Brand new old machines!

The new old dishwasher (from Freegle) is installed.

Hooray hooray
I hate washing up by hand!
I guess it is the feeling that it is all dumped on me regardless of how much there is.

OH and DD went and fetched it on Saturday in our little tiny hatchback car.
We have a small trailer but the previous owner of the washer didn't know where we would be able to park it while we fetched the machine, so they went without it.

I am quite amazed at how meticulous some people are with their machines.
I clean ours out after each use but never thought to actually bleach it .
This one is like new and is 23 years old.
They said they hardly used it so I am hoping it will last a while.
It is an AEG which is a company with a good reputation.
Our last machine (an Indesit) was from Freecycle and lasted about 5 years but was much much older (maybe as old as this one).

We left the old broken one outside the front gate after I had extracted the baskets to be used as crop protection.
The scrap man drives around several times a week and this morning he knocked and asked if he could have it.
I like scrap men. They are the original recyclers.
It doesn't worry me that they sell the bits or metal because it would be wasted otherwise.

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Yesterday, OH managed to mangle the washing machine!
He is notoriously clumsy and is banned from most of the machines of the house but the washing machine is used by all because it is just easier if everyone does their own laundry.
While I was arranging courgettes on the drier trays ,a humungous machine gun rattling with a loud bang came from the kitchen.
Yes, it was the washing machine dying.
OH rushed in and extracted a large amount of clothes and went and hung them on the line outside.
He came sheepishly back in and turned the machine back on with one towel in but the damage was done.

This machine came from freecycle about 3 years ago I think.
It was a Servis (they went out of business) and was a replacement for our own Servis because the Drum had snapped off (from overloading OH!).
They were terrible machines but better than washing by hand.
The machine had a broken motor when we collected it but we had a broken machine with a working motor so it was win, win. The owner needed it gone,we needed the machine and the scrap man got the carcass.

Anyway,winding forwards
OH having broken the thing, went on Ebay and bought another (£50 and collect it ourselves).
This one is an Indesit which is a better make.
We haven't got it yet as he will be fetching it at the weekend.

We can live without a machine for a week easily.

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Cant help wondering what number 3 will be as these things always do come in 3's