My washing machine was having trouble draining. I ran the diagnostic
tests and it came back with an error that said it was taking too long
to drain. (Thanks, I knew that!)

I took the hoses off of the pump and found a beat up guitar pick
lodged in the intake of the pump.

Here's what's strange: No one has played the guitar in my house since
before we bought this washing machine over 5 years ago. No one in the
house claims to have had a guitar pick in their pocket for as long as
they can remember.

Here's what's even stranger: The French student we have staying at our
house (but who has not done any laundry yet) said "Oh, I play the
guitar." So my daughter pulled out her old guitar, tuned it up and our
international guest is in the living room strumming away with the
mystery pick!

On Oct 23, 9:27*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
My washing machine was having trouble draining. I ran the diagnostic
tests and it came back with an error that said it was taking too long
to drain. (Thanks, I knew that!)

I took the hoses off of the pump and found a beat up guitar pick
lodged in the intake of the pump.

Here's what's strange: No one has played the guitar in my house since
before we bought this washing machine over 5 years ago. No one in the
house claims to have had a guitar pick in their pocket for as long as
they can remember.

Here's what's even stranger: The French student we have staying at our
house (but who has not done any laundry yet) said "Oh, I play the
guitar." So my daughter pulled out her old guitar, tuned it up and our
international guest is in the living room strumming away with the
mystery pick!


I always have guitar picks in my pants pocket. I believe I've got
three in there right now. But it's late and I don't know where my
pants are. I hope they are not in the washing machine.

On 10/23/2010 9:27 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
My washing machine was having trouble draining. I ran the diagnostic
tests and it came back with an error that said it was taking too long
to drain. (Thanks, I knew that!)

I took the hoses off of the pump and found a beat up guitar pick
lodged in the intake of the pump.

Here's what's strange: No one has played the guitar in my house since
before we bought this washing machine over 5 years ago. No one in the
house claims to have had a guitar pick in their pocket for as long as
they can remember.

Here's what's even stranger: The French student we have staying at our
house (but who has not done any laundry yet) said "Oh, I play the
guitar." So my daughter pulled out her old guitar, tuned it up and our
international guest is in the living room strumming away with the
mystery pick!

Perhaps it stuck to the bottom of a shoe and was carried into the house?
I see odd and strange items show up from time to time and have removed
some weird stuff from the bottom of my sneakers quite often. Where did
that freaky screw come from that's stuck in the soul of my shoe?

TDD

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DerbyDad03 wrote:
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Here's what's strange: No one has played the guitar in my house since
before we bought this washing machine over 5 years ago. No one in the
house claims to have had a guitar pick in their pocket for as long as
they can remember.

Here's what's even stranger: The French student we have staying at our
house (but who has not done any laundry yet) said "Oh, I play the
guitar." So my daughter pulled out her old guitar, tuned it up and our
international guest is in the living room strumming away with the
mystery pick!

Obviously, someone has picked the lock to your home, put the pick in
the wahing machine, then left, locking the door behind them after
carefully ensuring that no trace of intrusion was left behind!
--
Often wrong, never in doubt.

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org

DerbyDad03 wrote in news:56073dde-f199-4770-92ca-
:

My washing machine was having trouble draining. I ran the diagnostic
tests and it came back with an error that said it was taking too long
to drain. (Thanks, I knew that!)

I took the hoses off of the pump and found a beat up guitar pick
lodged in the intake of the pump.

Here's what's strange: No one has played the guitar in my house since
before we bought this washing machine over 5 years ago. No one in the
house claims to have had a guitar pick in their pocket for as long as
they can remember.

Here's what's even stranger: The French student we have staying at our
house (but who has not done any laundry yet) said "Oh, I play the
guitar." So my daughter pulled out her old guitar, tuned it up and our
international guest is in the living room strumming away with the
mystery pick!

I always keep a couple in my "always take" tool bag. Just in case I need
one up in the attic or in crawl space. Why waste a trip.

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:40:42 GMT, wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote in news:56073dde-f199-4770-92ca-
:

My washing machine was having trouble draining. I ran the diagnostic
tests and it came back with an error that said it was taking too long
to drain. (Thanks, I knew that!)

I took the hoses off of the pump and found a beat up guitar pick
lodged in the intake of the pump.

Here's what's strange: No one has played the guitar in my house since
before we bought this washing machine over 5 years ago. No one in the
house claims to have had a guitar pick in their pocket for as long as
they can remember.

Here's what's even stranger: The French student we have staying at our
house (but who has not done any laundry yet) said "Oh, I play the
guitar." So my daughter pulled out her old guitar, tuned it up and our
international guest is in the living room strumming away with the
mystery pick!

I always keep a couple in my "always take" tool bag. Just in case I need
one up in the attic or in crawl space. Why waste a trip.

A couple French students? What do you do with them in an attic or
crawl space?

Jim

Jim Elbrecht wrote in
:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:40:42 GMT, wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote in
news:56073dde-f199-4770-92ca-
:

My washing machine was having trouble draining. I ran the diagnostic
tests and it came back with an error that said it was taking too
long to drain. (Thanks, I knew that!)

I took the hoses off of the pump and found a beat up guitar pick
lodged in the intake of the pump.

Here's what's strange: No one has played the guitar in my house
since before we bought this washing machine over 5 years ago. No one
in the house claims to have had a guitar pick in their pocket for as
long as they can remember.

Here's what's even stranger: The French student we have staying at
our house (but who has not done any laundry yet) said "Oh, I play
the guitar." So my daughter pulled out her old guitar, tuned it up
and our international guest is in the living room strumming away
with the mystery pick!

I always keep a couple in my "always take" tool bag. Just in case I
need one up in the attic or in crawl space. Why waste a trip.

A couple French students? What do you do with them in an attic or
crawl space?

Jim



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