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Winniefree Sep 2024 10:16am, 28 Sep 2024 8,206 posts	0 Winniefree
GordonG Sep 2024 10:31am, 28 Sep 2024 10,656 posts	0 GordonG JamieKai chameleon wrote:Warning: pitting your kitchen appliances against each other in bloody mortal combat is the quickest way to The Robot Uprising. Don't blame me when your toaster is firing charcoal-toast chunks at you while the kettle directs steam at your face... 3...2...1... Activate!
3M Sep 2024 11:15am, 28 Sep 2024 24,840 posts	0 3M "Terminator 7: The Rise of the (Domestic) Machines" 😂 Our washing machine is a frightful liar, too!
um Sep 2024 5:52pm, 28 Sep 2024 8,889 posts	0 um Whereas our washing machine is quite truthful. The dishwasher just flashes random, although decreasing numbers. It can sit on zero for 5 mins until it decides it's had enough. One thing, it always takes longer than it says.
fleecy Sep 2024 8:00pm, 28 Sep 2024 55,268 posts	0 fleecy I think washing machines had some weird fuzzy logic thing why h has probably been replaced by 'AI' whereas dishwashers seem to pride themselves on achingly long eco washes
Surrey Phil Sep 2024 8:45pm, 28 Sep 2024 10,713 posts	0 Surrey Phil A short delicates wash at 30 degrees takes 59 minutes, or so the Miele tells me. The machine then switches off the clock after a couple of minutes. About 1.5 hours later, it eventually bleeps to tell me that it's finished.
LazyDaisy Sep 2024 9:26pm, 28 Sep 2024 40,752 posts	0 LazyDaisy Our seaside washing machine plays Schubert's The Trout when it's finished, and the door is unlocked. The AEG in this house just bleeps annoyingly. Guess what we're buying when the AEG gives up the ghost.
IdristheDragon Sep 2024 9:31pm, 28 Sep 2024 9,334 posts	0 IdristheDragon Our washing machine also plays that tune 😃
GordonG Sep 2024 9:34pm, 28 Sep 2024 10,657 posts	0 GordonG My tumble dryer plays the five notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind when it's turned on or off!
Ocelot Spleens Sep 2024 9:39pm, 28 Sep 2024 39,629 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Ours plays all manner of things depending on the program, not really paid attention to if they're proper tunes!