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03 January 2007

My apartment is rebelling against me [More:]
I put a load of sweatshirts and jeans in the washer, coated them with detergent, and went to fold the stuff that the boyfriend left in the dryer. I notice that the washer wasn't making it's normal wobble-wobble-clothes-are-getting-washed noise, so I go over to check on it.

I open the lid and there are my clothes, sitting motionless in a tub of cold water. The motor is spinning, I can hear it, but the spindle thing isn't going anywhere. The drum isn't wobble-wobbling. I try different points in the cycle, nothing but more spinning noises.

I email the boyfriend at work to ask if the clothes he washed earlier today were pressed up against the sides of the drum when they were finished. He doesn't know.

This is the point at which I gave up on laundry, made some tea and came back to mecha.

I dread calling my landlord about this because, while he's a very nice guy, he's kinda spacey. I called him three times about a leak in the bathroom above us. It is causing our bathroom ceiling to get stained and the paint and tape to bubble away from the drywall. It also causes me to fear that I might be killed one day while showering.
Alas, poor youngergirl44. Died too soon. Drowned in a tide of fecal matter while showering.
posted by arse_hat 03 January | 02:19
Dang, this happened to me a few weeks ago, on a weekend. Sitting there, TCB, feel a drop, look up, realize "above my toilet == below someone else's toilet", panic, shower, call landlord's emergency number, leave apartment.
posted by Capn 03 January | 15:10
I once lived in an apartment I loved, but the landlady preferred to have things fixed with bubble gum and duck tape. There was a leak in the ceiling above our bathroom, from the bathroom above. The ceiling tile fell in, and I could actually see up into their bathroom! Luckily, it was the area by the doorway, but still!
posted by redvixen 03 January | 18:35
He should be here tonight to look at these things. I hope he shows up...
posted by youngergirl44 03 January | 20:50
The washing machine has most likely thrown/broken a belt. If you are handy at all, it is really easy to check and maybe fix yourself. Unscrew the back of the machine, check that all the pulleys on the drum and the motor have belts around them and, if not, replace the belt that has fallen off (and adjust the pulley so it's tight enough to stay on) or you may need to buy a new belt from a washing maching parts selling place. You should take the broken belt in if you do that.

Just, you know, in case your landlord decides to travel to another planet instead.
posted by dg 03 January | 21:32
He did decide to travel to another planet. GGRRRRRAAGGHH!!! Thanks for the belt tip, dg. However I have one of those compact-stacked-washer-dryer-combos that is shoved into a utility room. Said room is barely big enough for the water heater, furnace, combo unit, and a bottle of detergent. If the detergent is next to the machine, the door won't close. I am handy, but too lazy to fight my way to the back of the machine. I'll call him tomorrow. Early and often.
posted by youngergirl44 04 January | 01:06
*taps microphone, clears throat* || Strange things happened to me

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