Not weird. Sting totally rocked it.

Mad Max 2 = Road Warrior, yes?

Sting totally rocked it.

HELLS YES.

Yeah, Sting made an impression on me when I saw the movie. I was a huge Police fan at the time, but not yet admitting that I have same-sex attractions.

Oh yes, mmm, Dune Sting.

Feel better, Shrift!

Liese, these? And these were ALL I could find of this type.

Hah! More.

No, the first style is the right one, but I'm pretty sure that's the same brand I bought, which seems to be a) splintery, b) weak, and c) prone to popping apart in alarming ways. I have a few really old clothespins from when I lived in the mission house, and they are smooth (probably from wear) and much sturdier, possibly made from harder woods. The spring is much smoother action, and never slips.

I love the fact that you're picky about your clothespins. I love the fact that you're familiar enough about clothespins and their use to *be* picky. Good luck with your search.

Our neighborhood prohibits clotheslines. I do not miss pinning up individual socks for four people on a 20-degree day, taking them down freeze-dried. But I do miss sun-dried sheets.

ETA a sense-making "up"

Apropos of this conversation, I just hung a load of laundry on the clothesline to dry. And the towels are in the dryer.

Now I need to wash dishes, walk the dog, clean the bathroom, mop the kitchen floor, and make a batch of granola. Sheesh.

Unrelatedly, I am an awesome girlfriend who got the geekiest birthday present EVER for Tim (his birthday is in November): I made a donation to the Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum campaign in his name and got him the cool-ass t-shirt.

I seem to be starting a trend of getting him geeky t-shirts for major gift-giving events (I got him the Take It Apart Wondermark t-shirt for Christmas, although that was really so I could get the Tinkerer's Handbook with it [you can't buy the Tinkerer's Handbook on it's own; you can only add it to something else you buy]), but he wears the hell out of the Take It Apart shirt, so I must be doing something right.

How does the freeze drying work? I always wondered about it when they talked about freeze drying the wash during The Long Winter. Doesn't it just melt when it gets warm, making the clothes wet again?

Ooh, this is the business. I bet that's someone's late grandmother's bag and pins.

I'll have to ask my mom what clothespins she prefers. I know she has opinions (and actual clothespins, though I also know she won't part with them). I hope it's not that she's just managed to hold onto the good ones over the years...

I am a lazy bum who doesn't even have a clothesline, but I have cheap-ass wooden clothespins to hold my outgoing mail on my mailslot cover.

Eta: Pink Gingham FTW!