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Clotheslines Hung Out to Dry
We'€™ve covered this topic before, but to be honest I hadn'€™t realised just how big the issue was. Probably because backyard clotheslines are a cultural icon in Australia. The adjustable rotary clothesline, known as the Hills Hoist, is such a part of our psyche it is exhibited in national and state museums, and was even incorporated into the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. By 1994 some 5 million Hills Hoists had been sold, which is pretty impressive considering its country of origin only had 5.2 million detached houses at the time. So it comes as a shock that America is resisting something that we take for grante...
Source: TreeHugger