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Galloping Gertie Returns
Thu Sep 23 2004

Only this incarnation is in the form of my dryer. My dryer has been a hard working, reliable appliance for 14 years. It never had a problem until lately. Now… it’s possessed. Either that or it has decided to evolve from an average every-day dryer into a drummer for an acid rock band.

I’m not exaggerating (much) when I say that running it can be heard from 2 houses away when walking down my street. That added to the fact that it is taking longer and longer for it to get the clothes dry indicates to me that it is either time to replace it or repair it. I’m leaning towards replacement with a more energy efficient model since we will be moving soon and any opportunity to help keep costs down is an ideal one to me. Something with a greater capacity would also be a good thing. The current monster was purchased when the twins were babies, and I didn’t buy it with having two and a half teenaged boys who had clothes horse tendencies in mind.

It is said for every thing there is a season. This is the season for a new dryer.

8 Comments
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Sep 23 2004
    Boy, they are really going to have them tearing down the doors to get to that sale! lol
  • From:
    Franisbueno (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Sep 23 2004
    unbelievable! but true!
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Sep 23 2004
    Hub Man and I got a laugh ever Sunday for months when we used to read the Sears sale prices for washers and dryers when we were looking for a new pair. They were the same ALL year!

    Do they think we are stupid????

    (Yes silly....)

    Oh, right.
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Sep 23 2004
    That's what I love about Sears!


    Shalom
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Sep 24 2004
    If you get an answer to this, will you pass it on? I'd like to know, too.

    #1's project sounds great to me. Can't understand why it wouldn't be considered. Take a lot of research, but it would certainly be interesting!

    Shalom
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Sep 24 2004
    I can't speak for any school but the ones I went to, but for science fairs we were supposed to do experiments, not write reports. They didn't have to be novel experiements, though the kids that won usually did something unique. Even something like "How different amounts of water affect sprouting corn seeds" could be an experiment.

    There's a really nice site devoted to helping kids with science fairs. They have lists of ideas at http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html. Hope this helps.
  • From:
    Franisbueno (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Sep 24 2004
    hey alli- that's kind of why i asked those questions about his project the other day. everytime that i entered science fairs, the project had to be a question to study. One year I earned fourth place for, "The effects of oil spills on water wildlife" Then I was able to display info and stats on the # of oil spills per year, how animals are cleaned, how many die, how to best contain and prevent such spills in the future, etc...
    -franbo
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Sep 24 2004
    I think I would be having a little chat with the teacher. If he is going to reject projects, he ought to at least be giving them guidelines as to what he will accept. Freshmen, in particular, need some direction in getting started.

    Don't let up on the school. This stuff goes on because very few parents actually challenge the policies.