The oldest story in the world, revenge of the machines.

I don't know what it was about devices and water yesterday, but hoo-boy, what a mess.

First, after transferring the jeans from the washer to the dryer, I heard a very loud thumping in the dryer. Exasperated from the constant removal of items from the pockets of James's clothing, primarily money, I had James go check it out. Turns out we washed his phone. Yes, the phone was a cheap-o Nokia, but still, it performed perfectly fine for the 4 calls James made per month on it. So now we must buy a new phone.

Then, as I was checking up on the load of darks I notice that there's water all over the basement. Great. I thought I had left a sock dangling between the drum and the door, allowing water to wick out onto the basement floor. It was something like that. Apparently the arm of one of James's shirts got stuck between the drum, the door and the gasket. So not only did water get out of the washer, but the entire gasket and the arm of the shirt became tangled and as the drum rotated, the action of the shirt and the gasket tightening caused the gasket to pull away from the washer. So I pull out a clump of clothes, untangle the shirt from the gasket, the metal fittings that hold the gasket in the washer and about $3.00 in quarters. Oh, and the clothes are all soaking wet.

After about 2 hours in the dryer, the clothes dried. The shirt in question was ruined, and I had two loads of laundry to take to the coin laundry on the way to the gym.

I called Whirlpool and they'll send someone out tomorrow between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Convenient. Also, goodness knows how much this will cost. James says, "Well don't worry about it, that's what an emergency fund is for." Good point.

There's a "Book of Dreams" that people who play the numbers/lottery use to pick their numbers. My question is, what is the number for machines and water?