How to Dry Clothes in 2012

A quasi self-portrait at a local laundromat, on 5th Avenue.  This image really throws me back to those old tall rusty poles we still find in some backyards around here.  They were meant for the clotheslines that everyone used back then to dry their clothes.  They have been completely replaced by these big driers at laundromats.  How times change.  I wonder if this picture will someday be seen as a throwback to some ancient technique.  How We Used To Dry Clothes In The Early 21st Century.