Three weeks ago washer went down. NBD. It’s a ten dollar part and maybe a half hour of labor to fix l. Part is back ordered three weeks so I’m using a laundromat mean time. To make matters worse, a high limit switch on my dryer went out so now I’m washing AND drying at the laundromat until replacement parts arrive.
Yall, it’s twenty five cents for 2.5 minutes of drying time regardless of dryer size.
It’s five dollars, eight dollars, or ten dollars per wash, depending on load size.
One x $5 wash
Two x $8 washes
One x $10 wash
$11 bucks for dryers
That’s fucking insane. A brand new 4.1 cu ft washer is $499 @ a big box store. The matching dryer is $499 also.
Twenty-three trips or thereabouts, to the laundromat and I could have bought my very own washer and dryer. The outsized effect this has on the poorest of us is absurd.
I have quite the assortment of heavy equipment keys, come the apocalypse I’ll still be able to push dirt around. A buddy of mine used to be an equipment service guy and when he left a national equipment rental place he gave me his key rings. Sooooo many good keys. I’ve been able to start up jobsite lights, move skid steers, use the class 8 lift-all for moving shit around, etc.
In addition to my keyring from when I did low voltage life safety work, I also have a keyring given to me by a golf kart mechanic. No idea how useful they’ll be after the fall but you never know. I’ve unfortunately lost my cheat sheet of security system installer codes.