Washer is being delivered!
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So excited! Except for one glorious month, I've been doing my laundry by hand, all of it, always, at my last place and here.
This GE Hotpoint (with Hotpoint written in orange- I'm easy to please) will be the in the same category of "not reliable, not durable", as the Amana...
BUT
This one can actually be set to fill to the top.
This one has a lid lock that only turns on during the final spin.
I bought a 5 year H.D. warranty for $150. Why not?
I got my shop vac. I got my air filters.
I'll unbox the shop vac, read the instructions, vacuum out the area under the grate, wash the floor air intake grate and the metal grate that leans on the air filter keeping it in place, outside with the garden hose, and vacuum the water out of the Amana this weekend.
Phone delivery same day.
Yeah!!!
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What a relief this will be. Washing by hand would be very tiring.
Although we have moved away from dishwashers and wash each piece as we use it instead. So much easier and faster.
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What a relief this will be. Washing by hand would be very tiring.
Although we have moved away from dishwashers and wash each piece as we use it instead. So much easier and faster.
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What a relief this will be. Washing by hand would be very tiring.
Although we have moved away from dishwashers and wash each piece as we use it instead. So much easier and faster.
What a relief this will be. Washing by hand would be very tiring.
Although we have moved away from dishwashers and wash each piece as we use it instead. So much easier and faster.
I did that for a month when my dishwasher broke. Seems easy except after dinner. Then it doesn’t feel like ‘wash it as you use it’. It feels like cleaning up after dinner but with no dishwasher.
Left to her own devices, like when I travel, Mayla hand washes everything like that despite the working dishwasher.
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My dishwasher broke the second week I lived here. All the major appliances were the lowest price point machines the owners could buy at Lowe's. They had bought all of them 4 months previous. They left a folder with the receipts.
These people left a burning lightbulb that was broken in half and an air filter that hadn't been replaced in at least 2 years.
They clearly bought the appliances because they needed all them for their final 3 month vacation.Theynhad more money than sense.
I decided I didn't want to replace the dishwasher.
I'm only one person and don't host holidays and don't have dinner parties.
I'll probably let it just sit there forever.
I would upgrade my new clothes washer and buy a matching dryer in the future.
I'm like to have a flat top electric range.
Much easier to clean.
I won't but one.
No need.
What I did is spring clean the stove top, and order replacement heating elements and drip pans.nThey should be delivered any day now.
The range is a GE and its fine.
The refrigerator is a Whirlpool and it's fine too.
So 2/5 major appliances broke on me, 4 months after they were bought.
But yes. Washing clothes by hand is physical labor. No doubt.
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Daniel, your life just keeps getting better. That’s great.
Fluff n fold is what I use traveling. The ones in NYC are great.
Daniel, your life just keeps getting better. That’s great.
Fluff n fold is what I use traveling. The ones in NYC are great.
Mik, Thanks.
I used to use a Chinese Laundromat in New Orleans that picked up and delivered. Sometimes.
Amazing service.
Of course I should have been taking my laundry to a Laundromat every time, but I admit it. There were many times in my youth when I chose adventure over practicality.
Not anymore.
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Where did you live in NOLA? I'm writing this from Marigny this morning. I grow to love this town more every time I come here...the deep culture, the food, the nightlife - as long as I don't have to be here in summer.
Went to the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme' Lafitte yesterday which celebrates black culture here, focusing mostly on the Mardi Gras Indians and Second Lines. So many of the Indian suits, all beaded and hand made through the year by the various participants.
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Where did you live in NOLA? I'm writing this from Marigny this morning. I grow to love this town more every time I come here...the deep culture, the food, the nightlife - as long as I don't have to be here in summer.
Went to the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme' Lafitte yesterday which celebrates black culture here, focusing mostly on the Mardi Gras Indians and Second Lines. So many of the Indian suits, all beaded and hand made through the year by the various participants.
Where did you live in NOLA? I'm writing this from Marigny this morning. I grow to love this town more every time I come here...the deep culture, the food, the nightlife - as long as I don't have to be here in summer.
Went to the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme' Lafitte yesterday which celebrates black culture here, focusing mostly on the Mardi Gras Indians and Second Lines. So many of the Indian suits, all beaded and hand made through the year by the various participants.
Glad you enjoyed the museum.
Yes, I lived there for a year and a half.
I lived in the French Quarter.
In order-
On Napoleon Ave for a few months.
On Esplanade Ave (as you know, across from where you are now) for a year.
On St. Ann St.
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True.
A lot of gentrification after Katrina.
The Marigny was even more dangerous than the French Quarter when I there.
I walked my dog on Esplanade.
I never crossed into the Marigny.
New Orleans had the highest per capita homicide rate in the nation when I lived there.
People were shot dead in the Marigny, the French Quarter, and Downtown practically every day.
The victims were residents and visitors.
It didn't matter.
Being surrounded by that kind of random and horrific violence got to be too much for us.
So one day we bought a Honda Civic, packed, and drove to Arizona.
He had a remote job lined up, but we had no idea where we were going to live.
We had decided to live in Arizona but not where.
We ended up on 17, stayed in Prescott, and decided to live in Prescott Valley.
We lived there for four years before moving to HI.
He was living in NO at the time. I was living in Tampa.
I moved in with him in NO.
New Orleans is one of the world's great cities.
No doubt.
I'm glad you're enjoying it so much!
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I loved Sedona.
My favorite was Flagstaff. We almost settled there. I'm glad we didn't.
The affordable lots were close to the railroad tracks. If you go a few miles north into the forest the environment is better.
Unfortunately it wasn't a consideration.
We spent a lot of time in Prescott, Sedona, Phoenix, and Flagstaff.
Yes, I've been fortunate that way.
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I just now finally added a Pyrex measuring cup full of bleach into the stagnant water in my washer.
I have my shop vac unpacked and need to read the instructions and learn how to use it
I don't know how they got this washer in here or how they're going to get it out.
For one thing the dryer is on the left and it's in the way.
For another I just measured everything.
By my calculations 28" of of the washer have to fit though spaces that are approximately 28".
It doesn't make sense to me.
But this is what they get paid for.
I'm sure they'll figure it out.
It might happen as early as Tuesday but they haven't called to set the appointment yet.
'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik
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When Lauren was living in Henderson NV we spent Christmases out there and used it as a base of operations for trips to the natural wonders and towns within= driving distance. One year was the Canyon, Sedona and we stayed in Flagstaff. turned out we liked Flagstaff the best. Wonderful town. Found a fantastic little second story wine bar downtown that had a bigger wine list than I've ever seen. It had to have been some rich person's personal project as there's no way the local supported that cellar commercially.
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I just now finally added a Pyrex measuring cup full of bleach into the stagnant water in my washer.
I have my shop vac unpacked and need to read the instructions and learn how to use it
I don't know how they got this washer in here or how they're going to get it out.
For one thing the dryer is on the left and it's in the way.
For another I just measured everything.
By my calculations 28" of of the washer have to fit though spaces that are approximately 28".
It doesn't make sense to me.
But this is what they get paid for.
I'm sure they'll figure it out.
It might happen as early as Tuesday but they haven't called to set the appointment yet.
For another I just measured everything.
By my calculations 28" of of the washer have to fit though spaces that are approximately 28".
It doesn't make sense to me.
But this is what they get paid for.
I'm sure they'll figure it out.
You're probably right, that if it made it into the house that it can go out the same way. There are exceptions, of course, but they're not very common.
OTOH, I think stores are expecting the homeowner to verify that the purchased appliance will fit through doorways and can be installed in the space where it will reside.
Home Depot's "Prepare for Delivery" instructions:
https://www.homedepot.com/c/Appliance_Delivery_Installation
There are also "how to measure" instructions on the page for the appliance you're buying. They walk you through step by step.
You can usually find the dimensions of appliances online. If you have the model number of the dead Amana you can look it up and compare it to the GE Hotpoint that you're buying. If the new one is the same size or smaller you should be good to go.
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When Lauren was living in Henderson NV we spent Christmases out there and used it as a base of operations for trips to the natural wonders and towns within= driving distance. One year was the Canyon, Sedona and we stayed in Flagstaff. turned out we liked Flagstaff the best. Wonderful town. Found a fantastic little second story wine bar downtown that had a bigger wine list than I've ever seen. It had to have been some rich person's personal project as there's no way the local supported that cellar commercially.
When Lauren was living in Henderson NV we spent Christmases out there and used it as a base of operations for trips to the natural wonders and towns within= driving distance. One year was the Canyon, Sedona and we stayed in Flagstaff. turned out we liked Flagstaff the best. Wonderful town. Found a fantastic little second story wine bar downtown that had a bigger wine list than I've ever seen. It had to have been some rich person's personal project as there's no way the local supported that cellar commercially.
Mayla and I went to that wine bar on your recommendation. It was fabulous.
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