New Leaves

Mercury Mercury Go Away, Go retrograde, in some other way.

Buying a washer/dryer during mercury's little biannual trick wasn't the best thing I could have done. Wasn't the worst thing. But I must be completely ignorant because I just can't seem to remember that Mercury+Retrograde=Hawkiedon't-sayanythingdon'tbuyanythingandfortheloveofgod-keepyourmouthshutwhenaskedforadvice.

I never learn.

I buy the washer and the dryer.
yippie 60.00 bucks
I buy accesories/hoses for said appliances.
ladeedadeeda 15.00
We borrow John's work truck and fill it with
gas as a 'thanks' 30.00
We hook it up
We run it
The hose comes loose
We put the hose back on
We run it
There's still water dumped on the floor
So we clamp the hose on (clever we are)
There's still water on the floor.
The hose is faulty
Buy a new hose
Wrong hose
Buy new hose
wrong hose
go out buy gas (below empty)
go to bank
go to grocery
go to hardwarestore.
Buy the old one that fit, and hope that it doesn't break
Attatch
clamp
reassemble
test it
seems ok
run it while watching it go through each cycle and testing the floor
the spin cycle won't work
it worked a second ago when we tested it
insert tears of frustration and madness
unassemble
figure out that it's the little button that tells the washer that the lid is shut that is causing all of the problems.
fix that
washer runs.
the end.

This is the good thing about being Aries. It's not dead unless I say it's dead.

So Today, I am doing laundry, and just hoping that work doesn't try to call me in early because I am a little hoarse and I really don't want to go in early.

I have decided that the washer is Paula, and the Dryer is Pete.

Why? Because only a female knows how to be that cold-hearted.

But in the end, the end result is what truly matters, and I have a lovely washer and dry. small load capacity, perfect for a two person household, and hopefully can shrink the pile of laundry faster than it grows.

Posted by hawkie at April 29, 2004 07:08 AM