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Pimientito
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From: Marbella
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Every now and again I go on a crusade to make the world a better place and write letters to factories, newspapers or phone companies etc....usually complaining about the insane level of beaurocracy involved with peforming a simple task. This time I wrote a letter to the engineers at Bosch to see if they can come up with a mans washing machine. I wonder if they will get the humour 
"Dear Bosch
I am a single man living in my own home and like many men in my position, have to
to put up with the tedious task of washing my own clothes now and again. It
occurs to me that as technology improves the washing machines of today get more
complicated to use.
We are marketed machines that use less energy, less water, don’t leak, and wash
difficult or unusual fabrics and many other features that really are not that
interesting. Now there is a panel of dials and buttons for every kind of wash and
fabric. Cool washes, delicate washes, pre washes, no spin programs, pre spin…. I
honestly have no idea what they are all for. I mean I’m sure they all have their
uses its just that washing is not very interesting is it? In the all the 20 years
or so I have used my washing machine I have only ever used 2 programs
Program 1 – Whites
Program 5 – Colors
Why cant there be washing machines made for men? Single men like me looking to
buy a machine don’t need all that choice. We don’t wash lace, silk, chiffon or
hand printed Indian table cloths and we know when to take our suits to the dry
cleaners.
If I were looking to buy a new machine tomorrow I would go for a machine made by
a manly name that I have heard of like “Bosch” or “Black and decker” or “Smith
and western”. This mans machine would have preferably only 3 buttons, the first
that said “WASH WHITES” This would be a serious hot wash with pre wash to get rid
of all those unidentifiable stains on the 4 week old bed sheets. The second one
that said “WASH COLORS” a cooler program for shirts, socks and jeans and yet
another that said “STOP” in case you forgot to add powder etc. I would conceed
that it might also be useful to have a “WASH JERSEYS” button to initiate a cool
wash for everything made of wool or similar fabrics.
Secondly the array of washing powders, capsules, fresheners, softeners all
heavily advertised on TV, all different strengths and concentrations is really
infuriating. What makes matters worse is the loading tray doesn’t match any of
the products. Where do you put in the softener? Why are capsules put in the same
tray as powders?
Here is an idea….An all in one powder for whites or colours with a built in
softener and freshener that comes in capsules that fit neatly into 2 or 3 slots
in the loading tray. You could work with a soap company and come up with a
product for men which were standard for every machine….wow, wouldn’t that make
life easier!
Here would be the routine. Put bed sheets and white shirts in the machine and
close door. Press “WHITE WASH”. Load tray ejects like a CD player. Machine tells
you to put 3 capsules in tray. Tray closes, sensor detects capsules are in place
and wash commences. This also means you no longer need a “STOP” button. Same
thing occurs with “COLORED WASH” except now the machine asks you for 2 capsules.
It would also avoid having left over capsule gunk in the loading tray designed
for powder. If the machine were really clever it would be able to detect when you
accidently put a red sock in with the whites which would light up the “BOZO” icon
on the front of the machine.
The other really infuriating thing is that having got the clothes in the machine
it gives us time to practise the guitar, play golf, chase women and generally
forget about the washing. This is rather anoying when the next time you go to use
the machine…its full of clothes that smell worse than before you put them in. A
mans washing machine should have an alarm on it that signals when the washing is
finished. In fact I would actually have the machine send an SMS text to my mobile
phone to tell me that the clothes are ready to remove. This way I can be out and
about or in another part of the house and be reminded of the washing during any
of my infinately more interesting activities.
I washer drier would also immediately start drying the clothes after the wash
cycle is complete without the need to start the cycle. I mean it’s pretty obvious
that I want the clothes dry if I have them in the machine isnt it. At the end of
this program there is no need for an alarm or SMS as I can pick up my clean,
fluffy, nice smelling dry shirts straight out of the machine before rushing to be
late for my next appointment.
So guys at Bosch, I use power tools made by you because they are tough and do
what they are supposed to. Get you heads together and come up with a washing
machine for single men that even my 72 year old father can use. I shall expect a
free one if my idea proves marketable.
Yours sincerely"
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Date May 16 2010 10:30:36
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Arash
Posts: 4495
Joined: Aug. 9 2006
From: Iran (living in Germany)
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RE: Mens Washing Machines (in reply to Ron.M)
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Ron.M
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better than Bosch or any other brand. those machines work for 100 years
Did you ever see the Woody Allen picture "The Sleeper", where he is cryonically frozen and wakes up 200 years in the future?
He goes to this old cave or something where he kept his VolksWagen Beetle, which is covered in rust and cobwebs, opens the door, tries the starter...
And it starts first time! LOL! 
cheers,
Ron
No, i don't know that movie.
But yes, many things were really "solid" few decades ago. And you could also repair everything yourself.
Nowadays, with all the complicated electronics in everything, you are forced to pay someone to do it.
Ok Ok Ron, enough Nostalgia, i can see that you feel good and comfortable in this thread and that you are warming up and probably will come up with your old dusty Vinyls and "Less is More" theories and all the grumbling about all the modern crap again LOL ,,,,, Muaahahahaha... just kidding ,,,, 
Anyway, i like my new LCD TV and the Bluray Player.
I wouldn't want to change that with a VHS recorder and a B/W TV anymore.
I just watched Avatar on Bluray. Amazing.
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