Buckled up

I spent much of the rest of yesterday (when not looking for clocks) going round shops in a vain attempt to find a 50-inch bungee cord to replace the greetings-card holder (a long length of narrow bungee cord with lightweight clips threaded along it) that I have been using as a temporary washing-line. The outer casing of the latter, which was never intended to be exposed to bright sunlight for extended periods, has been disintegrating for some time, and although I have already repaired the ends the middle is now falling apart in a most decided fashion!

( Making an improvised extendable washing line )

At least I found a use for some of those scraps saved by generations of ancestors in the hopes that they might some day become useful :-D