On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:31:31 -0800 (PST), kh fami
wrote:

Wow -- gfretw... nailed it.

Sock wedged into the blower fan.

Thanks to

http://www.applianceaid.com/may-apart.html

for step by step on getting to it.

The telltale sign was that the drum would only turn in one direction
and not even budge in the other.

Nice. Now it makes sense why Mom used to put a few pairs of socks on
a safety pin. She never lost one... She put the pin in through the
toe ends.