I don’t think I ever posted about the fact that our washing machine gave up the ghost a few weeks ago. It had been threatening to do so for quite some time, and would make a horrendous noise during the spin cycle. So horrendous in fact that I tried, as far as possible, to only have the machine running when we were out of the house. I knew we would have to resolve this problem before the baby was born. Either that or give up all hope of the baby every sleeping during the day, or wear dirty clothes for the next two to three years!
The day the machine actually broke, it made an even worse noise than usual. It was so loud in fact that when the Tesco man arrived with our grocery order he and I had to complete the entire transaction through lip reading and the art of mime because even though we were shouting at each other it was impossible to hear what we were saying. I managed to work out that his parting words were ‘I THINK IT’S BROKEN!’
Shortly after he left the noise got even worse so I opened the cupboard door to have a look, just in time to see the washing machine bouncing up and down off the ground, the detergent drawer flying open, and the top of the machine shooting off! I grabbed hold of as many parts as I could and clung on for dear life while jabbing at the power button. I honestly thought that the machine was going to explode or go up in flames – it really was quite scary! Eventually it switched off and slowed down to a halt. Time to buy a new machine …
Now I am the proud owner of a lovely quiet Indesit washing machine. It is such a novelty to be able to do more than one load of washing a day, not to mention hold a conversation in the same room as it is being done. I’m sure this novelty will wear off soon enough, but for the time being it makes me very happy!
Catherine
Does it dry the clothes too?
Aw man, I’m sorry to hear that the washing machine went out of commission. I’m just glad that I was able to have the liberty of using during our trip in October. Kristi and I had to get a new washing machine ourselves about 3 months ago…..Ours became a ghost as well.
Howard – unfortunately it doesn’t dry clothes. The last one had that ability, but only for a short while, as the dryer actually stopped working well over a year ago. We decided when buying a new machine that if it didn’t have a dryer it was one less thing to go wrong!
Andy – I remember reading on Facebook that your washing machine had broken and I thought ‘What a nightmare thing to happen in the run up to their baby being born’ … and then the same thing happened to us!
C