Washer Heal Thyself Redux

Back in January our 3-year old washer started acting up by leaving the the clothes super wet after the final spin. After trying a couple of fixes unsuccessfully I made an appointment to have it looked at by a repair person, but a couple days before the appointment the thing mysteriously stopped doing it. So I cancelled.

Fast forward to the middle of April and the washer shook itself half way across the laundry room floor on the final spin. The laundry room is on the lower floor, but you can hear the washer walking and bouncing from upstairs just fine. When I opened the lid all the clothes were solidly packed into one half of the tub. Rearranged the wet clothes evenly and ran the Drain & Spin cycle. The next day it worked fine. But, two days later the same thing happened. Then it did it for the next three days in a row.

An Internet search revealed several things that would cause this and the only one that didn’t involve tearing the machine apart was make sure the washer is level not only sideways but front to back as well. Across the front it was fine, but front was slightly lower than the rear. I found a couple of pieces of 1/8″ thick wood in the garage and slipped some under the front legs.

On the next load on Sunday, boom shake thud bump, the washer danced a foot and a half forward with the 1/8″ spacer wood still in place. With the last incidence of a couple months ago and this one, we decided to break down and get a new washer. I went to the Home Depot website and they could have another of the same unit to us by Friday.

On Monday morning we went down to the only real Appliance store and town to see if we get something quicker. The only ones they had in stock that were comparable were more expensive and even then, they couldn’t be delivered until the following week. When we got home I went to HomeDepot.com and bought the washer. That evening during the washing of a load of clothes, it worked just fine. Not fooled, I left the order open.

Well, the next two days the washer acted all normal, so Wednesday night, with the washer still listed as in process, I called the Home Depot customer service and cancelled the order. It has been working just fine ever since.

Ed Note: Check back in a few days for the rest of the story.

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

Bat Convertible Season Edition of SORT
As of Monday, May 1, 2023 at 4:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
356 Speedster Replica 1996 Suzuki X-90 4×4 1953 Buick Skylark
It is convertible season on Bring a Trailer because at this posting 202 of the 727 auctions or nearly 28% are for drop tops, targas t-tops and retractable or removable roofs. The percentage is probably over 30% as this not take into account the several motorcycles, go-carts, dealership signs and various car parts listings.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for, or bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Sports: 2005 Mazda RX-8 Sold for $19,250 on 4/25/23
Off-Road: 1988 Suzuki Samurai Sold for $15,000 on 4/25/23
Touring: 1963 Chevrolet Nova Sold for $40,750 on 4/25/23

Ted Lasso Erases A Week Of My Life

In a couple of day’s ago post I mentioned watching the Red Sox playing on MLBTV. Well, one of the commercials in between innings was an offer for a 2 month free trial of Apple TV+. I had the commercial on mute, so I didn’t hear what they were on about, but I thought, “Hmmm, I’ve wanted to check Apple TV+, but never pulled the trigger for one reason or another. This looks a pretty good deal.”

So, I went to apple.co/mlbgift and signed up (offer is good until July 7th if you are interested.) Turns out the reason is that Apple TV+ has the rights to one Friday night baseball game, chosen by MLB maybe, for the season and they also have a 30 minute nightly MLB recap. I have not bothered with the recap show, but I did watch an inning or two of last Friday’s Dodgers Cardinals game. I may keep and eye out for Red Sox game on Fridays between now and June 24th when my free trial ends.

So, anyway, the first show I wanted to check out was this Ted Lasso show all the cool people were talking about. Tuesday night the 18th I watched Season 1 Episode 1. I wasn’t sure what all the fuss was about, it seemed like just another fish out of water story and Jason Sudeikis’s character seemed too broadly drawn and the accent was kind of over the top. I wasn’t going to watch anymore, but as I was talking to Donna about it, I suggested watching Episode 2 on Wednesday at lunch and if she seemed interested we would watch the show together.

She was not interested, so I figured that was that. Later that afternoon, with nothing else going on I thought, let me watch episode three and if I don’t get into it, I’ll move on. After that third show I watched the fourth. I got interested in the arcs of the cast of characters that surround out titular hero and I am a lover of listening to the accents when the Queen’s English is spoken. And I’d become used to the Ted Lasso character.

On Thursday I watched the next four episodes, this left only two episodes of the first season for Friday which lead to rolling right into season two. The only time I came up for air over the the weekend was Sunday night to watch Thursday’s new episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel my previous favorite show.

Sometime on Tuesday I ran out of episodes when I finished episode 6 of season three. So now I had to wait until the next day for Apple TV+ to release the next show and after that I’d stuck waiting a whole week between new episodes. I briefly considered waiting for 6 weeks so I could binge those last set of season three’s shows, but couldn’t do it, I watched episode seven the next day when it became available.

Summer Weather Trailer

Yesterday and today we were low 80s and tomorrow is supposed to be low 70’s, but Monday we revert back to the normal mid 50’s, so we took advantage. We enjoyed outside sitting on our porch and I went for the first bicycle ride outside on Friday morning. Then I put the summer rubber on the Miata in the afternoon.

Today we went up and watched the first game of a double header between the OIT ladies softball team and the visiting University of British Columbia squad. We stopped at Brevada Brewhouse on the way to pick up lunch and had a picnic on a hill just outside the stadium where the view of the overall field is better (and save the $4 entrance fee.)

It Works

Two weeks ago I found out that the FRS were the free game of the day on MLBTV, so I thought I’d tune in. They were in last place in the division at 5 wins and 6 loses, but hey it’s still early in the season. I just looked today and currently the Red Sox are 13 & 13 and still in last place in the division, two games behind the Yankees and eight behind the division leading Tampa Bay Rays. Oh. well, wait’ll next year.

Plus I also wanted to see a game and check on how the whole pitch clock thing was working out. I’m not sure how the players like the clock, but according to a Bleacher Report article, MLB says it has knocked an average of 26 minutes from game times. Wow. The game I watched with the Angels still went almost 3 hours, but hey, it could have been nearly 3-1/2 hours.

I scanned back several games and found that several of their games have been just a few minutes over two and a half hours. This means that if I was still back on the east coast those 7:10 PM starts would be ending at a sensible half past ten. This pitch clock thing might have even prevented those games against their arch rivals the Yankees running to nearly midnight. And if I remember, I’ll see how long the games against New York when they play them on back to back weekends in early June.

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

Act Now! Edition of SORT
As of Monday, April 24, 2023 at 4:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
2005 Mazda RX-8 1988 Suzuki Samurai 1963 Chevrolet Nova
Bidding will end around noon tomorrow, so if you want one, you had better act now!

Here is what last week’s cars sold for, or bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Sports: 1974 Porsche 911 Bid to $135,000 on 4/21/23
Off-Road: 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon Sold for $28,000 on 4/20/23
Touring: 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Sold for $29,500 on 4/23/23