Ontario set to veto ban on clotheslines

[jpak]

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/415836

Ontarians will soon be able to air their linen in public.

Premier Dalton McGuinty is to announce today that clotheslines can no longer be banned in subdivisions or almost anywhere else in the province.

In a bid to curb the use of energy-sucking dryers, the new regulation will overrule neighbourhood covenants – part of the mortgage agreement between many developers and homebuyers – that outlaw clotheslines because they're considered unsightly.

The regulation, to take effect today, will not only prohibit new bans but also wipe out most that already exist, a provision that angered the province's building industry.

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[Clear Blue Sky]

1. It will be interesting to see how many actually use the lines.

Rather than the convenience of a dryer.

[LiberalEsto]

2. It will be tough in winter

Frozen panties, anyone?

[Clear Blue Sky]

3. Indeed.

What about high humidity areas? In places like that, a wet towel doesn't even dry when left hanging over night.

[Canuckistanian]

10. They don't stay frozen when the sun comes out

The ice quickly sublimates, leaving the clothes dry, if a bit stiff.

It actually works best in really cold weather.

[Leftist Agitator]

7. My grandmother still hangs her clothing outside during Spring and Summer...

But she is absolutely the only person I know who still does.

[applegrove]

4. I love clothlines. They are so pretty when filled with multi-colored clothes.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

5. That's good

Dryers are best in the winter, obviously, but if you have wonderful weather (like we had today) it's good to put the clothes up. I have a dryer that I haven't used in nearly a year because we don't have room in our new house (we might reconfigure the units in our kitchen to include a dryer!).

We have an indoor airer which is helpful!

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Broccoli, clothes lines and real butter.

Damn. Our parents were right, afterall.

[cbayer]

8. I mis-read your headline as "Obama set to veto ban on clotheslines"

Swear. I thought, now this appears to be a non-story that someone is trying to make into a scandal.

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

9. Good. Glad to hear it. I haven't had a dryer for 10 years.

We don't need one. We hang up outside while the sun shines (all 4 seasons) and inside during bad weather.

Kudos to our Premier!

[momophile]

11. I hope it spreads to the US

I love my clothesline and was happy to dry two loads on it yesterday. Come winter, we may experiment with a line in the basement. It might even add some humidity to the dry inside air.