We've been watching a lot of reruns of Home Improvement lately, sort of a nostalgia thing and the kids think it's funny, too. So, I had to share this story that reminded us of a number of the episodes. Our dryer has had a couple of quirks ever since the house was struck by lightning almost 3 years ago and pretty much all of our electronic devices got fried. I couldn't run it on automatic dry because the buzzer would go off during the entire cycle. Running it on timed dry was quiet, but when it was done, the buzzer would go off until you opened the door or turned the dial. So I've put up with the timed dry ever since then. It didn't bother me enough to warrant buying an entire new dryer. However, John got annoyed with it a lot. So the other day when he was washing a bunch of stuff due to a flea infestation (from our new kittens), he got pushed over the edge by the buzzer and decided to try disconnecting the buzzer so we'd just have to check it instead of listening for it. While he had the dryer apart, he noticed a wire that had apparently fried apart during the lightning strike and got the bright idea to try to connect it back up with the hopes that it would fix the buzzer. MmmHmmm.... He plugs it back in and shuts the door and the dryer starts shooting sparks and flames with him on top of it. He managed to turn it off rather quickly and now, whether we wanted/needed one or not, we have a new dryer.
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