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I understand errors.  I make them all the time. I am quite good at it. What I do not understand is why I don't always trust my gut when making decisions.  About a year ago now I purchased a new washer and dryer.  At the time I was tempted to go with another brand that I had never purchased before, but allowed myself to fall back into a comfort zone and purchased a familiar brand instead.  Big mistake. They don't make them like they used to. I tell my kids and grandkids to always trust their gut! Apparently I do not follow my own advice.

This is the issue as I see it .... What is up with new appliances? They are way too techy techy.  They think they should be able to tell you how to do your laundry, but ... they are wrong.  I get to decide how much water I want my clothes to slosh around in, and if I change my mind for any reason, I should be able to change the settling  -- even after I hit Start.   It seems like nothing can be changed … not one single setting …. Once you click Start, everything is set it stone – no going back. 

Sometimes the machine even locks you out. I particularly hate that.  You find a dirty sock on the floor between the bedroom and the laundry room and go to throw it into the washer and it won't let you open the lid for even a nanosecond.  It seems that if you want to change something, like water level or temperature, you have to attempt to start over --  wave your hands in the air, speak softly, make clicking sounds with your tongue and turn around three times before you hit Start again and then when that doesn’t work… you try something else until something finally does. One must never let the machine win. Never.  I don’t want to go as far back as a ringer washer or washing clothes down by the creek,  but seriously – something without stupid sensors would be nice. I mean I am smarter than they are and I still cannot figure out how to use many of the features of my phone -- this after several years of carrying it around with me. Duh!

One last thing.  It also annoys me that the buzzer on my "new" dryer doesn’t work any more, so I never know when my clothes are dry – have to set an alarm on my watch so I can get them before the wrinkles set in. (I have come to the point where I no longer/very rarely iron.) Wonder if I can YouTube how to fix that buzzer problem? Is YouTube a verb? Did I already try to do that? I am thinking I did and the wires looked scary, so I gave up the idea.  Will check again.

Old fashioned or just plain old? Could be both.  I long for simpler times and simpler appliances. I don't want a smart TV or a smart car  either.  Even my Jeep is too smart for its britches. They think they are so smart.  They are not.   Further -- I am sometimes not as smart as I think I am either. It's a frustrating spiral. The purchase of these appliances is a case in point.

Thanks for listening....