Easter Bunny

[Mrs Bonk]

The Easter Bunny brought me a new line, a new matching prop in green and a giant bag of soft touch pegs. I WAS hoping for a washing machine . Still, mustn't be ungrateful.

[0tterbot]

easter bunny brings you presents?!

easter bunny doesn't even bring my children easter eggs. (i have banned him from the premises, that's why).

mean old anti-easter kylie (who wouldn't mind some new pegs now you mention it)

[Mrs Bonk]

It has to keep me sweet otherwise it'll be in Barbecue Bob's pot! I also received a Walnut Whip egg. I intend to eat it in bed tonight, a special treat.

They may be soft touch but they still left marks. I normally peg a sock over the more easily marked garments to stop indentations.

[Marcia Pease]

Are you sure it was the Easter Bunny? Has the swelling subsided?

I don't blame you. In America teachers instruct with Hickory Sticks, but Walnut Whips are illegal.

Why don't you post this advice in wash.assistive-tech?

[0tterbot]

mrs b! i did not know you were thingy about peg indentations. life is very short, you know. kylie

[Mrs Bonk]

In my day, by the head or headmistress it was the cane for boys and a ruler across the palm or knuckles for girls, in the junior school it was slaps to the leg. The metalwork teacher used a flexible metal bar to administer punishment to the behind and the sports teacher used his dap half a dozen times in the same place.

I can find no such group. I suspect, Marcia, that you are teasing me.

[Mrs Bonk]

I am very fussy about peg marks. They look bad if left on and sometimes can pull the material out of shape. The soft touch pegs still leave marks and I am pegging a flannel or a corner of my underwear over outer garments to stop this. Another pet hate of mine is slovenly women who leave their pegs out overnight. A disgusting practise IMO.

[peggo]

I'm very fussy about pegs in general. I have a certain way of hanging each article. And peg marks drive me nuts. I like to fold my shirts over and peg at the arm pit where it's not so noticeable. I hang dish towels between shirts so I can peg over them. I love how my towels come off the line all crisp and clean. But call me a slovenly woman cause I always leave my pegs on the line. That way, there they are when I need them.

peggo

[Denominator]

Good for you, Peggo! I'm glad somebody has finally dared tell Mrs. Bonk to buzz off.

[Mrs Bonk]

Well done Peggo, a girl after my own heart.

Interesting. I find wooden pegs when wet, such as those one finds left overnight on the line, actually discolour material. Plastic may not have the same problem but I find the metal spring will rust. My main concern though is: How do you wipe down the line when it's full of pegs? Far easier to remove the pegs to a peg basket ( I made a super one last week) to be brought into the shed and hung on the door to dry next to the wash basket, then just before hanging the washing the line can easily be wiped.

[Mrs Bonk]

I am guessing that "buzz off" is another of your faddish sayings old boy. Would you like to share any thoughts you may have on pegs?

[Denominator]

Why don't you invest in some quality clothespins?

I don't hang my laundry when it's raining. That way I don't have to wipe the line.

[Denominator]

Winston Churchill.

I applaud Pegs for telling you to buzz off.

[Mrs Bonk]

Good ol' Winnie, he said it how it was.

That would be the slow hand clap?

[Mrs Bonk]

I thought I had when I bought the soft touch ones. Have you a recommendation?

I wipe it to remove dirt and dust as well as wet. It is quite surprising how grubby the cloth looks when I have a quick wipe down.

[Denominator]

Whatever makes you think I might be Eric Clapton?

[Denominator]

Yes, I think you should invest in some quality clothespins.

If you wash your hands first you won't get the cloth grubby.