warning to all guitar players read this!!
bricktop
Oct 24 2006, 04:30 PM
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Our front loader washing machine broke on Saturday, so I called a repairman to come out on Monday. The water would not drain on the final spin cycle, so he figured it was either a clogged hose or something bad with the motor that drains the water out of the machine.
Well it wasn't the hose, everything drained fine when siphoned out. He took out the motor and guess what?
One guitar pick jammed it up. There were a few in there on the bottom but one got caught in the blades and got chewed up. So rather than risking the integrity of the motor we got a new one.
125.00 dollars for a new motor and installation, for leaving picks in my jeans. Not to mention the wife having to say "I told you to clean out your pants!!"

But wait, there's icing on the cake of this story, when he drained out the washer, it leaked through the floor to the basement and guess what was underneath the laundry room? My computer. It looked like someone dumped a bucket of water on top of my desk. Somehow, I got extremely lucky, and the tower didn't get any water in it, but my keyboard was destroyed. Needless to say I spent half the night drying stuff off and moving the desk, to the opposite side of the basement.

Just thought I'd share my funny life lesson with you all!

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John

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- bricktop   warning to all guitar players read this!!   Oct 24 2006, 04:30 PM
- - Rvddps   thats unlcuky mate, im glad your computer didnt ge...   Oct 24 2006, 05:44 PM
- - Kristofer Dahl   Holy - thanks for sharing. I find picks in the was...   Oct 24 2006, 07:08 PM
- - PickNGrin   Yeah! I find picks in the washer too! Ge...   Oct 25 2006, 12:19 AM
- - Paul Coutts   thanks for that actually. Could save someone 125 d...   Dec 13 2007, 09:34 AM
- - buckjones   Yeah, thanks for the info!!! I'm g...   Dec 13 2007, 09:35 AM
- - Smells   Yea I often empty the filter on the washing machin...   Dec 13 2007, 10:26 AM
|- - Tank   QUOTE (Smells @ Dec 13 2007, 09:26 AM) I...   Dec 13 2007, 02:25 PM
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- - Smells   QUOTE (Tank @ Dec 13 2007, 01:25 PM) Has ...   Dec 13 2007, 02:30 PM
- - David.C.Bond   QUOTE (Tank @ Dec 13 2007, 01:25 PM) Has ...   Dec 13 2007, 06:08 PM
- - Toni Suominen   Thanks for the info bricktop, I never remember to ...   Dec 13 2007, 06:11 PM
- - David.C.Bond   QUOTE (Toni Suominen @ Dec 13 2007, 05:11...   Dec 13 2007, 06:14 PM
|- - Muris   Thanks for sharing this interesting story!...   Dec 13 2007, 06:32 PM
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- - MickeM   Sorry that one pick came at such a huge cost! ...   Dec 13 2007, 07:44 PM
- - fkalich   I'm pretty careful about that, but will be eve...   Dec 13 2007, 08:08 PM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   Every one of fkalich's posts is like a journey...   Dec 13 2007, 11:17 PM
|- - jeff   QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Dec 13 2007, 05...   Dec 13 2007, 11:19 PM
|- - MickeM   QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Dec 13 2007, 11...   Dec 13 2007, 11:23 PM
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- - Bogdan   I hold my picks in my mobile phone (Open battery s...   Dec 13 2007, 11:26 PM
- - Eat-Sleep-andJam   QUOTE (bricktop @ Oct 24 2006, 07:30 AM) ...   Dec 13 2007, 11:27 PM
- - The Uncreator   I find SO many picks in my dryer. i should watch...   Dec 13 2007, 11:31 PM
- - Smikey2006   Thanks for the headsup.. i go to a laundramat tho....   Dec 14 2007, 01:55 AM
- - Milenkovic Ivan   Wow man, thats bad luck, but an interesting story,...   Dec 14 2007, 10:24 AM
- - Dejan   it's time for commercials fingerpicking is s...   Dec 14 2007, 11:00 AM
- - Owen   I never lost a single plectrum in my first two yea...   Dec 14 2007, 06:07 PM
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