A good path to take would be
to see what, if any, changes can be made to the unelected DOE?
I can live with, while not agreeing to, the majority rule. In other words, if the marketplace demanded these machines, then so be it.
What I have a philosophical issue with is an unelected body of pencil pushing bureaucrats dictating how much water (which is not in short supply by the way) I use to:
1. Shower.
2. Flush my toilet
3. Do my laundry
Pop quiz time again (I like to use these to see if anyone is paying attention)
Q. What do you call a form of government that issues policy without voter input?
A. A dictatorship.
And that folks is what we have now. It is not a democracy. Far from it. In the real world, far removed from the offices of the DOE, no sane consumer would accept HE TL machines or even HE FL machines. Why? Simple, they do not clean as well as an old school top loader. Period. End of sentence. Full stop. I don't care if you have GM era Frigidaire or a homely Kelvinator from Pre-WCI days, fact is, those old school machines were made that way for decades for one reason. They worked. Not a difficult concept to figure out. No matter what the DOE or some other eco-nazi group wants us to believe, those piles of junk foisted upon a reluctant public are useless. Talk to me about time, will ya? Over an hour to do a friggin load? I thought we were all stressed out from lack of "time" to do the things we want to do. How in god's name does that make sense? When I can do a similar load in an old school SQ, have it in the dryer, and be home in time for corn flakes?
I could live with consumer demand telling Whirltag, GE et al hey, we want more efficient machines. While I may not agree, when the marketplace demands it, I can go along much better than when an unelected bunch of dolts "dictates" policy to me.
I'm a very proud owner of a Speed Queen. I have no affinity to them other than the fact they still produce a washer that leaves me in control of things. Like how much water I use. How long the cycle is. Whether or not I want to use the second rinse option. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how I can have clean clothes with a paltry 15 minutes of agitation whereas a new fangled TL or FL takes over an hour to do the same thing? Then there's the mold issues. The piss poor quality and reliability. The special "cleaning" cycle (an oxymoron if there ever was one).
And this is "progress"? Not hardly. Rather, it is special interest groups bullying their way into the system and forcing the rest of us to comply with their half baked concepts of conservation.
Even if the SQ cleaned half assed, which it doesn't by the way, I would STILL own it just to stick my middle finger in the air in the direction of Washington DC.
Finally, here's one for story time. In 2002 my dear parents retired to sunny Florida. They bought a used home that had some rather strange remodeling done. One thing that was junk from the get go was the toilet in dad's bathroom. It developed a crack from the rim to the floor. It needed to be replaced. Dad already had experience with the eco-nazi approved 1.6 gallon water savers (here we go again) and was dead set against getting another one. So he literally ordered me to get on the internet and find him a *#*#&$& toilet that used plenty of water to move feces and toilet paper into the sewer.
Well I found some...........in Canada of all places. Seems the Canucks at the time had a sensible approach to toilet design and still sold 3.5 gallon units. Hooray! Only problem is there were located in Windsor, Ontario and did not ship to USA.
What to do?
I tell you what I did.
I called them up, ordered it, gave them my CC. 2 weeks later, they said come get it. It was an American Standard with elongated bowl and an insulated tank. Sort of an off white color, bone perhaps, but dad was not concerned at all about the color. I took a Friday off, drove from W Pa in my Suzuki Vitara SUV, crossed over the Windsor bridge, arrived at Windsor Plumbing supply. While I waited for the toilet to be loaded, the two managers laughed and said they sell more toilets to USA residents than Canadian subjects. Well jolly nice. I headed back through USA customs on the Detroit side. The customs agent asked if I had a water closet in the back. Sure did, was my reply, then I added, My mother is into alternative landscaping. He laughed and told me to get the hell out of here!
How did it get from PA to FL? Well dear old dad wanted to visit so he gassed up his 2000 Dodge Intrepid and drove up. We spend a few days going out, shooting, and watching the tube. Then he headed back to sunny FL had the toilet installed and never looked back. It is still there, dutifully removing human waste and toilet paper. And it has yet to see Korky the plunger provide "assistance".
Moral of the story is this: When I say screw the government, I am serious. Which is why I have a Speed Queen in the first place!
to see what, if any, changes can be made to the unelected DOE?
I can live with, while not agreeing to, the majority rule. In other words, if the marketplace demanded these machines, then so be it.
What I have a philosophical issue with is an unelected body of pencil pushing bureaucrats dictating how much water (which is not in short supply by the way) I use to:
1. Shower.
2. Flush my toilet
3. Do my laundry
Pop quiz time again (I like to use these to see if anyone is paying attention)
Q. What do you call a form of government that issues policy without voter input?
A. A dictatorship.
And that folks is what we have now. It is not a democracy. Far from it. In the real world, far removed from the offices of the DOE, no sane consumer would accept HE TL machines or even HE FL machines. Why? Simple, they do not clean as well as an old school top loader. Period. End of sentence. Full stop. I don't care if you have GM era Frigidaire or a homely Kelvinator from Pre-WCI days, fact is, those old school machines were made that way for decades for one reason. They worked. Not a difficult concept to figure out. No matter what the DOE or some other eco-nazi group wants us to believe, those piles of junk foisted upon a reluctant public are useless. Talk to me about time, will ya? Over an hour to do a friggin load? I thought we were all stressed out from lack of "time" to do the things we want to do. How in god's name does that make sense? When I can do a similar load in an old school SQ, have it in the dryer, and be home in time for corn flakes?
I could live with consumer demand telling Whirltag, GE et al hey, we want more efficient machines. While I may not agree, when the marketplace demands it, I can go along much better than when an unelected bunch of dolts "dictates" policy to me.
I'm a very proud owner of a Speed Queen. I have no affinity to them other than the fact they still produce a washer that leaves me in control of things. Like how much water I use. How long the cycle is. Whether or not I want to use the second rinse option. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how I can have clean clothes with a paltry 15 minutes of agitation whereas a new fangled TL or FL takes over an hour to do the same thing? Then there's the mold issues. The piss poor quality and reliability. The special "cleaning" cycle (an oxymoron if there ever was one).
And this is "progress"? Not hardly. Rather, it is special interest groups bullying their way into the system and forcing the rest of us to comply with their half baked concepts of conservation.
Even if the SQ cleaned half assed, which it doesn't by the way, I would STILL own it just to stick my middle finger in the air in the direction of Washington DC.
Finally, here's one for story time. In 2002 my dear parents retired to sunny Florida. They bought a used home that had some rather strange remodeling done. One thing that was junk from the get go was the toilet in dad's bathroom. It developed a crack from the rim to the floor. It needed to be replaced. Dad already had experience with the eco-nazi approved 1.6 gallon water savers (here we go again) and was dead set against getting another one. So he literally ordered me to get on the internet and find him a *#*#&$& toilet that used plenty of water to move feces and toilet paper into the sewer.
Well I found some...........in Canada of all places. Seems the Canucks at the time had a sensible approach to toilet design and still sold 3.5 gallon units. Hooray! Only problem is there were located in Windsor, Ontario and did not ship to USA.
What to do?
I tell you what I did.
I called them up, ordered it, gave them my CC. 2 weeks later, they said come get it. It was an American Standard with elongated bowl and an insulated tank. Sort of an off white color, bone perhaps, but dad was not concerned at all about the color. I took a Friday off, drove from W Pa in my Suzuki Vitara SUV, crossed over the Windsor bridge, arrived at Windsor Plumbing supply. While I waited for the toilet to be loaded, the two managers laughed and said they sell more toilets to USA residents than Canadian subjects. Well jolly nice. I headed back through USA customs on the Detroit side. The customs agent asked if I had a water closet in the back. Sure did, was my reply, then I added, My mother is into alternative landscaping. He laughed and told me to get the hell out of here!
How did it get from PA to FL? Well dear old dad wanted to visit so he gassed up his 2000 Dodge Intrepid and drove up. We spend a few days going out, shooting, and watching the tube. Then he headed back to sunny FL had the toilet installed and never looked back. It is still there, dutifully removing human waste and toilet paper. And it has yet to see Korky the plunger provide "assistance".
Moral of the story is this: When I say screw the government, I am serious. Which is why I have a Speed Queen in the first place!
