My crappy new washing machine

Perhaps, but maybe you need to put something in a signature so folks know they really aren't having any sort of sensible discussion with you?

Bingo!

Many ppl jes give them away or sell them dirt cheap when moving. Same with chest freezers and refrigerators. Also, the cost of dumping a large old house appliance has now become costly. I gave away my perfectly good washer/dryer and had to pay $20 to dispose of my ancient ....but still working.... refrigerator, when I could not take them with me on a four-states-away move.

nb

Opposite experience here. Advertised a washer and dryer at a low price to sell them fast. I think people were suspicious of the low price, thinking they must be junk. After several weeks of no response, I doubled the price and sold them the same day the new ad appeared.

lol...

Knowing human nature, I'm not a bit surprised.

nb

The alternatives to child #3 are:

1. Don't have sex.
2. Mutilate your reproductive organs, either by having a vasectomy or having your tubes tied (gender-dependent, of course).
3. Use contraceptives.

All three are a direct effect of a government law limiting you to two children. All three have an effect on what goes on in the bedroom, either physically or psychologically.

By extension, this is government in people's bedrooms.

If i see one, it's dead. AND the first one to get called will be the tv news. We'll have no more of this coverup s*it when it comes to big cats in kansas.

The alternatives to child #3 are:

1. Don't have sex.
2. Mutilate your reproductive organs, either by having a vasectomy or having your tubes tied (gender-dependent, of course).
3. Use contraceptives.

All three are a direct effect of a government law limiting you to two children. All three have an effect on what goes on in the bedroom, either physically or psychologically.

By extension, this is government in people's bedrooms.

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Luckily, your examples are fictional, at least in the USA.

Oren wrote the following:

and a lot of them have had missing pets.

Vasectomy didn't seem to affect what went on in our bedroom, except for a gratifying sense of relief. Everything appears to be working as well as ever.

Cindy Hamilton

Vasectomy didn't seem to affect what went on in our bedroom, except for a gratifying sense of relief. Everything appears to be working as well as ever.

Cindy Hamilton

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Cheri

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote

Good for you, but it was not a government mandate. Nor should it ever be.

The proper response was: "Hey, this is Usenet. Facts and truth are secondary to having a good time and being able to say anything you want without anybody caring much. Correcting somebody's errors of fact on Usenet is like pointing out their spelling or punctuation errors."

"Matt" wrote

I don't see it that way. We all make typos and the occasional spelling or punctuation error. I'd never bother with correcting them, but if someone says the sky is red or the capitol of New York is Syracuse, it should be corrected.

The real issue here is a bruised ego.

Isn't it, always? ;)

nb

Yes. I was being sarcastic.

Low water top load "disc" washers are becoming the standard on the market, and in fact I think that simpler high-water agitator washers are being eliminated from the marketplace. The greenies are at the root of this. Front load washers seem to be more effective than these newer top load washers. If you want to protect yourself from this onslaught, buy two regular washers, one to use, the other for spare part that you can use way into the future. Same with lightbulbs: stock up now if you want to avoid CFLs.

Yeah! The great technology conspiracy! I have a stash of mint condition buggy whips in my closet. LOL

Technology has nothing to do with it. It's politics. OTOH, perhaps you still use buggy whips. I'll be using incandescent bulbs for a decade, or more.

It doesn't matter what kind of bulbs you use. You'll still be in the dark.