1/11/11

Well wouldn't you know that a blog about being White Trash In Wyoming would be created on 1/11/11. 

This very first post will address the purchasing of a washer and dryer for ones home, cabin, apartment, mothers home, etc.

The discussion of this process and choices just happened to have occurred in the hallway at my work today.    There is the top loader vs front load.   Fancy vs plain.   White vs "colors".   There is also the 6-months no interest deal.  Rent to own deal.  Or trade in all of our beer can's we have been saving for the last year and just pay for the things outright.    (Notice I said "our" and "we")

My friends sold their house - and as part of the deal closer - left their almost new top load washer and traditional dryer - white.    The person that bought the house gave my friends their 3-year old front load washer and dryer.   All of the appliances worked very well and everyone was very happy.

I pointed out that I would never be able to "have" a fancy front load washer and since no one at my house was computer literate that would mean that a fancy new front load dryer was out of the question too.   I knew this because I had observed a fancy front load washer one other time at a friends.    The friend had a small child that had gotten into a little extra dirt so my friend put the clothing into the washer and turned on the "soak" option to help with the cleaning.   I remember thinking, "Where is the water?  How can you soak something if you can't fill a tub up with water?"   I also remember commenting out loud, " ...well I can never get a front loader... how would I clean the blood soaked game bags, white bathroom towels, the brand new sparkling white dish towels, and brand new dish rags that someone wiped up the floor with when we were cutting up the elk?".