Is my washing machine cleverer than I am?

Yellowmellow - good advice about re-washing if you left a tissue in the load. Put in five soluble aspirin and wash again - somehow it gets rid of lots of the bits of tissue.

Yammy, is your washing machine a Samsung because ours does exactly the same. Normally when I am in a hurry!

My machine doesn't do any of those things except sock eating. It is 25 years old and has no computer bits. I pray it lasts me out as the new ones passeth my understanding!

It really is a mystery how almost everything comes out tucked away in the duvet cover! How on earth does that happen?

Our machine is in the basement and sits on a pedestal about 8" high because otherwise the waste water outlet would be below the waste water pipes out on the street. Once I forget to do up a duvet cover before washing. All the wash load got into the duvet cover and when the machine started to spin, it got off kilter and we came down to find the washing machine on its face on the floor. Fortunately it was fine and could simply be lifted back up into position. Also fortunately the water and wastewater pipes were long enough, as was the electric cable. Luckily DS1 was here at the time and could help reinstate it.

I now double check that duvet covers are zipped/buttoned up.

Socks are collected in a net laundry bag and they go into the washing machine in the bag so I don't have odd socks disappearing. In winter when we have more socks to wash, I split them up into smaller bags to prevent the above happening - the machine might not come out of it so well a second time.

I don't use the eco programmes as they don't wash at the temperature given.

I bought my current washing machine, after a drum malfunction in the previous one made holes in most of the washing in the machine at the time. I thought I had found all the damaged items, but I hadn't.

I had a very fine wide necked, 3/4 sleeved thermal vest that could provide invisible warmth, under the lightest of tops, which I thought was undamaged and knew was not replaceable.

As I took it out of the drawer and realised it too was damaged and was almost in tears, my new machine reached the end of its cycle and started to play a little tune, I recognised it immediately as one of my favourite classical music pieces, and immediately beganto laugh.

I am sure my WM knew I was really upset and timed itself to end the cycle just as I was in despair in order to play its little tune abd cheer me up.

My then new washing machine (3 years ago) was obviously not properly balanced in a spin of several towels and it made a racket and by the time I got to it, it was three quarters of its way out from under the working surface. It’s still there, I’ve tried to push it back but it won’t budge. Awkward critter.

My machine creates knots in my dressing gown belt!

Does your machine have buttons for 'Energy saving' and 'Eco-wash'? The beeping could well have been due to accidentally pressing one of these buttons on a programme that they are incompatible with.