mickeyd
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A Belated Winter Tale.
Two Winters ago before the tundra came, the only light to be seen in the small hamlet of Athol Springs was a dim glow coming from Mickey D's window in the very wee hours.
He was searching the “internets" for a combination washer dryer having caught the well-known winter disease of Combo Fever which he contracted from John of the same name.
After many nights of searching he gave up. Then Summer came and somebody posted a GE combo in the Purple Forum, but it was very pricey, much more than he had ever paid for one machine, but he could not get it out of his mind, so he called the seller offering him special delivery cash, thus acquiring the machine for a much lower price. When it came home, it was glorious except that it wouldn't dry. Front Load washing was like nothing he had ever seen before. Smitten and in love he wanted this new machine in perfect working order. So he tried to open it up as he had done successfully to his nearly matching GE top loader to Martinize the fill flume but he couldn't crack the Combo's frame.
Then, John came to the rescue and said, "All you need to do is pry off the chrome styling strip and reach in with a is a 5/16 hex on your ratchet to remove two screws and the top will lift right off. " And......Presto ! The top came off as easy as toast out of the toaster. And everything was clean and beautiful inside: no burnt wires, no shorted out terminals, or anything easily visible and fixable to get the combo to dry. Alas it was something beyond Michael's pay grade. But then the tundra came, freezing the garage, the combo; so all the machines were deplumbed and hibernated indefinitely, just in time before the Arctic freezing took hold in earnest.
Switching over to first person now. Thank you for the indulgence.
Then one day while recalling how many people among us lusted after those poppy red 1-18s while at the same time still dreadfully missing front loading, I happened to see a wild cherry LG in the local appliance emporium but it didn't have turbo wash, was only 440 bucks; yet, I still wouldn't bite, so I went online, finding a Turbo Wash Steam Machine on Amazon which claimed to have the ONLY one left in the United States. Who could resist such hype?
Not wanting it dropped off on the front porch, I called the local place back and told them about it and they said they could get it for me less than what it was listed for on Amazon and of course deliver and install it. Can't beat local dealers; they're the best.
Always remembered with great amusement when Malcolm said of Eugene “You took one for the team !" when he bought his Immersion Care and although I’d like to be in that league I'm not because I mainly bought this for myself. I'd like to have it forever, and whoever gets my machines when I croak will have the equivalent of the poppy red in another 25 to 30 years--although I should add in all fairness and honesty that the handsome young installer winked on his way out and said:"Don't use it too often!" Got a lot of yuks out of that one.
So….. Put on your tinfoil hats for best reception -- not to mention protection from an imminent alien invasion -- because this was filmed in high definition by my filmmaker friend Denny, and enjoy the show. Kindly refrain from any comments about my hairdo. Few things are more humbling than seeing yourself on screen. More than happy to answer any questions to which I have the answers.
Corrections: Meant to say: "Measure soap in tablespoons rather than CUPS." More corrections certain to follow. Give me a few minutes to load the flick.[this post was last edited: 4/4/2014-01:25]
http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UWBbVHVHQc
Two Winters ago before the tundra came, the only light to be seen in the small hamlet of Athol Springs was a dim glow coming from Mickey D's window in the very wee hours.
He was searching the “internets" for a combination washer dryer having caught the well-known winter disease of Combo Fever which he contracted from John of the same name.
After many nights of searching he gave up. Then Summer came and somebody posted a GE combo in the Purple Forum, but it was very pricey, much more than he had ever paid for one machine, but he could not get it out of his mind, so he called the seller offering him special delivery cash, thus acquiring the machine for a much lower price. When it came home, it was glorious except that it wouldn't dry. Front Load washing was like nothing he had ever seen before. Smitten and in love he wanted this new machine in perfect working order. So he tried to open it up as he had done successfully to his nearly matching GE top loader to Martinize the fill flume but he couldn't crack the Combo's frame.
Then, John came to the rescue and said, "All you need to do is pry off the chrome styling strip and reach in with a is a 5/16 hex on your ratchet to remove two screws and the top will lift right off. " And......Presto ! The top came off as easy as toast out of the toaster. And everything was clean and beautiful inside: no burnt wires, no shorted out terminals, or anything easily visible and fixable to get the combo to dry. Alas it was something beyond Michael's pay grade. But then the tundra came, freezing the garage, the combo; so all the machines were deplumbed and hibernated indefinitely, just in time before the Arctic freezing took hold in earnest.
Switching over to first person now. Thank you for the indulgence.
Then one day while recalling how many people among us lusted after those poppy red 1-18s while at the same time still dreadfully missing front loading, I happened to see a wild cherry LG in the local appliance emporium but it didn't have turbo wash, was only 440 bucks; yet, I still wouldn't bite, so I went online, finding a Turbo Wash Steam Machine on Amazon which claimed to have the ONLY one left in the United States. Who could resist such hype?
Not wanting it dropped off on the front porch, I called the local place back and told them about it and they said they could get it for me less than what it was listed for on Amazon and of course deliver and install it. Can't beat local dealers; they're the best.
Always remembered with great amusement when Malcolm said of Eugene “You took one for the team !" when he bought his Immersion Care and although I’d like to be in that league I'm not because I mainly bought this for myself. I'd like to have it forever, and whoever gets my machines when I croak will have the equivalent of the poppy red in another 25 to 30 years--although I should add in all fairness and honesty that the handsome young installer winked on his way out and said:"Don't use it too often!" Got a lot of yuks out of that one.
So….. Put on your tinfoil hats for best reception -- not to mention protection from an imminent alien invasion -- because this was filmed in high definition by my filmmaker friend Denny, and enjoy the show. Kindly refrain from any comments about my hairdo. Few things are more humbling than seeing yourself on screen. More than happy to answer any questions to which I have the answers.
Corrections: Meant to say: "Measure soap in tablespoons rather than CUPS." More corrections certain to follow. Give me a few minutes to load the flick.[this post was last edited: 4/4/2014-01:25]
http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UWBbVHVHQc
