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Hang 'em out to dry by Rachel

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TOP TEN REASONS TO HANG OUT YOUR CLOTHES

Electric dryers use five to ten percent of residential electricity in the United States!

Hanging Your Clothes

10) Save money (more than $100/year off electric bill for most households).

9) Conserve energy and the environment.

8) Clothes and sheets smell better without adding possibly toxic chemicals to your body and the environment.

7) Clothes last longer. Where do you think lint comes from?

6) It is physical activity which you can do in or outside.

5) Sunlight bleaches and disinfects.

4) Indoor racks can humidify in dry winter weather.

3) Clothes dryer fires account for about 15,600 structure fires, 15 deaths, and 400 injuries annually. The yearly national fire loss for clothes dryer fires in structures is estimated at $99 million.

2) An outdoor experience that is meditative.

1) Demonstrates that small steps can make a difference. You don't have to wait for the government to take action.

Flickr's Laundromat by Patrick Q

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Open all night.

1. Untitled, 2. Laundromat, 3. laundry02, 4. Green Washing Machine, 5. alek_laundromat, 6. laundromat, 7. Laundromat II, 8. Laundromat I, 9. Laundromat, 10. DSC_0006, 11. spin cycle, 12. wasco dry-30, 13. Dryers., 14. Laundromat, 15. the doors, 16. laundry, 17. French Laundry, 18. Laundry, 19. wallpaper, 20. laundromat, 21. Our Dryer Is Still Not Repaired, 22. 7 Quarters, 23. Things to do at the laundromat, 24. circles & squares, 25. Speed Queen 2, 26. Washers Washers Washers, 27. Spin Cycle., 28. Weekly Drag, 29. who's sit on?, 30. coin laundry, 31. triple loaders, 32. Time Machines, 33. my beautiful empty laundrette, 34. Laundromat portal, 35. Tonic, 36. a neopolitan wash

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Would you be with me, even when I can't offer you a life full of flowers? (Tagged!) by Sarvpriya Dewan

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The laundry list. by Whitney Sherwood

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Laundry list: 'refers to a list of characteristics or items that are generally considered to be mundane or distasteful. Items on the list tend to pile up, just like dirty laundry.'

Personally, I am not a fan of doing laundry. Today was laundry day. While beginning to sort my clothes, I started thinking of the laundry list in relation to life and identity. There are things we strive for, things we want to become, things we don't want to become, and the reality of who we truly are as people. Personal growth never stops. Right now in my life, I have many choices and there are things on my laundry list I'd like to get rid of and/or make better. Sometimes everything feels overwhelming and claustrophobic as if I am surrounded by nothing but dirty laundry. But this doesn't always have to be the reality; I just have to sort through it all.

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Hanging Around by WrenHouseYarns

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Simply summer..

Hang your Laundry Day! by Newleaf

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Today (Thursday) is hang your laundry day!

Did you know that there are now many places in North American where

you are prohibited by local laws from hanging your laundry?

Evidently it is because this is a symbol of poverty which the

communities want to eliminate the sight of. Did you also know how

much energy you can save by hanging your laundry? There are 88

million dryers in America, and if everyone converted to lines it

could reduce residential output of CO2 by 3.3%. Not to mention the

smell of those sheets and clothes from the fresh air!

So everyone hang your laundry today! and if you don't have a laundry

line- put one up today! And if it's illegal in your community- do it

anyway! (I once lived in a community where laundry lines were

illegal; I put one up and used it regularly and never went to jail...)

TOP FOUR REASONS TO HANG OUT YOUR CLOTHES

Electric dryers use five to ten percent of residential energy.

1. Clothes last longer.

2. Clothes and sheets smell better.

3. Save energy, thus preventing pollution.

4. Save money.

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