Is there a more confusing appliance to figure out than a randomly encountered washing machine? True, you can find some pretty user friendly models out there that clearly show the temperature, time, and cycle but these don't seem to exist in any communal laundry rooms I have ever seen. Take this recently encountered puzzle for example.
I’m pretty sure those things on the left are just lights indicating where in the cycle the load currently is but what is the story with the dial? The section marked ‘A’ is the temperature but I have no idea what the rest of those sections are. I ran my loads with the dial just sitting there on ‘A’ but on closer observation of this photo I am troubled to see that the dial is actually set to ‘C’. The last person to use this clearly had some additional knowledge I was not privy to.
Now that I think about it, I probably most certainly operated it incorrectly. Either that or this washing machine has a very different approach to cleaning clothes. I say this because the entire time I stood there watching it, the clothes would just spin around a turn and half and then stop for a second or two before spinning the opposite direction for another turn and half. I put the soap in something that resembled a proper receptacle but I never did see one single sud through the clear window (not pictured). Oddly, the clothes came out smelling and looking clean. If anybody reading this happens to have a similar model in their homes, please feel free to comment on the proper setting for a warm water wash.
We're all looking for photos from Zurich on the next post. Now, before a Zurich washing machine photo is posted, let's get some ideas off this Zurich photoblog:
Bryan, January 16, 2005 09:29 AM:beautifulzueri.blogspot.com
So are you guys getting an apartment in the club district or not? :-)
There will be photos but people shouldn't get too excited about it. First, I am a horrible photographer. I can hear the groans now as you view yet another clock tower on a church I didn't even bother to find out the name of. Second, it has been very overcast here so there will be no sweeping vistas. Third, I haven't really taken that many photos. Lastly, you have provided a great link for people to see the beauty of Zurich ruining any change I have to compete.
J, January 18, 2005 12:43 AM:No worries! The pictures will get better with practice (or mad photoshop skillz). I doubt Chizzy would have allowed taking the pictures above, so we weren't expecting those anyway.