Washing line. In connection with "Women they are not thinkers are they".

Is there a punch line coming, or have I missed something?

Good. I thought it was me.

Another Dave

Erm yes, I'm on tenterhooks.... Brian

The wife came into the room at that point I imagine.

Brian

There are some issues with these devices though. Most are made of very cheap plastic and sometimes badly painted metal for the reel in bit and mounting, but they do not seem to offer them with a metal bar at the other end. So you have four lines and a plastic bar with hooks to support it. What happens six months in, the bloody plastic breaks and the lines come off. They are made from one long line looped back and forth of course. So you then start making all sorts of bodges to get the function back, as you know the next one you buy will have the mounting holes in a different place etc.

The also have a nasty habit of the ratchet jammed knob popping out and letting all the clothes fall down. Brian

PS I've never noticed a washing line thinking, but how can one tell? It might have come up with the answer to life, the Universe and Everything, and then the peg broke.

Brian

...and then the Vicar came in and the parrot said......

Different type of device. I know the type you mean, hideous bits of kit, sold for above the bath or somesuch. The type I mean is similar to

I should hope it's not the same one - that one only garnered two stars out of five from thirty seven reviews, and it's so bad it's been discontinued by the stockist. I like the overall idea though, and would hope to find a more robust (if necessarily more expensive) version.

Ours is SIMILAR to this

It would get nothing but a glowing report from me it has been attached to the outside wall for at least ten years come wind or weather, and the only downside is the retract is starting to become a bit sluggish (not enough to worry about but it is slowing).