Postpone it then.
Random Rants 76: Argh! Augh! Ahhh!
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Yes beaker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker_(drinkware)
A tumbler is normally a squat glass used for drinking spirits
https://www.amazon.co.uk/slp/whiskey-tumblers/hjcbjvmb4jyy3dh
I totally don't agree with these drinkware classifications, lol! I call anything roundish with a handle a mug, and I feel a cup is any sort of drinkware, sort of like an umbrella term. I won't call it a glass unless it's made of glass, and a tumbler can be anything that's at least like 12 ounces or so and has no handle.
I took today off from work, because I just wasn't feeling it today. Well I got nothing accomplished, except painting my toenails and baking cookies.
Oh and I also did some online shopping ... I bought a 3/4 length sweater jacket I think will look cute for Valentine's Day, and I also saw a sweater dress I like, so I ordered that too. I really need to get my online shopping under control.
I took today off from work, because I just wasn't feeling it today. Well I got nothing accomplished, except painting my toenails and baking cookies.
Oh and I also did some online shopping ... I bought a 3/4 length sweater jacket I think will look cute for Valentine's Day, and I also saw a sweater dress I like, so I ordered that too. I really need to get my online shopping under control.
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Rant: Endurance International Group, a company that buys up decent webhosts and then completely guts them. And they own more than 80+ webhosts.
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I was going to mention that there's really no such thing as "broke the washing machine." There is "happened to be the one using the washing machine when it broke."
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Maybe maybe not.
Could been heavy handed with the detergent door, put something inside that blocked a pipe. etc.
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I suppose. But it sounds more like the oft broken washing machine just decided that today was a good day to quit limping along. That's not a sign of a bad roommate.
I agree with Tim, it sounds like your machine has had lots of problems. Unless your roommate did something really silly like putting in a bunch of heavy wool blankets or something ...
I do hope you get a new one! She could buy one easily, you can get them so cheaply these days.
I do hope you get a new one! She could buy one easily, you can get them so cheaply these days.
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My first washing machine lasted about fifteen years. I did not try to get it fixed as it would have cost more that it was worth.
The next one only lasted four months. It was a right pain to get it changed. The washing machine gave up the ghost just be fore we went on holiday so we decided to put off buying a new when until we returned. My wife stayed in Macedonia for a few weeks and when I came home from London for the weekend the fridge freezer went bang, just as well it was nearly empty. I had had it for sixteen years so not too bad. So when my wife come home we went and bought replacements, which came from different shops and were different makes
So four months latter when the new washing machine dies I phone up and arranges for someone to come and look at it under warranty. My mum was in to let the repair person in but he said he had come to fix the fridge freezer and did not know anything about washing machines. Second time they did not have the parts. Third time they did but it still would not work so they said change the machine. They did not turn up but left a message on the land line which my mum found she had wasted her time again because they were out of stock on that model. So next weekend my wife and I went down to the shop and complained, they said I would have to phone up the service line. I got a bit irate![[pissed]](/images/smilies/pissed.gif "Pissed [pissed]")
and said that if they did not give me another machine I would stand outside their shop and and tell everyone not to shop there, It as two weeks before Christmas. So they delivered a new machine on the Monday, they did not want to take their old machine but my mum would not let them leave without it.
That washing machine lasted for six years. The one I have now is just over six years old but I got it from a different shop.
The next one only lasted four months. It was a right pain to get it changed. The washing machine gave up the ghost just be fore we went on holiday so we decided to put off buying a new when until we returned. My wife stayed in Macedonia for a few weeks and when I came home from London for the weekend the fridge freezer went bang, just as well it was nearly empty. I had had it for sixteen years so not too bad. So when my wife come home we went and bought replacements, which came from different shops and were different makes
So four months latter when the new washing machine dies I phone up and arranges for someone to come and look at it under warranty. My mum was in to let the repair person in but he said he had come to fix the fridge freezer and did not know anything about washing machines. Second time they did not have the parts. Third time they did but it still would not work so they said change the machine. They did not turn up but left a message on the land line which my mum found she had wasted her time again because they were out of stock on that model. So next weekend my wife and I went down to the shop and complained, they said I would have to phone up the service line. I got a bit irate
and said that if they did not give me another machine I would stand outside their shop and and tell everyone not to shop there, It as two weeks before Christmas. So they delivered a new machine on the Monday, they did not want to take their old machine but my mum would not let them leave without it.That washing machine lasted for six years. The one I have now is just over six years old but I got it from a different shop.
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Statistically, it's somewhat improbable that the washing machine would choose the first time the new roommate uses the washing machine to be the moment it decides to opt out.
It doesn't really change anything either way; the washing machine has been on its last legs for almost three full years now. If it wasn't him, it would have been me or the next one. What mostly annoyed me about this is that he didn't tell me at the time (he only went "oh yeah" after I brought it up) so it's been broken for 3+ days, and I only noticed because I had to use it today. The landlord moves at a glacial pace and I can't go to a laundromat, nor can I (effectively) hand wash. I just would have rather had a 3-day head start on trying to convince the landlord to replace/repair it.
It doesn't really change anything either way; the washing machine has been on its last legs for almost three full years now. If it wasn't him, it would have been me or the next one. What mostly annoyed me about this is that he didn't tell me at the time (he only went "oh yeah" after I brought it up) so it's been broken for 3+ days, and I only noticed because I had to use it today. The landlord moves at a glacial pace and I can't go to a laundromat, nor can I (effectively) hand wash. I just would have rather had a 3-day head start on trying to convince the landlord to replace/repair it.
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A decent washing machine should last you a quarter of a century.
But then again, landlords over the Rio Grande seem to be cheapskates.
Do they have a series called Speechless on Netflix?
Given the circumstances, it was just as likely to in any other moment.
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Well, you are too far away for me to come and fix your washer, so there aren't many options.
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