A Tale of two washing machines and the death of a thermal vest

I feel your pain with the beloved tops, especially the thermal one.
My washing machine is called Samantha because it too is a Samsung and when it finishes is sings. So we progressed to Sam has sung and thus to Samantha because she works so hard she must be female! I'm not sure her music is recognisable thought; that must be a new innovation.

Flickety I'm almost hoping my washing machine dies so I can get one like yours

I remember those damart thermal vests, can't remember what happened to them!
I now favour Uniqlo stuff, cheap and very warm. The long-sleeved tops come down to midway between elbow and wrist on me.
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I had no idea you could get musical washing machines - will we have cd players doing the washing next, do you think?

Ideally, Zanussi should sing a Verdi aria, but all it does is sit there and wink at me.

I want your machine, mine is so annoying.

Two machines ago one of mine set all my washing on fire. I was lucky I was there I suppose, I was able to unplug it when I smelt the burning. I lost a favourite duvet cover set and lots of our underwear and pyjamas. But when you have favourite clothes - and it's usually the everyday basic things that hit hardest when they go - then you go into mourning!

A friend of mine got a new washing machine and when she turns it on it says "Hello"!

I'm due to get one as mine is dead...OMG I hope it DOESN'T say Hello....

jane trust me to have a peek at your link I have ended up ordering two tops and some skinny jeans for DGD both at ridiculiously low prices but they look very good.

I don't think you'll be disappointed, Glamma. I've found Uniqlo quality very good

I once tumble dried a thermal vest and it came out like a baby vest!

OMG, I want a musical washer too, doing laundry is so boring

Seasider you have reminded me of a sketch we used to do in our Youth Club variety shows. There was an enormous cardboard box painted to look like a washer/dryer and various customers came in to the 'Laundry' to have their items washed. A table cloth was reduced to a hankie, a Dad's vest and pants to a one year olds size etc. and finally a Mammy dragged in by the ear her absolutely filthy, big, strapping son with flaming red hair, mud stained T shirt, jeans and trainers. After squeezing him into the machine and much shaking, screaming and groaning out popped a miniature, spotlessly clean version of the big lad to the astonishment and applause of the audience who were unaware that 'big lad' had a much smaller, slimmer, younger brother

Oh how I'd love a happy, singing Samsung washing machine. I own a very bossy, unco-operative brute, unaffectionately known as 'The Fuhrer', who thinks he knows better than me how everything should be laundered. For example, when I ask him politely to swish my knickers around 'delicately' at 40 degrees he gets enraged and flashes lights at me telling me this is an 'error'. Oh no it isn't! Underwear, in my opinion, should be washed at 40 degrees, and as my bloomers are lace-trimmed they like the delicate cycle. I have now devised a way of fooling him by sneaking the knickers into the machine and telling him they're a duvet (similar size anyway) but he still wins in the end because that cycle takes forever. Aaaargh! I am hoping my machine will die soon, but preferably not just before Christmas when getting a new one might take a while...

For those still interested the tune my Samsung washing machine plays can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANdz2Q2Tygg

and it is the first few bars from the fourth movement of Shubert's Trout Quintet.

FlicketyB I like your third para wherenyou wax lyrical about your vests. I read it twice. Quite poetical!

Strange how one can wax lyrical about the most mundane objects. I so loved those thermal vests. I am busy nurturing the one left, perhaps I will handwash it in future.

Great thread title FlicketyB sort of Charles Dickens/Arthur Miller hybrid.
Yes I remember the Damart thermal tops they were excellent and such good quality, I had a couple for years but the very first Damart sleeveless vest I had, navy ribbed cotton with a multi-coloured bit at neckline was bought by my Mother and sent in the post to me, I thought it was a vest type top [I was only size 10 in those far off days]and wore it with my jeans. I once visited my Mother wearing this combo and she was horrified! 'it's a vest' she cried 'quick put something over it!' I was very embarrased as I had travelled over 100 miles on the train and then taxi to get there, just wearing a vest.
Take the shame!!
Your washing machine sounds great, very cheery.How long before all appliances talk to us? 'Are you sure you wouldn't like some more toast?'
'switch me on, you know you want a cup of tea!'
'Isn't it time you did some more ironing?'
or, [from oven] 'stop avoiding cleaning me!'

I can remember a night dress company in the 1960s doing an advert on 'I dreamt I went to the ball in my xxmake night dress'.

I was at university at the time and I remember, when long evening dresses came back into fashion several friends did just that as these relatively expensive nightdresses were so much cheaper than a long evening dress - and they looked fabulous, you couldnt tell if you didnt know.

Flickety.

I love the sound of your washing machine. I do however think hubby would be driven nuts. He accidently 'set off' GD's Furby the other day and I found it suitably removed to the garage, to 'shut the damn thing up'. [Smile]

It's my bra wires that are my problem' little blighters. Well I say little, NASA could probably make use of them to spy on Russia.

Whats the problem with your bra wires POGS?
Ah, Furbys I remember them well. Daughter took hers to uni and all the boys loved it and made it talk non stop.

Years ago we bought DGD a fur bike for Christmas - it would only talk during the night whatever anyone did - that didn't last too long in the house!!

That of course should have read FURBY!!

Roses

They keep coming out of their 'holster' in the wash and can jam the machine.

Bez
A fur bike saddle would be lovely I'm sure.