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    jordanscollected
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 13 Nov 2018

    I cant quite make it out, Is that homeschooling from the Airstream I hear calling @Matt?

    world tours:
    888 Fat guy chocolate WT
    Mad Red x2
    Wabidashery

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      Matt
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      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

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        mclaincausey
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        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

        Damn right @Jett129 ; and the garbage garbage company did finally do their job yesterday!

        Think it, be it.

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          Appfaff
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 11 Oct 2013

          @mclaincausey - sounds like you ordered a BOSCH?

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            mclaincausey
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            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

            HA! not sure how you figured that out @Appfaff , but at our last home our dishwasher went out and we replaced it with a Bosch 300. It was such an amazing machine that I insisted we get the exact model. Sure, we could have gone with one of their fancier ones or a Miele, but I know for sure this thing was rock solid and stuck with it.

            Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow.

            Think it, be it.

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              Appfaff
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              Joined: 11 Oct 2013

              @mclaincausey - your story was too specifically familiar for it to have been any other brand lol

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                mclaincausey
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                Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                Hilarious and sad. But man they make a great dishwasher. The KitchenAid it replaced was fine, but the Bosch was able to clean even very crusty dishes and glasses flawlessly in an hour without the need for rinse aid. I think it's every bit as good as a Miele.

                OTOH, our LG:
                a) takes almost 4 hours to do a cycle
                b) is so loud we can't talk in the kitchen or watch TV in the living room when it is active. We have to work around the dishwasher's schedule (e.g., do overnight cycles), and that doesn't work for the volume of dirty dishes and baby bottles we generate
                c) doesn't remove debris effectively
                d) leaves its contents moist even days later as we found out after a trip, making me worry about bacteria and mold (especially on the baby's bottles and such)

                We do love our LG TV and the washer and dryer we used to have, but man what a drag their dishwashers suck pond water.

                Think it, be it.

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                  popvulture
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                  Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                  Man I hate shitty appliances. To add insult to injury, they seem to be in no short supply. When I bought my house, I was so stoked to finally buy some nice stuff and get away from the crap landlords typically stock rental properties with, so I bought:

                  A Frigidaire Gallery bottom drawer fridge that absolutely blows. The ice maker crapped out once and I replaced it myself (surprisingly not that bad), but the real issue is in the design of said ice maker. It doesn't stop making ice once it gets full, so it ends up with this huge pile that, once you try to open the drawer, drops many ice cubes back behind into the cavity below the drawer. These ice cubes cause the drawer to go off the rails and keep it from closing properly, so if you're not careful you'll get the alarm because temp has dropped in the freezer. It's so goddamn infuriating. Really the worst when you just wanna grab something out of the freezer and you hear that clacking sound of cubes falling back there, and you know you've gotta get on your hands and knees to fish the fuckers out.

                  A Maytag Maxima XL front-loader washer/dryer pair, recommended as no.1 by Consumer Reports, that also totally sucks absolute ass. I can't wash a pair of jeans in the washer because the sensor in it that weighs the load and I guess determines when it needs rinsing gets hung up and just senses indefinitely. I'll start a load and it'll say 60 mins or whatever… I'll check it at 40 and it'll be sensing. Then an hour later I'll think "oh shit what's up with my laundry?" and it'll still be on 40 mins, in a state of seemingly failed robot confusion. I've since started washing all of my jeans in the tub. Oh also it's called "XL" and just stops working if you put too much laundry in it. The dryer makes horrendous noise — I had an appliance guy come over and look at it, and he said nothing was out of balance, couldn't figure out why it was doing this.

                  Anyway, sigh — I feel your pain. I'll check out some Bosch next time, bc by no means will I ever buy Frigidaire or Maytag again.

                  WTB
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                    Filthy2123ozjunkie
                    見習いボスー
                    Joined: 21 Jan 2013

                    I recently dragged my two year old Samsung washer out to the road because it leaked all over the floor and brought my decade old LG front loader out of the basement and it still works great.

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                      mclaincausey
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                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                      Kinda funny how Maytag had such successful marketing built around a repair man you hope to never see.

                      I had LG frontloaders with a 10 year warranty on the motors. Those were great. Now we have Samsung top-loading washer and dryer, and those so far are great too. Between them, I prefer the Samsung, mainly because top-loading washers are less of a hassle (easier to transition the clothing, don't have to worry about perfectly cracking the door almost-closed to avoid mildew) and maybe have greater capacity.

                      We had a Samsung fridge at the old place that was aight but had an absolute turd for water and ice (it just didn't make enough ice and the water trickled out). The new rig is also Samsung, though a different format. It appears to have the same icemaker and water dispenser, which I dreaded, but it can stay ahead of our ice consumption and the water comes out in a jet. So even from the same company and apparently the same hardware, a much better product.

                      You just never know. I suppose there are some reliably good brands out there in the appliance realm (I would be most encouraged to try the Sub-Zero family of products since they are still a family-owned business) but until we do a kitchen reno I won't even think about it (and so far, see no reason to do so even then outside of the electric range we have now).

                      Think it, be it.

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        This biscuit tin is almost square, but not quite.  So 50% of the time I go to put the lid back on, it's wrong.  Who on earth thoughts slightly non-square tin was a good idea….. 😃 😃 😃 😃 ?

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Nik
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                          Crime against humanity @Giles

                          PS I'll be in Gosport on Tuesday afternoon next week for hemming

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            Hope to see you then, thanks for letting me know.  Time?

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              louisbosco
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                              Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                              @Giles:

                              This biscuit tin is almost square, but not quite.  So 50% of the time I go to put the lid back on, it's wrong.  Who on earth thoughts slightly non-square tin was a good idea….. 😃 😃 😃 😃 ?

                              I would have forced the lid down until it's eventually square.. 👀😂

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                Nik
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                                Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                                2pm. Also going to try on a few other pieces, looking forward to it!

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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  👍

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    ARNC
                                    啓蒙家
                                    Joined: 13 Dec 2020

                                    @Giles:

                                    This biscuit tin is almost square, but not quite.  So 50% of the time I go to put the lid back on, it's wrong.  Who on earth thoughts slightly non-square tin was a good idea….. 😃 😃 😃 😃 ?

                                    That would annoy me so much. The obvious solution: eat all the biscuits and forget about the lid!

                                    “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                      iamjustdanny
                                      Haraki san Student
                                      Joined: 17 Apr 2021

                                      I guess I can add this here, unless it's better placed elsewhere. Been smiling all day because I was proven right 🙂

                                      So here's the story…

                                      I told my cousin ages ago that to install some bidets, he'd have to turn off the water to the unit.

                                      He was telling me "you give up too easily."

                                      Plumber/installer comes, sees the same shit I've been telling my cousin... I get to listen in as he tells my cousin... What I've repeatedly told him!!!!

                                      The issue is that the water valves in the bathroom, that you would use to shut off the water normally, are busted.

                                      So that's why you'd have to shut off the water to the unit.

                                      I've tried to install a bidet before and had discovered that problem (busted water valve). I told him numerous times about that problem.

                                      I figured since he paid someone to come down and do the job, that he should get his money's worth and hear it directly from the installer/plumber. The... Exact... Thing... I've told him numerous times!

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                                        Jett129
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                                        Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                                        The moral to the story is…You can lead a horse to water,but you can’t make him go fishing, or use a bidet.

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                                          iamjustdanny
                                          Haraki san Student
                                          Joined: 17 Apr 2021

                                          @Jett129:

                                          The moral to the story is…You can lead a horse to water,but you can’t make him go fishing, or use a bidet.

                                          😂 mostly!

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