"The fight against clothes line bans"

Oct 09, 2010 20:56

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Not the hardest BBC news article you will ever see, but as it's the weekend... Note that, as the correspondent from Woking says, these restrictions do exist in pockets in Britain, though they're very much less common than in the US. Unsurprising given that fewer than half of UK households own a tumble dryer in the first place. I was amused ( Read more... )

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silent_o October 9 2010, 19:59:34 UTC
Sick bunnies need cuddles and vegetable soup.

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loganberrybunny October 9 2010, 20:18:41 UTC
Non-sick bunnies don't mind those either!

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avon_deer October 9 2010, 21:34:21 UTC
even lowers property prices

*gasp* We can't have later Generation X affording their own homes, can we?

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aethwolf October 9 2010, 23:05:52 UTC
I find it odd that people worry so damned much about the value of their house. Whenever I can buy a house, I'm buying it so I don't have to deal with all the stupid extraneous restrictions one gets when renting and would really rather everyone sod off and leave me to do what I wish with my property so long as it's not violating laws. Then again, that might just be the independent rural Tennessean in me talking.

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deffox October 10 2010, 16:01:41 UTC
Personally I don't care if the neighbour has cars on blocks, and a moat lined with spikes, as long as they are quiet. Noise is the number one thing I care about.

Two years ago Ontario passed a law overriding all neighbourhood rules banning clothes lines.

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/415836

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