poor.

[Félix]

But if she is compelled to look for a job, isn't the system working?

[Cynthia]

Just a general FYI--Do not mess with Feisty Cynthia. Especially when it comes to making assumptions about poor people. I get very, very worked up.

[evie]

9 year old twins at 24 thats scary

[Cynthia]

No one can know someone else's story unless they walk a mile or so in their moccasins. Most people have lots of unseen (to us outsiders) crap to deal with.

[Sally, la reina]

I have a loose relation, more like the adopted daughter of a friend of my mother's who is a mentally unable, psychologically wounded and immature quasi lunatic. This person is a drug addict who is a complete suck on the system. She could be the person Catherine is describing. The system exists to support her and her kind.

[Cynthia]

Yes I see the world through rose colored glasses sometimes. I have also see grown men come to me crying tears of shame as they filled out forms to receive help with their gas/electricity so their children could stay warm. I have seen other adults walk away in pride/disgust from the humiliation that is pervasive in applying for public assistance.

[Mary]

It always really bugged me when people used to say (back in the days of AFDC) that women were having babies just to get a bigger welfare check.
This was so far from the truth in my observations of the women I worked with.
I have a son with a disability-he would do ANYTHING to have a meaningful job (and he has tried just about everything to do so.
I agree with Cynthia on her many points and while I understand where you are coming from, Catherine, I can't believe that the majority of people receiving social service help are just milking the system.

[Phil]

As long as there is a "system" there will be those who abuse it. No way around that. The trick is in finding ways to keep the leech population at a minimum.

In the final analysis, the mooches are a small price to pay for the legitimate help provided to those in need.

[Emily]

I am madly in love with my clothesline having spent 6 years in appartment with no outside space trying to dry clothes in front of my heater.

I am an advocate for organised chaos (& this is clearly seen in my workspace).

I figure there are always people everywhere that take advantage, I work with a few, and they may bug me in passing but are generally a small price to pay. So fair place to comment in the 'things that bug me but really shouldn't' thread.

It bugs me that I think I'll be weeding all the time for the rest of my life. Then it bugs me that I think people judge me when my front garden is weedy. Then it bugs me that looking around clearly other people don't care so why the hell should I...?

[evie]

I worked with a guy who told me his grandma kept her christmas tree up all year round .It was really dusty .
My garden is weedy at the moment too but I'm scared of spiders and so avoid tending it.

[Jammies]

Kyle wrote: "There's a place where odd socks disappear to in the clothes dryer. It's like the Bermuda Triangle for socks. They go in, but don't come out. That bugs me (although I know it shouldn't)."

The dust bunnies under the dryer grab the socks and eat them. There. Now you know.

[[deleted user]]

Kyle wrote: "There's a place where odd socks disappear to in the clothes dryer. It's like the Bermuda Triangle for socks. They go in, but don't come out. That bugs me (although I know it shouldn't)."

[Cynthia]

Clark wrote: "Kyle wrote: "There's a place where odd socks disappear to in the clothes dryer. It's like the Bermuda Triangle for socks. They go in, but don't come out. That bugs me (although I know it shouldn't)..."

Excellent band name.

[[deleted user]]

Great band until Frank lost his singing voice to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodi...

There's a multi-part documentary about him on Youtube.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Trucks idling. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[Sally, la reina]

You would NOT like where I live then Lg. School buses from 6 am until 7:45 and then again in the afternoon.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Nope.

[janine]

I always thought it was nerve wrecking.

[Cynthia]

I always say nerve wracking.

[Jim]

janine wrote: "I always thought it was nerve wrecking."

It may be nerve wrecking if you get in an actual accident, otherwise it is just nerve racking to be around cars that are hydroplaning.

[Scout]

Hummers (of the vehicular ilk)

[Cynthia]

Scout, those Hummers drive me over the edge. Nearly every time, the man (it's almost always a man) who exits a Hummer is short and bald. I wonder if maybe he is compensating for something.

[Kevin]

wow cynthia, so you totally are on board with stereo typing mini van drivers and owners of convertible sports cars? what do you drive?

[Cynthia]

Sorry, I know I stereotype. I used to drive a mini van, Kevin. My apologies.

[Phil]

I'm on board! Mini-van drivers are dads. Convertible sports car drivers have miniscule penises (each driver has only one penis, of course).

There are also Volkswagen Bug drivers, who are hippies or young girls (or both), and monster SUV drivers who are inattentive women using cell phones.

[Cynthia]

OK, 2007 Mini Cooper S. What am I, Mr. Phil?

[Mary]

My spouse loves muscle cars.
It seems everyone that drives one is mid 60's with white hair.

[Phil]

Cynthia wrote: "OK, 2007 Mini Cooper S. What am I, Mr. Phil?"

Yuppie. Definitely yuppie.

[Cynthia]

Well, that's pretty accurate. Left-leaning, tree-hugging, NPR-listening yuppie.

[Phil]

It's not an exact science, but it's a fun one.

:)

[Cynthia]

My previous cars: Volvo Wagon, VW bug (1972). Yuppie, yuppie.