I also have a retractable clothes line outside and have a clothes line set up in my basement by the washer/dryer. The outside one is mainly for heavy stuff like drapes, sheers, blankets and bedspreads. I used to use it for clothes every week but it's attached to a 2nd story sundeck and I need a ladder to wrap it around a tree branch. I don't do ladders so good anymore so I don't use it too often.
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