I am woman, hear me roar!

[catspaw]

Whee! My new washing machine finally arrived this morning :-))) Two of the most uncooperative delivery men on the planet pitched up at about 10.30. Big black mark against me: I live upstairs. Well, it's your job, boys, cope. So, they took away the old machine, right enough, but left me with the new one sitting in the middle of my very small kitchen. Of course, I'm on my own in the house - all able bodied men unavailable, out being able bodied for pay :-(

I was looking at the instructions and thinking to myself - how hard can it be to get this thing plumbed in and working? Well, the answer turns out to be -- not hard at all! 'Course it took me a while, but the instructions are written for idiots (which I'm not, altogether, when it comes to practical stuff and messing around with spanners and screwdrivers), and now, my new machine is purring away, doing its first of many loads in its new home, and is watertight at both inlet and outlet :-))

'Course, it's still not in its right place - shifting it myself comes under the 'why keep dogs and bark yourself' category of expended effort - although it's not quite in the middle of the kitchen any more thanks to judicious use of lube** and a little bit of effort *g*.


**Furniture polish, smutminds. What, you think I was going to waste the good stuff? LOL

Comments

[perfica.livejournal.com]

Didn't the delivery men realise that their job is very simple? Move heavy things around and look hot while doing it!

I snicker everytime I see lube used in a non-fanfic setting now :-)

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

No way were these two ever going to look hot: one was the usual Fat Bald Bloke with an Attitude Problem and Navvy's Crack, the other was his Spindly, Weedy Youth sidekick :-( And they weren't totally keen on the moving things portion of the job either :-(

I would just like to point out that Mr. Sheen furniture polish is NOT suitable as fanfic-type lube - don't try it at home, kids LOL

[msbeata.livejournal.com]

So Mr. Sheen doesn't polish knobs. Got it.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaaaa! Very quick, MsB doll :-)))

[sg1danny.livejournal.com]

Did you buy and get the machine delivered from John Lewis'? Because your delivery men sound exactly like the ones who delivered my new machine last month :) I'm on the 5th floor and I have never heard two men whine and bitch so much in my life!

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

0.0

How did you guess that? That's EXACTLY where I bought it!

[sg1danny.livejournal.com]

I got a very strong sense of deja vu when I read your post :) Your description of the men, it being abandoned in the middle of the kitchen, easy to read instructions and plumbing it in yourself. That was me last month.

Mine sat in the middle of the kitchen until my brother-in-law and his brother came and shifted it for me.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that once the able-bodied become available, the machine will finally get into its correct spot.

LOL I couldn't resist taking a swipe at the guys though: they were making SUCH a fuss. I waited until they had the old one out of the door, and asked them if they didn't find it galling that what they were essentially doing was humping great slabs of concrete up and down the stairs, albeit wrapped up in a bit of electronics. If looks could have killed ;-)

[kitzen-kat.livejournal.com]

Whee! New machine! Fantastic.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

I know! :-)))))

[zats-clear.livejournal.com]

forget the lub, sunshine. slide towels under the feet and push away (unless your pushing over carpet, at which point, slide heavy card board under the feet - which also happens to work on lino/hardwood as well)

*I always forget your banner until I come here*

faints

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

I never thought of towels! Although you still have the problem of getting them out when you're finished...

I'll remember that another time though, thanks! :-)

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

Mazel Tov on the new machine!

And *coughs* yeah I did wonder why you were wasting it on that....

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

*g* No, I keep the good stuff for myself ;-)

[paian]

::cheers!::

And yay for new machine. :-)

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm still squeeing :-D

But if anyone had told me oh, say, 30 years ago, that one day I'd get orgasmic over a new washing machine...

[paian]

I'd still have believed it -- they provide all that nice vibration!

And you do rock for diving in and getting it hooked up and running.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

LOL! I knew when I was putting washing machines and orgasms in the same sentence, it was coming out wrong!

[paian]

No no no, it came out exactly right. ::laughs and laughs:: I mean, either way it's orgasmic -- washing machine as sex aid sounds perfectly reasonable (and fun!) to me, and really it can be just that wonderful to get a brand-new appliance, especially when you personally triumph over the hook-up process. Plus, you know, clean stuff! Mmmmm!

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

The clean stuff is a definite bonus - after just over a week, neighbours were starting to cross the street rather than walk past us *g*

I shall try out this washing machine as sex aid lark - although I suspect that as for so much else in life, I'll be rather too much on the short side to make it work :-(

Yowza, that icon 0.0. Doesn't he just pop out of his shirt adorably?

[feather-autant.livejournal.com]

YAYYYYY! It's in and working! :D

What is it with people who bitch about, oh, I don't know-- doing their *jobs*? I mean, yeah, I bitch plenty too, but not to the patients! *shakes head*

You have furniture polish? ::ducks and runs:: *g*

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

::mock outrage::

Yes, I have furniture polish!

I usually use it for lubing washing machines though ROFL!

[ailis-70.livejournal.com]

Yay on the new machine. Poo for the stupids that delivered it. But it usually takes a woman to be crafty and get it working.

Tee Hee. My mind DID go there. But to my credit, I just rolled out of bed. And I'm wondering if a dab of the good stuff would have helped get it further...

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Yep, the good stuff probably would. BUT -- unlike other things, there is such a thing as too far in in the case of washing machines ;-)

[perclexed.livejournal.com]

Furniture polish? This is a new one. :D I think there's a plot bunny just waiting to happen....

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

*g* I don't know about plot bunnies - I do know that there's a broken leg waiting to happen on my kitchen floor ;-)

[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

Heheh. Of course you could do it! I particularly love plumbing in washing machines and dishwashers while there are guys watching :o) It's actually quite easy and very gratifying to be able to do it.

Well done you!

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. Shoving the guys aside and plumbing in will be my next trick *gg*

[starting-gate.livejournal.com]

I read your post. I read the comments. I reread your post. If washing machine is a euphemism for a water-powered vibrator, you just wrote some good porn.

Um. Go you! :D

Possibly, I am desperate for a porn fix.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

LOLOL!

I might have a teeny tiny porn fix for you in a couple of days :-)

[starting-gate.livejournal.com]

Teeny tiny? Oooh.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Oh! Not that kind of teeny tiny :-( Just short.

[starting-gate.livejournal.com]

Well, as someone once said, the size doesn't matter -- it's what you do with it.

(And they must have been referring to porn, because really, what else could if have been?) :D

[ducks-in-a-row.livejournal.com]

Having seen your kitchen, I'm left wondering how you could get in there to do anything else if the washing machine was in the middle of the room. Altho, it would be a very good excuse to not wash the dishes ;-)

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's not large, is it? Dammit, I already had the dishes done before the guys appeared with it - I'll have to make a note (on my hand *g*) not to do that another time ;-)

[msbeata.livejournal.com]

Ride 'em, cowgirl!

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

LOL! Nitwit <--- fond voice