El crapolino

[Brucifer]

This charming morning, I pull the bed apart, put the sheets, towels, etc., in the washing machine, add soap, close the lid and head for the can... Seems like the only time the phone rings is when you are on the throne. Ever notice that? I go back in the kitchen and it's awfully quiet. No washee washee. :sad5:

That makes it that the only major appliances in this house that haven't crapped out (knock on wood) are the microwave and the clothes dryer. Talk about programmed obsolescence... Actually though, what washing machine has been humping away like the dickens since 89. So I guess I can't really complain about it. And the freezer, well it was well used when my dearly departed brother-in-law gave it to me fourteen years ago. The fridge it was bought in 89 I think. The kitchen stove, it only made it about ten years, and the pcb board in the control unit went and it only cost like $450 for a "refurbished" one (can't get new ones anymore) with a 90 day warranty... so we just decided to go for a new stove as at least there was a warranty and extended warranty. As for the dishwasher, it was going fine until along came one of those safety recalls. And the company was back-logged/ordered on the defective units... I think it was just a marketing ploy for a corporate cash infusion.

And that has all be within the last eleven months. So I've still got to go get the wet stuff out of the washer, and scoup/dip out the water in the tub. But thought I'd just come in to my computer and comiserate a while instead. :-(

[Steve Lux]

Back to beating clothes on the rock near the stream again eh?

[NeoGen]

The good old days when household appliances were built for durability and lasted for decades. :)

Nowadays the business model is different. The manufacturers have to make you buy new stuff every few years, or they'll go bankrupt, so you'll be lucky if anything new lasts over 5 years. :icon_lol:

[Dee]

The good old days when household appliances were built for durability and lasted for decades. :)

Nowadays the business model is different. The manufacturers have to make you buy new stuff every few years, or they'll go bankrupt, so you'll be lucky if anything new lasts over 5 years. :icon_lol:
Ah yes...the good old days....and the newspapers warned us we'd all be wearing paper disposable clothes...so why make a washing machine work longer?:icon_twisted::icon_razz:

[Brucifer]

The heck of it all is that today, is what some others down the road a ways are going to call "the good old days" :rofl: