OT: Washing machine pump, rattle, doesn't drain

My typical wear is usually a tee shirt and a pair of work out shorts, since I am at home. When we go to a function, it is usually a polo shirt and slacks. The polos are bright colors, red or green, and the pants are khakis or black...

Charlie

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Bah. 70 is the new 40! Plenty of people your age wear t-shirts these days, Jim! :-)

I have one with "And God Created Light" with Maxwell's (vector) equations on it. Will that do ?:-)

I recently started cropping my beard really short so I can look like those unshaven movie stars ;-) ...Jim Thompson

There used to be a guy out here who looked at least 80. Wore faded jeans and things like Grateful Dead T-shirts. But to topper was his ride: A VW Beetle with big fat mag wheels, inches off the ground, flame-paintings all over, big trumpet-style exhaust. I believe that thing could go from zero to 60mph in under five seconds.

Have you considered adding a kufiya for that hot desert weather?

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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There is no reason a top loader needs an agitator. Main bearings are expensive. They want $750 for mine (a top-loader, at that), when it finally lets go. I'll buy a new washer but have no idea what. It won't be another Whirlpool, for sure.

Irrelevant. Not all top-loaders have agitators.

How do you figure that? Are you comparing it to a $300 front-loader?

I'm thinking of taking the beard trimmers to my hair, but "N" is resisting :-)

I keep arguing low maintenance ;-) ...Jim Thompson

You spend as much on clothes as a woman. I pay $10-$25 for my shirts. I wait until they're on sale.

LG has some good appliances. We liked the look and operation of their 'fridge but they had *horrible* repair records and service complaints. We ended up with the Electrolux.

The last of the builder-grade appliances that came with the house is about to go to Goodwill. I think SWMBO has settled on the dual-fuel oven ($2500 plus $1K to get the gas plumbed in from the other side of the house).

Not true. Electrolux manufactures several appliance brands in the US, still. We didn't choose them because they manufactured here, but it was a (small) bonus.

Don't kid yourself. They always did, even when they only wore dresses.

One load a week isn't exactly taxing it.

Throw a 1/3 TSP in with 2/3s the normal amount of green detergent.

That's a Swedish company that has assembly plants all over the world, just like BWM has one somewhere around where you guys live.

So do I, usually. With work shirts and shoes and such I don't skimp. It usually pays off to plunk down $60-80 for a pair of Rockports or similar brands, or a nice Men's Wearhouse shirt. That stuff lasts several times longer than the cheap editions.

That's something I am not looking forward to. Our double-oven is a rather professional one from day one, so 40 years old. Thermador brand. This house was custom-built in 1970 with all top notch stuff. But one day it'll croak and it's a special narrow edition, hard to find these days.

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True, some have washboards and wringers, but we didn't want one of those. ;)

Just my water bill dropped about $100 a quarter, and clothes stay nice looking a whole lot longer. It also has a really amazingly high speed spin that saves electricity in the dryer. (I live in this yuppie neighbourhood full of leftist greenies, but clotheslines are illegal. Go figure.)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

That's because the clothesline doesn't come with a 135 page manual, in 37 languages and isn't available in 150 different brands and models.

Of course. That doesn't change the facts.

Don't know about BWM, but that over-priced German car company has a plant here. ;-) ...as does just about everyone else except the US manufacturers. ;-) (KIA has a pretty big assembly plant about 15-20 miles from here). ;-)

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Whirlpool

Umm, they're not top-loaders either.

That's very hard to believe. What do you pay for water????

My top-loader spins at 1000RPM (and has a larger basket than a front-loader). Front-loaders don't have a monopoly on high-speed spin.

Typical.

Overpriced? A client EE just bought himself a 335i ragtop for slightly over 30k and he says it's like a rocket.

Maybe they are all there because they dodged the unions so far? Or got "deals"? Usually when unions march in companies begin thinking about leaving, and then leave the country.