The Joys of Home Ownership

It seems my appliances have all decided to take retirement. Maybe somebody's offering them a buy-out? This week's retiree is my clothes dryer, which decided to stop spinning last night with the first of two loads of wet clothes in it. Thus I visited a laundromat for the first time in a decade. (More on that anon.)

Doctors YouTube and Google think that the problem with my clothes dryer is something is binding up the motor, most likely lint. They also suggest that removing the casing to get at the motor is fairly easy. Although tempted to try it myself, I've decided to let an expert do it, on the theory that if I'm wrong in my diagnosis, I'd just have to put it back together and get an expert in anyway.

Regarding laundromats: apparently the modern laundromat no longer uses coin-operated machines. One has to buy a card which you load with money (you can use credit cards!) and insert it in the card reader. This confused me at first - I thought it would take a regular credit card. Clearly this system is much easier for the laundromat - no lugging bags of coins, fussing with the feeder slots, change machines, etc. Now I know.

Here's hoping I can get the dryer fixed - I'm not in the mood to buy a new one right now.