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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:04 AM
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Free energy
2 - 8' 4"x4" treated wooden beams
1 - 8' 4"x4" cut into 2 - 4' sections
4 wood beam connector brackets
4 5/16 x 4" Lag Eye Bolts
100 foot plastic clothesline

Solar clothes dryer, cost around $50.00, just built it and set it up.

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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:07 AM
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1. cool
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:08 AM
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2. hemp clothesline, dude
plastic is a petroleum product.

greener than thou! ;) :smoke:
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:26 AM
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8. boo-yah. Hemp wins again
I save water by not washing clothes or taking showers.

Beat that
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:30 AM
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10. i dry all feces generated at our house (human, dog, cat) and use it for cooking fuel
if i wasn't lying, that would beat yours!
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:31 AM
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11. I've got that beat.
Next time I'm gonna use the bones of my ancestors. :smoke:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:13 AM
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3. Let us know what you think of it when you take the clothes down.
Spring/Summer/Fall = dry and fresh.

Winter = frozen stiff as a board.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:35 AM
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12. Actually, they freeze dry if it is real cold and dry.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:38 AM
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13. I know. I was just remembering childhood.
Brining baby-diapers in and stacking them on the kitchen table.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 12:09 PM
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18. Frozen jeans were my favorite.
The clothesline was suspended from a second floor window and trying to haul in frozen jeans was a challenge.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 02:40 PM
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24. I used to get a kick out of stacking pants in the corner of the bathroom.
You take them outside in really freezing weather and you can see the steam come off them.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 12:14 PM
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20. When you take down clothes that are too 'crispy'
throw them in the dryer w/2 tennis balls and set the dryer to 'air dry' for 3-5 minutes.

It works wonders!
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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:15 AM
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4. And when the sun burns out... what then?
I'll still have toasty dry clothing. :-)
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:21 AM
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5. Well make another one of course asshole!
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:29 AM
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9. !
:spray:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:21 AM
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6. Do you have a pic?
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bonito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:51 AM
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15. 2 pieces that look like this T T n/t
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 12:05 PM
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17. Titty?
OMG :rofl:
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 01:04 PM
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23. Yup that's it.
sorry no pic as of yet
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:25 AM
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7. It sounds very nice arcadian
We use a reel/pull out type clothesline and I love it.
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smoochy Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:43 AM
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14. Nice
Nice
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RedCappedBandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 11:53 AM
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16. Oh yeah?
Well I'm going to go dry all of my clothes twice just to spite all of you tree hugging liberal pussies.


:)
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 12:10 PM
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19. I just hung my whole load of sheets and towels and socks out to dry
It's nice not having to rush off to work like I do most days.
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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 12:25 PM
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21. Pacific Northwest here
Could somebody please turn on the sun? It's raining too hard to put out the clothes... :evilgrin:
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Ferd Berfle Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-26-08 12:27 PM
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22. Ther is NOTHING like sleeping on sheets dried in the sun that day!
:kick:
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