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Home Improvement: A Washer and Dryer

Home Improvement: A Washer and Dryer

Before my eyes our brand new dryer was disassembled down to the base components.

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Jacob Dean
Jun 18, 2024
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As fascinating as the installation of our dryer was, I simply could not bear to watch the chaos unfolding in front of me, and instead went inside to write.

Our washing machine being dismantled, with the drum being lifted out of the body by a young man.

Having our brand new dryer be dismantled before my eyes wasn’t what I wanted to see. Andrea and I haven’t had an in-unit washer or dryer for eleven years, a fact that blows the minds of our suburb-dwe…

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