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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm also a Brit.  OP I can totally empathize with you.  10 days with the in-laws is hard work no matter how much you like them and cultural quirks can play into that.  Personally, I am bamboozled by the American obsession with dryers.  My (American) husband tells me that I can't hang the clothes out to dry in the back garden because it isn't allowed.  I'm not sure whether he is having me on or not but either way it is odd.  Dryers literally eat electricity and they are TERRIBLE for the environment.  Plus they trash your clothes eventually.  Why, why, why don't americans line dry clothes?[/quote]

Some neighborhoods do not allow clothes to be hung out to dry - this could be stipulated in the Homeowners Association Rules. Your husband is prob referring to this.

Line drying clothes take forever (esp in UK) and leaves clothes hard and somewhat crunchy (especially jeans and thick materials). 
Dryer leaves clothes soft, although I admit some items do shrink in high heat settings. Sorry, the high electric bill argument doesn't wash with me. I costs what - an extra $5 a month if that?

-OP[/quote]

I'm much less concerned by the cost and much more concerned about the environmental impact of running a dryer.  But I realise that this too is a cultural perspective.[/quote]

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