Washing machine woes…

 

1. It’s not worth trying to repair ancient appliances. 20 years is all you’re going to get from a washer and most of them don’t last that long.

   Save yourself another dead appliance - check the anode on your hot water heater. I betcha it’s worn out; almost everyone’s is after 5 years, and almost nobody ever replaces them. That $25 part will double the life of your water heater if you keep it fresh.

   Posted by Drew458       01/30/2012  at  12:05 PM  



2. Like I said, if it had just been the $10 coupler, I’d have fixed it. Transmission? No way!

   Our dryer is at least thirty years old. She’s had it from her first marriage. I admit to replacing the drum belt twice now, but it still works. Until the heating element goes, I just keep it.

   Thanks for the tip. I’ll check it. Though my water heater is only ten years old. I replaced it when we repiped the house. That old galvanized piping leaked like a sieve and don’t even get me started on the hot water that steamed through the valve stems and made the basement a steam room. Got rid of all that crap and have new new copper piping throughout the house.

   A new water heater is a lot cheaper than a new washing machine. Even considering I’d have to hire someone to install it. I can handle the plumbing, but I draw the line when dealing with the natural gas line. Never been trained to handle a gas line, and city code requires a signed tag on it.

   Posted by Christopher       01/30/2012  at  12:55 PM  



3. Chris,

   Chill out, pop the cap off a Bud-Lite,

   and watch this if you think you got problems.

   I think the narrator needs a new set of knickers.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZqN-uEgQU&feature=g-vrec&context=G26da823RVAAAAAAAABw

   Posted by New Jersey Yankee       01/31/2012  at  08:26 AM  



4. That was BS Yankee!

   I remember my first ride in a Pakistani water taxi. THAT was scary! Took me from the USS Truxtun (CGN-35) to Karachi. We were five miles off-shore. (1986, in case you’re interested.) The Pakistani’s wouldn’t let us into the harbor! We would neither confirm or deny having nuclear weapons. (I’m fairly certain we did: I had to run radiation sweeps weekly. The torpedo room always pegged out)

   Safe to say that now, Pres. Clinton scrapped the Truxtun in ‘96.

   Photos available upon request…

   BTW, Bud-Lite sucks.

   Posted by Christopher       02/01/2012  at  09:44 PM  

Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.