Re: stuff that happened today

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

If you're switching from gas to electric, are you going to do all the
wiring yourself (since you're an electrician)?

We need to replace our gas stove (the electrical buttons are funky and
will just stop working) and we'd need to an electrician to put a 240V (I
think that's right) outlet there.  (There's already a 240V for the dryer,
just about 12 feet away, so I'm guessing it shouldn't be a big problem; I
think the panel can handle it, but I'm not certain.)

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 23:39:20 -0700
 >
 > I guess I have to buy a new washing machine.  Consumer Reports says
 > to get the LG one.  (I should have said already, I'm looking for a
 > top-loading one, because front-loading ones make your clothes smell
 > funny.  I get to choose between an old fashioned agitator one like
 > the one I'm replacing and a modern HE one.  I don't know how they
 > wash the clothes without an agitator, but maybe they just shoot the
 > water in under pressure and the water agitates the clothes.  (The
 > front-loading ones, of course, tumble the clothes, like a dryer
 > only wet.)  ≈$600 for the agitator one, maybe $800 for
 > the HE one.  But then the question is, should I, while I'm at it,
 > get a new electric dryer instead of the gas dryer?  Nothing wrong
 > with my existing dryer except that gas is expensive and, you know,
 > unecological.  Best Buy is offering special deal prices if you buy
 > them together, so maybe it'd be pretty cheap.
 > 
 > But I have to do that this weekend to get the special Memorial Day
 > prices.  :(
 > 
 > This all seems like an insuperable obstacle to me.  I hate that.
 > Used to be I'd take things like this in stride.  I'm suffering from
 > FOBO, which is like FOMO only Fear Of Being Overcharged.