I was down in the black hole of Calcutta
that is my laundry area the other day and threw one load in the dryer and
started up another load of wash. I was folding a finished load – yes, the
holidays are over, but the endless loads of sheets and towels for company are still with me– when I heard a very unfamiliar noise.
Since I always feel as though one of these days I’m going to
be surprised down there by foreign livestock (mice, squirrels, large spiders) I froze in place, trying to
identify the sound and its source.
I finally realized that it was our dryer, and it sounded as
though perhaps there might be a very unhappy squirrel or chipmunk shrieking in
the machine’s bowels. I turned it off and the sound ended. Okay. Not an animal,
but not good, either. Husband went down to investigate and unconcerned,
proclaimed it to be a slipped belt.
I don’t like when machines decide to expand their
vocabulary, so I suggested it might be time for a new dryer. That idea percolated
in our house for a while as we explored options. If we paid our repairman to fix it, the money
we’d expend to just have him cross our threshold would be significant, so maybe
it would be better to put it toward a new machine.
So today, we did it. Not only a new dryer, but a new washer
as well.
Livin’ large.
I guess we’re not being too impulsive: We bought our current washer in 1999 and
we’ve had our dryer for yes, believe it or not, 40 years.
Your posts are great! Gosh! I can't believe how long you have used that dryer! And, washer! I have been living with a screaming dryer for a few weeks now. When I start it, both cats jump off the bed and hide. After the dryer runs a few seconds the noise goes away.
ReplyDeletelol.... to Henny Penny and lol to you also, Marty ... after 40 years? yay!
ReplyDelete... I added you on my blog roll a bit back but for some reason, I can't join your site!
Yes, it's amazing the things we get used to- witness Henny Penny!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm sorry you're having trouble joining, Carolyn. Heaven knows I'd love to have you. I guess we'll just have to know in our hearts that you've joined in spirit.
I'll try again ... ;) ... another blog, I do follow is having problems with her comments... I think it's this weather. business... who knows... freezing rain now... hate it... just hate it..
Deletehah! ... you know what? I clicked on the not Follow this site thingy .. but the document looking icon to the right ... and it worked ...
Deletewell... now the whole thing is gone... I dunno... HAHaaaaa... anyway! I'm following... ;)
We have contact! Welcome!
DeleteAlthough I've gotta say the suspense of "will Carolyn be able to join?" "won't she?" could have really upped my readership. . . .
HAHAhaaaaa ... right
DeleteYour dryer must have been a Maytag. Ours is still running after 43 years.
ReplyDeleteSorry. Whirpool. I always bought that brand because that's what our favorite repairman fixed.
DeleteAlthough now that I think of it, maybe that was not an indication of quality.
It's a long time since we had a 'longlasting' machine. They seem to make them specifically to break down after a few years. At one time we had yearly servicing on a washing machine which prolonged the life, but not so nowadays, least ways not in my country.
ReplyDeleteWOW, 40 years. They sure don't make appliances like THAT anymore!!!
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