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Last Human's avatar

This is kind of the same as stones and sand to exactly fill a jar. You put the stones first, then the sand. If you do it the other way around, they won't fit.

PaulaP33's avatar

I carefully teetered two loads of washing on a clothes horse earlier with this method, great minds. Chuck a dehumidifier in there anaw for good measure and jobs a good’un.

Limmy's avatar

I'm not at the dehumidifier stage yet.

PaulaP33's avatar

It’ll change your life, trust me.

Martin Malcolm's avatar

Yep that's a whole other conundrum. Do you get a big humidifier and blast the clothes dry in shorter time but maybe energy bill be big or do you get small dehumidifier and leave on longer and will smaller dehumidifier be cheaper bills or bigger as it on longer? Where do you put clothes horse for optimum drying? Beside the dehumidifier but maybe humid air rises and it not get dehumidified so well so you site above dehumidifier but isn't there then a risk water drips into dehumidifier and it fuses, then you fucked? We need you to test this one soon.

Nancy Williams's avatar

The dehumidifier is an asolute game changer

dan's avatar

Found this particular post a bit dry.

Daniel's avatar

I’ve always gone:

Low bars: socks and undergarments

Middle bars: t-shirts and jumpers and that

High bars: jeans and trousers, given the length and droppage

But no more.

Andrew Billingham's avatar

This is the content I'm here for

TheCatsMumma's avatar

firstly, are you ok

Chiara Coulter's avatar

Do bedding next 🙏

Baker's avatar

Horses should not be used in this way.

NatureCrank's avatar

I’ll just keep wearing all my wet clothes until they dry. It’s worked so far. Sometimes it gets really cold but then I’m just helping test my system to keep it in tip top shape.

j.kenneth fraac's avatar

This is the First Fit Decreasing algorithm. It's in Knuth.

Baby Darrington's avatar

very smart and true

Shaun Connor's avatar

No. Just no. If you hang the big things first you can't see the lower bars and how much space is left. Your way is a fools errand. Sorry to be so blunt.

Toby Godden's avatar

This is exactly how to lay out a

mathematical proof. Gold star!

Lucy Pullicino's avatar

do you turn inside-out clothes in again before placing them on the clothes horse or wait till they're dry

Sarah Simpkin's avatar

Agree on hanging, but there is a better horse than the X-frame in the picture, which I found unstable and flimsy. Got the winged version a few years ago and, in terms of stability and drying layouts, have never looked back.

Mikeyp's avatar

Also, once the big stuff is on there, you can’t see anything. No, the more I think about it, the more I disagree.