On 10/30/2011 8:28 AM, ---MIKE--- wrote:
I just got a new top load washing machine. My old one had a lint trap
on top of the pedestal but the new one does not. The people at Lowes
tell me that washing machines have not had lint traps for at least ten
years. I am concerned because I have cats and the lint trap on my old
machine used to collect lots of cat hair. Where will all this hair go
now?

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')


There are lots of obviously dopey engineers designing appliances these
days...my last two washers are good examples. When I first bought a
washer without the cleanable lint trap, I called the dealer to ask if
there was one that was "hidden". He said the machine "automatically"
traps the lint, and then....drum roll....flushes the lint into the sewer
line.

The most recent idiocy is the temp setting on a Kenmore washer...the
usual cold, warm, hot...We kept the water heater set pretty low, so
"hot" wasn't really that HOT! Now said engineers, always trying to save
me from myself (they really should have gone to seminary) have an
automatic gizmo that, when the machine is set to "HOT", it mixes some
cold to keep that warmish hot water from damaging the machine. So the
mix thingy is constantly going off and on during fill, causing the hoses
to shake and a really irritating sound.

I'm old enough to get irritated with just about anything, like coffee
makers that beep when they brew, beep when they shut off the heat, dryer
that honks every five minutes to remind me to fold the clothes I don't
want to fold NOW. Fer Pete's sake, get rid of all the noise and lights
and just ... I suppose the next thing will be a mixer that shuts off
when the egg whites are sufficiently whipped...spare me!