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I have had this one for 12 years & think I deserve a new one :-)

A couple of months ago the door fell off - Hubby just went & bought a new door hinge!! Yesterday it stopped spinning - hubby looked on internet & found a problem page for my washing machine & went & bought & replaced the new parts needed!! What else can I do? Penny

trade HIM in for a new model?

Sounds a bit like my hubby Penny!! Stella

ummm now that's an idea but....

Come on Penny, you know how great it is to be married to a handy man. You have the extra money to spend on something else. Don't you?? ;-0) Deanna X

Like what Deanna? Things last for ever in our house. We still have hubby's mum's nursing chair which she used when hubby was a baby. It's still in our living room & it's 50 years old!! Perhaps the washing machine will last that long! Penny

Take the fuse out of the plug or does he think of things like that too lol

yep - the fuse went as well this week & the man at the shop gave him one free!!!

You see Penny, I think that's wonderful. I do realise that you must be desperate to buy something new sometimes, but don't you think he is clever? Deanna X

Tell him it is costing more to fix it than buying a new one and it is not an energy saving one so using more electric

Well, that is indeed a good point Val. There you. The help you were asking for. Put it too him nicely. Deanna X

It has only cost £36 to mend it both times in total as he does it himself!! I mailnly only use delicate wash so it takes less than an hour - so it is quite energy efficient :-(

But put it to him this way a new washing machine takes less time and uses less electric and saves drying time also as the clothes will be even dryer when they come out If it was me I would go in to a shop and say wow look at how much electric you would save and say that is a lot better than my one and think of saving on our electric bill

We recently got a new telly. It replaced the one we got in 1985. Our washing machine packed up last year. Other half checked to see if he could fix it. He's electronics engineer. It was a sealed unit thank goodness. It was 14. Previous to that we had a second hand one for eight years. Our house was carpeted throughout when we moved here in 1988. We couldn't afford anything too grand so got a really cheap foam back. So far we have only replaced the bathroom, living room and hall.

Just give him a subtle hint, go look at washing machines and extol all the new gadgets to him. eg 'Look this one spins at 3 different revolutions' etc. Granny

Forgot to say, my mum still has her second hand nursery chair (it came from the local school) She's 62 She got a new living room carpet a few weeks ago. The old one was put down when I was 3 (38+ years ago)

You see Penny. Now you are sticking up for him. He is a good man. And you have an efficient washing machine. Val, you like us, we are at the TALKING stage of new carpets! We could be dead and gone, before we make up our minds. LOL Deanna X

No not me, we went to Curry's and I seen this lovely cooker with a ceramic hob and said that's nice we left shop he said whats up I said that cooker would be really handy over xmas as it has 2 ovens and guess what I got my cooker even though we only bought one year before so I sold other one for £40

Hi, I AM IN STITCHES HERE ! My machine is 12 years old, and was reconditioned when we bought it ! The dog [a rottie] broke the door off. We replaced that... and the belt went... hubby replaced that with a belt from a car [ something to do with power assisted steering !!!!!!] Soooooo... i have now started putting hubbys clothes on a nice gentle woolie wash .... he told me last night that we need a new washer [ <<OOO>>>] because ours is not getting the clothes clean ! Pmsl Sue x