tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post5782195300872769831..comments2023-09-11T08:40:27.144-05:00Comments on Life Candy: the day I lost a tooth and embraced the fact that aliens are doing my laundryNenette Alejandria Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519714210354478057noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-85098326945042891422009-10-12T20:21:55.550-05:002009-10-12T20:21:55.550-05:00OK, here's some washer/drier advice... yesterd...OK, here's some washer/drier advice... yesterday, as I was preparing our Thanksgiving feast (solo chef, since Mrs Bannatyne was laid up with pneumonia), I was informed that a small kid's toy had gone down the hole while the lint trap on the drier was removed for defluffing. A small, flammable kid's toy.<br /><br />So, I could either hope that it gets blown out the vent, or it sticks and doesn't catch fire. I opted to take the back of the driver off to look for and remove the offending toy. While everything was moved around and disassembled, I checked the vent duct to make sure it wasn't a fire hazard (OK, not much lint caught there at all).<br /><br />But, while I had the back of the drier off and was reaching around where you shouldn't be reaching around, I found a huge pile of crap that had not been caught by the lint trap but had not been blown out the vent. A lot of it was sand, with a low risk of catching fire, but a lot of it was just matted fluff.<br /><br />Lesson? Don't wait 10 years before opening up the back of your drier to see if some crap has accumulated instead of being blown out the vent!Albert Bannatynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679417690640475683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-81391318467753995042009-03-16T17:37:00.000-05:002009-03-16T17:37:00.000-05:00Whoa. Sorry for the late comment replies guys! T...Whoa. Sorry for the late comment replies guys! Trying to catch up...<BR/><BR/>@wyliekat:<BR/>naw, there's a lot of mutual mocking. 'Cletus' was just payback!<BR/><BR/>@harmzie:<BR/>don't you have your own spaceship? in your own basement? <BR/><BR/>@Kari:<BR/>yeah, the stop-and-go sounds of the spaceship did worry me at first, but I came to love it soon after.<BR/><BR/>@Su:<BR/>now that my teeth are fixed, I'm all worried about biting into apples and breaking them. I will definitely cut apples first when I eat them. :)<BR/><BR/>@Albert:<BR/>Oh, the horrors I've read about some makes of front-loaders! Yes, they don't last as long as top-loaders, and if you get one that isn't made well, you're SOL.<BR/>LOL about the dentist. I'm okay with him -- the only person who would've noticed a problem was me.<BR/><BR/>@Snowbear:<BR/>A washing machine with internet access?! hmmm... :)Nenette Alejandria Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519714210354478057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-40215728389777436652009-03-11T00:21:00.000-05:002009-03-11T00:21:00.000-05:00Wait wait . . . did you say your washing machine t...Wait wait . . . did you say your washing machine tweets?!?<BR/><BR/>I mean I knew twitter was getting popular but geez! <BR/><BR/>^_^Snowbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13123342821743628180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-5789286837042379992009-03-10T22:03:00.000-05:002009-03-10T22:03:00.000-05:00Nice looking machine... but why in the basement? ...Nice looking machine... but why in the basement? I thought you had a main floor laundry room?<BR/><BR/>Apparently front loaders are more efficient and softer on the clothes, but I've read recent reports where people are discouraged to find out they don't last as long as top-loaders because the weight of the water and clothes on the horizontal axis is mechanically rougher on the components. Not sure if that's true, though.<BR/><BR/>Don't let Harmzie alone with the washer, she'll turn it on and <A HREF="http://www.female-masturbation-ejaculation.com/washing-machine.html" REL="nofollow">do<B> unspeakable</B> things with it</A>.<BR/><BR/>And the tooth... the tooth... are you sure you want to go back to the same dentist? Maybe this is a good time to try to find one that, you know, can tell when a tooth is loose? Whatever you do, don't taunt him when you're about to sit in his chair! Have you seen Marathon Man? :-)Albert Bannatynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679417690640475683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-61735921089886715972009-03-10T11:55:00.000-05:002009-03-10T11:55:00.000-05:00Cletus...?? Wha.. :)Even though I don't really hav...Cletus...?? Wha.. :)<BR/>Even though I don't really have anything to worry about, I'm not too fond of biting into an apple. I always have to cut it into pieces to eat it. My kids think I'm weird, but hey, they do it too.Suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017408882651443811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-65808999416519372192009-03-10T05:29:00.000-05:002009-03-10T05:29:00.000-05:00My parents got a space ship with their new house a...My parents got a space ship with their new house a few years back. I remember thinking how weird it was and it took me awhile to get use to it's odd noises. They are pretty nice!<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry to hear of your tooth. I hope it's an easy fix for the dentist. I say put it under your pillow and see what happens!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-72313860609483117422009-03-09T18:19:00.000-05:002009-03-09T18:19:00.000-05:00I think the dentist might say: "on the contrary: i...I think the dentist might say: "on the contrary: it's in <B>YOUR</B> face!" Of course, that might be just if I were the dentist. There are a number of reasons I didn't become a dentist. Patient interaction is but one.<BR/><BR/>That's a beauty of a washer. Try not to be alarmed if I sneak off to your basement muttering "I need to be alone down here for a moment"harmziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718439326736163120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554671041186726858.post-46901205372981884732009-03-09T14:44:00.000-05:002009-03-09T14:44:00.000-05:00Oh dang - a hubby calling you Cletus while you're ...Oh dang - a hubby calling you Cletus while you're missing a tooth? Geez, he should be thankful you didn't give him a matching hole! ;-}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com