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5 years ago, I purchased an LG front load washer and dryer set. My expectations were as high as the price. About 2 years into it, the first washing machine failed and after many life intruding service calls, I got a new machine under the "lemon" provision of the warranty. This past Sunday, my "new" washer took a dump. Tub won't move. It will run an entire washing cycle and the tub never moves an inch. I have no warranty left and am not inclined to throw any more good money after bad. We're gong back to a top loader...

A couple of nights ago, my wife hollered to me that the dryer was smoking, even as she shut it down. I grabbed the machine, dragged it out of its slot, and disconnected it from power and the dryer vent, ready to drag its hot and still smoking carcass into the yard rather than have it burn the house down. The smoke was some of the most acrid I have encountered, and that includes my time as a firefighter in structural, woods, marsh/brush, boat, and vehicle fires. Before I made it to the threshhold, though, the fire burned out. With...

I need to buy a new washer/dryer set. Which is better? Top or front load? Thanks

Sorry to post a vanity. I have been shopping for washers and possibly a dryer. The utility room is only 52" wide. The prior owner had found a 25" Whirlpool washer and 26" GE dryer. The dryer still works. I would like to get feedback from others.

Here is your laugh for today!

Here is a video report on an Ohio man who has been arrested for allegedly putting his seven-year-old daughter in a Clothes Dryer and turning it on. The child reportedly told a teacher at school that she had been put in the dryer, and the school officials notified Children's Services. The child has a condition that keeps her from growing at a normal rate, so she is only about three feet tall. It appears the man allegedly has done this before as some form of punishment. . . . (VIDEO)

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man is on trial this week on charges he put his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son in a hot clothes dryer. In a videotaped interview with detectives shown in court Wednesday, Aron Pritchard said he put the children in the dryer to show them they could have a good time without much money. An hour later, the dryer had become hot and the boy had second-degree burns.

Attorneys in Kansas say 27-year-old Aron Pritchard, was punishing his girlfriend's children when he stuffed them in a clothes dryer and turned it on. The three-year-old boy, and his two-year-old sister, were allegedly jammed into the dryer after the boy urinated in his pants. The girl was uninjured, but the boy suffered second degree burns that went untreated for more than a week. Ardy Wuthnow, Children's grandfather, said, "It's heartbreaking. I've seen him now, since all this has taken place and there's permanent scars." The children's mother left their father when he returned from military service in Iraq. The biological...

Australian baby 'put in dryer' An Australian man has been charged with causing bodily harm after he put a 13-month-old baby in a tumble dryer when she spilt a drink on herself. Samuel Siddall, 21, was left in charge of his girlfriend's baby while she went to the gym for an hour, police said. She returned to find the baby had suffered serious burns. Doctors notified police because of the suspicious nature of her injuries. They expect the baby to make a full recovery and leave hospital this week. 'Horrific injuries' "The injuries are horrific and in my years of...

Teen Mother Accused of Killing Baby in Clothes Dryer Dec 6, 2005, 05:37 PM CST It's a Louisiana crime so cruel that it's making newscasts and newspapers around the world. It's the mother in Bogalusa, Louisiana who put her three-month-old baby in a clothes dryer and started the machine, tumbling and burning the baby boy until he was dead. The young mother is now being charged with first degree murder. Lakeisha Adams is 18-years-old, and until Monday, she was the mother of two young children. But police say at some point that day, she killed her 3-month-old baby boy by...

10/4/2004 - WASHINGTON -- Darleen Druyun, former principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisitions and management, was sentenced Oct. 1, to nine months in federal prison by a U.S. District Court judge. Earlier this year, Ms. Druyun pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate Title 18, Section 208(a) of the U.S. Code, which governs acts affecting personal financial interest. Ms. Druyun negotiated employment with the Boeing Corporation while employed as an Air Force acquisition official. According to court records, in negotiations with Boeing officials concerning the lease agreement for 100 Boeing KC-767A tanker aircraft, she agreed to a...