scrubflex....
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you for the free machine...can't beat it.....as for a pound of clothes, it was always hard to say exactly, considering the like of a fluffy comforter has little weight, best thing I do is my laundry baskets are the small 1 bushel size, add assorted clothes till a small mound forms on top, this is for a regular capacity machine, 1 1/2 of this is for a large capacity, now for my calypso, I add three of these small baskets, thats a foolproof way for me to wash, loads can't always be exactly the same like in a laboratory test...but the basket always allows for the same type of consistent results...try it!
and Super32...my guy was a cable repair man...and like you the offers were often, men and women, especially when they sit on the couch and all luggage is not stowed away!...lol...you must have stories yourself....how can a man like you be single for long?....lol