We just lost our clothesline.
We had a long clothesline across our back yard, anchored high up on an old utility pole. High so that laundry can safely hang above the car parked back there (old neighborhood not built for parking in the front). Definitely an old pole because the electricity and phone lines have come in from the street for ages but I guess at some point they ran along between the back yards.
Apparently someone a couple of houses away was worried about the pole by their yard so called the electrical company to come get rid of it, and while they were here they decided to get rid of all of them, with no warning.
We don't use the line much in the winter (we use a rack inside instead -- we don't actually have a fully functional dryer, preferring to hang dry), but this really is frustrating. We are going to have find something that can stick up five meters or so and get it properly installed, come Spring (flag pole?). And can't take advantage of a dry sunny winter day to hang some things outside.
And the post was aged, but was in good shape!