Another day in the life of a retiree

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In a previous post "Another day in the life of a Retiree 10/10/2024" I detailed how myself and my wife were dealing with a new dishwasher. We didn't receive a power cord with the new dishwasher and the man delivering the new dishwasher said he couldn't take the cord off the old dishwasher which was on the truck so that we could put it on the new dishwasher. Due to this we went to Home Depot and got a new power cord. Watching a YouTube video we took apart the front of the dishwasher and after about 3 hours we had the power cord connected.

We still had the hose connected to the water for the old dishwasher so we thought we could use this hose on the new dishwasher so once the power cord was plugged in the water was turned on and water went all over the floor. The old hose couldn't be used for the new dishwasher so we got a new hose, installed it and finally the dishwasher is now running.

We thought this was the end of our problems but our clothes washer also broke and couldn't be fixed. We ordered a new washer which took 4 days to get delivered however the men that delivered it said they couldn't install it because our water shut off was leaking. We ordered a new water shut off from Amazon then watched another YouTube video and we were able to install the new water shutoff and the washer is now running.

Lessons learned

I swear machines communicate with each other so that they can synchronize their break downs
Must always check that parts like power cords and water hoses which you would think would come with a new dishwasher are included or need to be purchased separately
Though the wife was frustrated at each set back during our battle with the machines she didn't channel Bruce Lee a second time
It is amazing how fast every piece of clothing gets dirty when a washer is not available and you have to go to the laundromat
YouTube videos are life savers though people making these videos need to be sure as much as possible when recording that their hands are not in the way
There are so many settings on the new dishwasher we may need to contact MIT or Harvard for help washing our clothes

Below is the new and fully functional dishwasher, the water shutoff that we needed to replace and the new and fully functional clothes washer