I have two LG front loaders, been using them at two different properties, one for about 10 years, the other for about 8 years, they both have worked flawlessly, and use a lot less water than a top loading machine.
Things that frustrate us all
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Up until a couple of years ago, I had a Kirby vacuum cleaner that I got when my parents divorced. That vacuum lasted 30+ years without any problems.
The same thing with Mom and Dad's popcorn maker that they received as a wedding present. That was 40+ years.
The same thing with Mom and Dad's popcorn maker that they received as a wedding present. That was 40+ years.
Went to the dentist and he found more cavities, fml. 
It wasn't as bad as it could be, but it still sucks. My tooth extraction is doing well tho.
It wasn't as bad as it could be, but it still sucks. My tooth extraction is doing well tho.
My annoyance right now is "The film releases on" and "Your contract renews on"... this (and it's American trend of verbing stuff) language abomination annoys me more than it should.
Subject: the studio
Verb: releases
Object: the film
If you say the film releases... well what has the film released?
It's benign most of the time and annoying, but it does have some deeper problems around accountability.
Your contract renews on... well no, "we will renew your contract on". You are renewing it, you are accountable. It's not renewing itself.
"Your package delivers on.." - no you are delivering my package. You are the subject, you are accountable.
In my car insurance renewal email I had "we have renewed your car insurance", "you have renewed your car insurance", and "your car insurance has renewed". That was particularly special. Three different ways to say it. But legally I think this gets foggy as contractually these words mean things.
And if you say he drowned, instead of he was drowned... well, the difference is large.
Subject: the studio
Verb: releases
Object: the film
If you say the film releases... well what has the film released?
It's benign most of the time and annoying, but it does have some deeper problems around accountability.
Your contract renews on... well no, "we will renew your contract on". You are renewing it, you are accountable. It's not renewing itself.
"Your package delivers on.." - no you are delivering my package. You are the subject, you are accountable.
In my car insurance renewal email I had "we have renewed your car insurance", "you have renewed your car insurance", and "your car insurance has renewed". That was particularly special. Three different ways to say it. But legally I think this gets foggy as contractually these words mean things.
And if you say he drowned, instead of he was drowned... well, the difference is large.
Yikes...I'm sorry. I kinda relate though cause my mom had a root canal today. Yuck.Went to the dentist and he found more cavities, fml.
Thanks. My teeth aren't in pain thankfully, so that's good. Most can be patched. Probably having another one pulled tho. Thankfully the dentist is a good one. Yikes.
Grammar has always been flexible in modern English. When I was growing up, "obsess" was never used as an intransitive verb. You could be obsessed with something, you could be obsessed by something, or something could obsess you, but you didn't "obsess over" or "obsess about" something. Same thing with "stress." Nowadays people say, "Don't stress about it." Don't stress what? The importance of good grooming? The wrong syllable?
And then there's the verb "graduate." A century ago, the school graduated the student. We would say, "I was graduated from such-and-such school." Then it became "I graduated from such-and-such school." Now we say "I graduated high school" or "I graduated college." Today the student graduates the school!
You say flexible, I say destruction.
But isn't that the argument over most language changes?
Americans seem to destroy a lot though. And I'm still not sure who insured my car.
Mine was a Top loader. I picked up and bought the new Top load Hotpoint machine. I don't understand the point in buying some machine that has all these bells and whistles. More things to go wrong in my opinion.
Frustrating: When you find out yet another product you liked, has been discontinued.
JuicyMixes, which sells Canada Dry powdered drink mixes, has discontinued the ginger ale drink mix flavors. And the little fucktard NAZI's are it it jacking up prices for remaining product onine.
:-(
JuicyMixes, which sells Canada Dry powdered drink mixes, has discontinued the ginger ale drink mix flavors. And the little fucktard NAZI's are it it jacking up prices for remaining product onine.
:-(
I'm still smarting that I can't get piglets anymore and they went about 25 years ago
The orthopedic shoes I need were $59 , two or three years ago. They were great, and I wore them out. Now they are $90-95 due to tariffs. I found some for $80, but they ship from Canada, and it may take weeks to ship. I was hoping to wear them to work because I am in terrible pain, standing at work for hours each day. Wil just have to suck it up until then . 
Just a heads-up, if they ship using the postal service, we just had an unplanned national postal strike launch today, so if you've already ordered, and they're already in Canada Post's system, and haven't transferred to USPS yet, then they're probably not moving for a while, sorry.
If they haven't actually shipped yet, then the seller may be willing to ship through a courier (if they don't already, by default.)
Just a heads-up, if they ship using the postal service, we just had an unplanned national postal strike launch today, so if you've already ordered, and they're already in Canada Post's system, and haven't transferred to USPS yet, then they're probably not moving for a while, sorry.
If they haven't actually shipped yet, then the seller may be willing to ship through a courier (if they don't already, by default.)
Rats! Thanks for the heads-up.
While I sympathize with your disappointment of having something you enjoy discontinued, I just wanted to let you know that we don't allow words that are variations on the r-word slur on the board, so please refrain from using them in the future. Thank you.
If you get an email confirming shipment, You could check the shippers tracking and see if they are using FedEx or some other courier not impacted by the strike.
What am I missing here? I assume you're not talking about literal piglets.
Ha no. Piglets were a type of potato crisps.
Lower back pain. Having a job where I stand for 4 hours straight has done my back in. I've even had two days off and my back is still killing me. Getting old sucks.
Word police NAZI's shoving, poking you in the chest and telling you to like it because they got in charge. Two encounters in one month with fucking word police NAZIs.
I would fire the ass of a word police NAZI in two seconds.
I would fire the ass of a word police NAZI in two seconds.