Ok, well maybe not 100% free after you factor in the taxes paid on the land and the fractional portion in the cost of the house for the clothes line poles, but as a whole it still counts as free energy.
"Discovering Free Energy" was the running joke this weekend between Gina and I. Here is why, the
new dryer isn't due to be delivered until sometime on Wednesday. And since the old dryer has been out of comission since like last Wednesday that meant that laundry was about to happen down at the laundry mat.
I think I have used the clothesline outside once in the entire time that I have lived at the house. As a matter of fact, I even contemplated removing the poles from the yard. Luckily I tend to have ideas about being industrious and not always follow through.
Reminding Gina that we have the clothesline was step 1, in "discovering free energy". Step 2 was obviously putting clothes out on the line. She had done a set of sheets and was expecting them to take a while to dry I guess. In about 30 minutes she came inside and informed me that they were completely dry, I have to say that I was a little suprised. I had guessed more like 45 minutes or so.
I mean our neighbor uses her clothesline all the time, not to mention that is what folks did before there was a machine dryer. The temperature high was 103 yesterday, I am sure that helped dry it out in no time flat.
I need to cap off the gas outlet @ the wall. Gina's ex-coworker, John, says that he can help out with that. However, I might have to take on the job before then, the Home Depot paperwork was pretty specific about the fact that they want the area to be ready to go, so I would rather have it capped off before they get here to avoid any conflict.
To wrap up the story around the clothesline, Gina did around 4 loads of laundry. The last load was hung on the line after the sun had started to set and was 97% dry by the time she took it off the line, another 10 minutes and I am sure it would have been done.
I am sure that we will continue to use the clothesline regularly now and the new dryer will probably only get used when it is raining or when I'm too lazy to walk outside and hang up my laundry.
