POLL: Washing - hang or tumble dry?
Tom Flanagan
8 years ago
There's unlikely to be many people out there who will be cheering when it's that all too familiar time to do washing (again). And whilst it seems we're always having to do it, one of the things I do love about washing is the smell of freshly laundered clothes that makes its way through the house - that's why I hang my clothes to dry (alongside the fact I've a deep mistrust of the tumble dryer).
But what about you? Do you dry your washing in the tumble dryer or hang them out to dry?
I hang my washing out to dry!
Tumble dryer for me - quick and easy!
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRelated Discussions
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