New Laundry Friends

I have a neighbor, and his friend. They are the guys that pick up leaves around the Borough and do other general maintenance. I have been consulting with Buddy about constructing my new clothesline. Finally settled on two 4x4 posts and 2x4 cross pieces. The plan was to cut slots in the 4x4 and bolt the 2x4 into it. Today we were just joshin' around when I was unloading groceries and ended up with the friend cutting my 4x4's for me. Only he had a different vision of what I needed. I will now have 4x4 cross pieces. I will now go buy a new 4x4 for him to cut tomorrow when he gets off work. I have now returned my too short hardware and have new hardware for the clothesline that he says will never go anywhere. It will be humongous.

It is almost impossible to find the old metal pipe clothesline poles like we had when I was a kid. They asked me how many lines I planned to put up - 3 or 4. Well, 3 will do as I will not be hanging clothes out for a family of nine as I used to do when I was a teenager. I also won't be ironing a bushel of clothes everyday after school as I used to. I think I have the hardware for 4 lines. Maybe this thing will live into posterity. It is going to be right outside my back door. I ain't haulin' baskets of laundry to the back 40. One reason is it would probably get stolen because it would be hidden by the garage. I've already lost a baker's rack, wire shelf, and room dividers off my front porch. There are thieves here. I'm not in the greatest neighborhood I guess. But, being a stranger in town what did I know? So my laundry is going right outside the back door.

I told Buddy about my laundry pictures. His laundry was proudly hung in his backyard. He always hangs it out, except for socks and towels in the winter. I will take a picture of it as my "Dillsburg Laundry" picture. His nice friend is coming over tomorrow to finish the carpentry. I just have to get the 18-24" deep holes dug for the concrete. Have to go below the frostline you know. Don't I sound like a pro? Progress report to come.