Different problem, with mine this morning, it just stopped!

Fortunately the load was almost dry, and my kind neighbour dried my remaining wash, the sheets & towels & he even folded them!!

Tomorrow I'll call the appliance repairman & I do hope he hasn't retired cos I'm unlikely to find another bloke who gives similar old-fashioned service.

But the moral of my story is modern machinery. My first drier lasted 17 years & worked reliabily till the day it died, after a small hiccup at 1 year when I had to remove some felted fluff that had got caught outside the lint filter; my second went 8 years without repairs till it also died; & this one was bought January 2004. All machines were new, & I don't think this one will last even 4 years. Sometimes I wish we had a yard & clothes lines.

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