Warning: The following is not exactly a birding post -- but I do have something bird-related to tell you before moving on to the non-birding post: I got a new lifer last night! Yesterday, on my way to school and the calculus quiz I was going to do not-so-good on (ugh--don't ask), I stopped for a few minutes at the duck pond near PSU, and I saw a Canvasback! Whoopee! I also saw a female ring-necked duck, a semi-lifer as I'd only previously seen male ring-necks. (I'll load a picture of both later!)
Thanks to Dr. Zaius’s nimble fingers, I followed a few links about dryer repair, and the outlook is not good. According to Hometips, “if the water was 3 inches deep or more, the unit is finished. It may work now, but motor damage may occur several months down the road.” Oh dear. The water in the laundry room was at least three inches, probably four or five.
Another link provided a helpful diagram of the anatomy of a clothes dryer:
Another link provided a helpful diagram of the anatomy of a clothes dryer:
Sheesh. The motor is down there? No wonder it’s dead. However, perhaps I can do what the furnace guy did and pull off and dry the motor! Maybe it will work! I have screwdrivers! I have a blow-dryer! I have flashlights! I have know-how! or --uh--guess-how! And I have this little picture to go by too!Otherwise, it’s laundromat city for this kid, and I hate laundromats. A long time ago during my previous life as a college English instructor, I used to grade papers while doing my laundry. I saw some pretty scary people in the laundromat, and it seemed like they were always. staring. at. me.
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Poor Delia, Kat and Em. Wet clothes...I can relate.
My dryer story (with a happy ending):
Geoff does laundry. That makes him rather unique in the male world. But I noticed that the dryer wasn't working right...the clothes were coming out more than half wet.
We sucked it up and started hanging clothes all over the house to dry. Then I had an idea. I went out and looked at the exhaust vent. It was full of purple dryer lint. I got a clothes hanger and started pulling out all the stuff. I pulled out enough purple chenille to make a sweater. Turns out that Geoff had tried to dry our old chenille throw blanket. Chenille doesn't do well in a dryer...
After I got the vent cleaned out, the dryer was fine. And Geoff learned a lesson.
Susan--what a lovely story! I just hope I can make mine work again. Really can't afford a new dryer right now....
Delia--you are brave to tackle a dryer. Hope you can fix it--but it doesn't sound good, does it.
Well, warmer weather is coming and with it breezes--the outdoor dryer for a while?
I wasn't staring. You had toilet paper stuck to your shoe.
Congratulations on the Canvasback. I'm still waiting for one of those.
And good luck on the drier. You're braver than I am. (Well, really, it wouldn't take a lot of bravery if that happened here because Bucko deals with all things mechanical.)
I give you lots of high-fives. I'd never tackle a dryer and I wouldn't let my husband put his hands on one, either. Me loves the yellow pages.
The dryer is actually the easier to understand than the washer, I'm told. Still--no success yet, as we're still working on getting to the motor once the top of the dryer is popped off. ?? It's a tricky business!
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