That's dubious advice, marks. Suppose she left the water on 'minimum' but Bobert put in a full load of clothes. The clothes wouldn't get clean, they be all crinkled, and they'd be saturated with detergent.

Washers: dangerous in the hands of the uninitiated.

That wouldn't be as bad as overloading the thing, which can lead to the motor burning out and the house filling with smoke.

Bobert, why don't you take the profits from selling the hickory to the BBQ and get yourself a washer with one dial on it?