Comments on: The motherboard always gets a bad rap

By: Brickhouse

Brickhouse — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:37:50 +0000

One time our washing machine wouldn’t spin, and luckily, living in a small town, S called his ex-girlfriend’s dad, who owned a local repair store. Oh the fun of watching him unwrap the underwire from one of my bras from the machine. Good times, my friend.

By: Shelly W

Shelly W — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:36:44 +0000

Add me to the list of laundry losers. I had no idea about the bleach thing. You’re always full of such useful household tips!

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:16:51 +0000

I love laundry posts! It is such an all-consuming task, never done, always some right behind you even when you get the stuff that is all done put away, oh, no, there is some more in the dryer and some in the washer just waiting to smother you with all its clean smelling freshness, and yes, will someone please come put it all away?
Seriously, Hugo sounds amazing. I was very proud of myself a little while back because our machine had an error code flashing and I looked it up in the manual (smart, no?) and figured out how to open up this tiny panel in the front, let out the excess water (hello, mess in my laundry room floor-why didn’t they make that panel a little higher?!), and then open up a double secret hole kind of thing and pull out a filter. Do you know what I found in there? A nursing pad. And some feathers. And there was the problem. And I fixed it! Very satisfying.
Thanks for such a funny post. You’re the best storyteller.

By: Jeanie

Jeanie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:33:06 +0000

Okay…I hesitate to even write this because it was BIZARRE but………the last time I had a repairman out, to repair my BRAND NEW stove, he told me that the self cleaning function for my stove got hot enough to cremate a body. WHAT? Why would he tell me that? He was so strange. When he first got to my house, I apologized for some crumbs that rolled out when he pulled the stove out from the counter (it’s inset) and he said that usually he has an army of roaches run out! I was undone! I mean, if you had an army of roaches cohabitating under your stove…a burned out broiler element would be the LEAST of your worries. Then he proceeded to tell me about the crematorium functions of my oven.
Freaky! Needless to say, I kept my hand close to the knife block in case he tried to prove his theories on the oven to me. I didn’t want my family to come home and find a pile of ash where there Mother used to be!

By: Jennifer Griffin

Jennifer Griffin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:14:15 +0000

Hey –

Just an FYI –

if you have your furnace up in the attic like we do here in Florida, you must pour bleach down the drain that leads outside the house to clear the gunk and algae that the lovely humidity creates!! San Antonio is awfully humid – is your furnace in your attic??

Have a good day!
Jen in Jax

By: Paige

Paige — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:32:04 +0000

You are supposed to WASH the washing machine? This is not normal…are we leaving in time warp…we might as well be back to the tub and washboard!

Ok…not really!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:13:12 +0000

It’s me again, the Appliance Sales-person, and I have never heard that about running a cycle with just bleach. I’m gonna have to talk to my sales rep and find out why I haven’t been given that tidbit. Could be only front loaders? But we sold them too. You should really try harder to take all your shells out of your hunting clothes dear! I used to charge my kids a quarter if I found anything in their pockets or had to turn their socks right side out. I don’t do pockets or socks. I feel like running my hands in sweaty and grubby socks and pockets is above and beyond the call. I didn’t have much luck training the hubs until I washed his wallet a time or twelve. He cleans out his pockets now.

By: Jenny Smith

Jenny Smith — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:13:15 +0000

Yep, we are down here in Georgia with more rain than we could imagine for Sept.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:04:41 +0000

Just sitting here waiting for a load of laundry to get dry so I can fold it up. So glad to have a dryer especially right now since we are having RAIN every day! We’ve measured more than 8 inches in the past week in the rain gauge on our back deck.

I never knew about running the wash cycle with a cup of Clorox either! I’ll try that!

Love reading about your “everyday” life!

Marilyn…in Mississippi

By: momstheword

momstheword — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:51:45 +0000

Seriously? I’m supposed to remember to run a cup of bleach through an empty washer when I can’t even remember to run some detergent through a full one? Seriously? I am doomed……