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Old lady Mrs. Henderson taught me something about patience with a 1972 Maytag washer
She flagged me down during a service call near Portland last fall and showed me how she's kept that belt-driven monster running with just rubber bands and a butter knife for 14 years. Has anyone else had a customer who totally schooled you on a machine's quirks?
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angela_park29d ago
Ngl, that's exactly the kind of thing I love hearing about. I had a guy with a 1980s Kenmore dryer who showed me how to fix a stuck timer knob with just a paperclip and some tape, and I was like "dude you're a wizard." Honestly, those old machines have so much soul, it's cool when someone actually takes the time to understand them instead of just calling for a new one.
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craig.brian28d ago
Man, I had this one fella out in the boonies near Scappoose with a 1970s Frigidaire fridge that was older than me. He showed me how he swapped out the start relay with a part from a toaster, and it actually worked. I stood there with my jaw on the floor while he explained how he just figured out the electronics by feel over 30 years. That fridge had been running nonstop since the Carter administration with nothing but his own tinkering and a handful of spare parts from the junk drawer. It really makes you appreciate what people can do when they refuse to just toss something. He had this calm way about him too, like he'd solved every problem that machine could throw at him a dozen times over.
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