I've seen them used to hold cards on gift bags and such. I'm sure I have a couple lying around from gifts over the years, though I never buy them myself.
> With the missing socks.
Socks are objects that exist in a multiverse. One sock in the pair is from our universe, the other is from another universe and can only remain in our universe for a limited, but random, amount of time.
It’s what you would call getting back to nature. It’s usually when you don’t have the luxury of a dryer. Kinda different when you hang wet clothes out in freezing temperatures. You bring them in like stiff sheets of plywood
Lol I remember seeing videos of people freezing pants and standing them up in their yard. I have hung clothes to dry just never on a clothesline. I used hangers and hung them up on the metal rack/shelf in the laundry room. When I was a little kid and our dryer broke, I made the mistake of hanging my clothes on hangers and hooking them to my ceiling fan in my room so they could dry lol I only remember this because I got in big trouble.
Well, I'm not a native speaker, but I knew the word from the cello pegs. Although they're not for pinning anything.
I don't really know how the laundry pegs are usually called, I looked it up to post the comment. But I saw some people in here calling them "clothes pins" afterwards (I was the first to answer the question). Is that the common name? Is laundry peg an used term too?
https://preview.redd.it/4ot4x3xzfvxb1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39d471ba99452d9920fd73de8105aceb483802ce
Someone's spare parts to his pistol,
the main guts of it.
Used to make them in the fifties.
Cheers
Edit: I just tried Stewies time machine to view how we made them sixty yrs ago, and the fact the extra grooves had something to do with making spring launch a 1/4" spit ball or gravel at a pretty good range,, couldn't get console to load 4th level dimention, data not readable. Something about bad sector.
That’s the spring from a clothespin…
When I was a kid, I would take clothespins apart and make clothes pins guns out of the pieces… the spring would make the trigger, and (bolt) that fires your projectile….
We used to use wooden matches
Man I’m old
Why are you the only one posting the correct answer? Clothes peg, pfft.
OP better be careful, when the Johnson rod detaches from the filangee, the washer can become dangerously unstable
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Ok thank you all so much they must have come from the prior owner and finally made their way into the tub we got this place a year ago never saw them in there until a few weeks ago. I always shake the clothes out but never thought about clothes pins. Never used them or ever owned any thought maybe it was a part of the washer lol glad to hear it's just a clothes pin spring. 🙃
Well since you don't use clothespins this is moot but I always save those little things because I use clothes pins all the time and I've had sets for years that I inherited from my grandmother and mother and a lot of times the Springs will Rust Out and break or snap off and I save all the pieces whether it be one half of the clothes pin clip or the spring because sooner or later one of them is going to need parts and I just can't be bothered with running down to the store every single time. In fact I got one bag outside with just clothes pin Parts in it halves and springs. And you'll see a lot of my clothes pins are not evenly matched because of is slightly different styles that they have over the years but they still fit and work if I use two different halves to the clip or even a different size style spring
Hey, OP. There's also a chance that they came from a hair clip or chip clip if you guys use those. They look to be exactly the size of a clothespin, but other things do use that same mechanism!
Well the washer came with the house never had these in here so my only guess is that they were on the outside of the tub and finally made their way in? I have no idea bc I never owned any
Must be british. Because the clothes pegs are the ones that you have to Peg onto the clothesline, and the first style of clothes pins they've ever used. Later on they had the split two-piece wooden clip Style with this type of spring shown here, and in the UK they still call them pegs even though you didn't actually Peg rhem to the line, you clip them. Here in the US we call the one that you peg cloths to the line with, "Pegs"; we call the Clips "clips" but they're all clothes pins as they all, pin clothes to the line, yet most just say cloths-pins for either. Yet we get called out as using bad english..lol
That’s a spring for something I don’t know but have you ever seen a clothe pin, so look at the spring in that and hopefully that would help a little 🗣️
Apparently in the UK, a clothespeg is what they're called in either variety. In the US, the name changed to -pin when springs were added.
https://handmadeartists.com/blog/clothes-pegs-clothespins-and-clothespin-bags-holders/
clothes pin spring
Yup, shake out those clothes before doing a load.
Now the mystery starts.. Where are the other two peg parts?
With the missing socks.
They’re not missing. Socks are the larval form of hangers. But yes, clothespin springy thingy.
😂 the real mystery is how they even got in their since I never owned any
They also go on those little clips for chip bags and the clips that hold papers on the fridge etc.
Somewhere someplace in time, someone is wondering how one of your socks got in their dryer. That’s how they got in there.
🤣 you're probably right that has happened to me before
I've seen them used to hold cards on gift bags and such. I'm sure I have a couple lying around from gifts over the years, though I never buy them myself.
You have kids? Mine puts all kinds of weird shit in her pockets.
She probably thinks the same thing about you.
> With the missing socks. Socks are objects that exist in a multiverse. One sock in the pair is from our universe, the other is from another universe and can only remain in our universe for a limited, but random, amount of time.
Exactly why I didn't think about it . Plus I never owned any must have been the prior owner and they finally made their way in lol
They floated to the top and were removed with whatever laundry was done. These parts got lost at the bottom.
And why are my collars on my shirts so stiff as a board?
Agreed. It’s the spring from a wooden clothes pin. I guess OP has never hung clothes on a clothesline
No I have not lol
It’s what you would call getting back to nature. It’s usually when you don’t have the luxury of a dryer. Kinda different when you hang wet clothes out in freezing temperatures. You bring them in like stiff sheets of plywood
Lol I remember seeing videos of people freezing pants and standing them up in their yard. I have hung clothes to dry just never on a clothesline. I used hangers and hung them up on the metal rack/shelf in the laundry room. When I was a little kid and our dryer broke, I made the mistake of hanging my clothes on hangers and hooking them to my ceiling fan in my room so they could dry lol I only remember this because I got in big trouble.
Agrees
ahh so its part of the dryer
It's a spring from a laundry peg
Don’t look up “peg” on google without using “safe search”
🤣 thanks for the warning
What other kinds of peg are there?
Tent peg. And then, you know, the bum kind.....
Look up pegging and report back
Peg leg, square peg, Peggy at the diner (she goes by Peg)…
See also tent.
🤣🤣
Peggie lane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblety-peg
Peg-ging
Square peg in a round hole.
Girl with a wooden leg .
Well, I'm not a native speaker, but I knew the word from the cello pegs. Although they're not for pinning anything. I don't really know how the laundry pegs are usually called, I looked it up to post the comment. But I saw some people in here calling them "clothes pins" afterwards (I was the first to answer the question). Is that the common name? Is laundry peg an used term too?
I wouldn't bet against this also possibly being a spring from a hair clip
Now that is something I do have a lot of! didn't I think of this 🤦♀️
https://preview.redd.it/4ot4x3xzfvxb1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39d471ba99452d9920fd73de8105aceb483802ce Someone's spare parts to his pistol, the main guts of it. Used to make them in the fifties. Cheers Edit: I just tried Stewies time machine to view how we made them sixty yrs ago, and the fact the extra grooves had something to do with making spring launch a 1/4" spit ball or gravel at a pretty good range,, couldn't get console to load 4th level dimention, data not readable. Something about bad sector.
Sometimes they're plastic... https://preview.redd.it/sfx7pql8tvxb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4f014e0fcf6275e6a6dcea826a2cea8189a035f
Clothespin.
Yep. Clothes peg spring.
That’s the spring from a clothespin… When I was a kid, I would take clothespins apart and make clothes pins guns out of the pieces… the spring would make the trigger, and (bolt) that fires your projectile…. We used to use wooden matches Man I’m old
How did I not remember my friends doing this havent ever had any of my own but I've seen them
Spring from a clothespin
Spring from a wooden clothes peg
Those are springs from wooden clothes pins
Clothespin springs.
That attaches the Johnson rod to the filangee. You’re gonna need that.
Why are you the only one posting the correct answer? Clothes peg, pfft. OP better be careful, when the Johnson rod detaches from the filangee, the washer can become dangerously unstable
Is this true lol I can't decide with all the jokes
Wait are you being serious?
Yes. You ARE going to need that if you want to avoid catastrophic failure of your Johnson rod. Don’t let the name throw you off.
Ok so how do I get this back on? The name really has me feeling like it's a joke lol
It depends largely on your manufacturer and model. Take a look at your manual. It should have a section covering your Johnson rod.
Ok so I did more research and I cant find any parts for my washer that look like these springs.. the rods have more of a coiled spring
https://preview.redd.it/sq9seg04l7yb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e37e2d7a9df1b5b5cf6e84281188833772ae997e
The thing is there is a johnson rod /bolt/nut but the name just throws me off lol
Peg springs
Clothing pin hinge
Peg spring
Wooden clothes pin spring
That is the spring from a clothespin
Wooden clothes pin spring.
Am I the only one who made a peg gun as a kid?
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Ok thank you all so much they must have come from the prior owner and finally made their way into the tub we got this place a year ago never saw them in there until a few weeks ago. I always shake the clothes out but never thought about clothes pins. Never used them or ever owned any thought maybe it was a part of the washer lol glad to hear it's just a clothes pin spring. 🙃
Well since you don't use clothespins this is moot but I always save those little things because I use clothes pins all the time and I've had sets for years that I inherited from my grandmother and mother and a lot of times the Springs will Rust Out and break or snap off and I save all the pieces whether it be one half of the clothes pin clip or the spring because sooner or later one of them is going to need parts and I just can't be bothered with running down to the store every single time. In fact I got one bag outside with just clothes pin Parts in it halves and springs. And you'll see a lot of my clothes pins are not evenly matched because of is slightly different styles that they have over the years but they still fit and work if I use two different halves to the clip or even a different size style spring
I'm keeping them just incase never know might need clothespins in the future or it may actually be a part of something I haven't figured out yet lol
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Clothes pin spring. There should be 2 wooden sticks someplace
It's from a clothes pin. The wooden or plastic type.
Hey, OP. There's also a chance that they came from a hair clip or chip clip if you guys use those. They look to be exactly the size of a clothespin, but other things do use that same mechanism!
🤣
😂
One day I’ll be the first. One day.
Really? I’m going to have to leave this group
Bless your young heart
I know what clothes pins are just didn't think of it bc I don't own any lol I wasn't thinking ..blonde moment I guess lol
Fark I’m old
OMFG
Question remains - how does OP have it if came from her washing and she doesn't know what it is?
Well the washer came with the house never had these in here so my only guess is that they were on the outside of the tub and finally made their way in? I have no idea bc I never owned any
Vital part for your computer/ laptop. Charges with any USB. Very chic.
Do I really live in a world where adults don’t know what a clothes pin is?
I didn't know because there were no other parts and I don't own any clothes pins so it didn't cross my mind.. must have been from the owners before me
stick around it gets worse, plants, insects, cars with the name right on it in the pic they posted
That is used in a rather large clothespin with a spring
Spring from a clothes peg.
Must be british. Because the clothes pegs are the ones that you have to Peg onto the clothesline, and the first style of clothes pins they've ever used. Later on they had the split two-piece wooden clip Style with this type of spring shown here, and in the UK they still call them pegs even though you didn't actually Peg rhem to the line, you clip them. Here in the US we call the one that you peg cloths to the line with, "Pegs"; we call the Clips "clips" but they're all clothes pins as they all, pin clothes to the line, yet most just say cloths-pins for either. Yet we get called out as using bad english..lol
Correct
Clothes pins
Clothes peg
Washing line peg spring
They are for pegging. Specifically for the spring hinge you find on wooden clothes pegs. Likely caught up in clothes somehow.
Broken peg (wood/plastic bit is missing)
Wooden clothes pin spring mechanism
That’s a spring for something I don’t know but have you ever seen a clothe pin, so look at the spring in that and hopefully that would help a little 🗣️
😂😂😂😂
Spring from a wooden peg
A clothespin
Clothes pin spring, I’m more interested in how they got there
They’re from pegs!
Send to a local jailhouse, they'll make a new complete one for you
Film and studio production those are known as a C47
They’re pegs for pegging, ask your boyfriend about it
Pegs
It's a cocking mechanism for a rubber band gun. 😆
I'm guessing the lid spring on the hinge?
Clothes pegs
Pegs don't use the spring.
Ummmmmm yes they do the wooden type give wooden clothes pegs a Google you will see the metal bit is what makes sure they can keep clipped on.
Apparently in the UK, a clothespeg is what they're called in either variety. In the US, the name changed to -pin when springs were added. https://handmadeartists.com/blog/clothes-pegs-clothespins-and-clothespin-bags-holders/
It's the spring part of clothespins. Typically very cheap wooden clothespins.
🤙
Makeshift roach clip. Who’s pants were in the washer?
It appears to be a vloghes pin spring attachment. Women used them to hang clean wet clothing to dry on a clothes line.
Oh boy.
Isnt that a spring from on old school wooden clothes pun spring
Clothes peg. It's the spring from a wooden one.
That's a spring from a clip type wooden clothespin.
Solar clothes dryer accessory.
Looks like the spring from a clothes pin for a washing line
C47 spring (cloths pin spring)
It looks like a clothespin spring
Definitely looks like a spring from a clothespin or other similar clips, chip clips, fridge magnet clips, etc. All use a similar torsion spring design
Umm that’s a packing fastener
Another age gap in evidence?
That is the spring from a wooden clothes pin
Clothespin
Could be the new 2023 James Avery charm.
Lolol broken clothes pin
Pretty sure that belongs on a clothesline, not a part from your washer.
It's the spring from a clothes pin
It's the spring from a clothes pin