January 2005

Appliantology Repair Forum: Glitch or Hack?

January 25, 2005 Website Updates

Somehow, almost two months worth of posts were deleted from the repair forum at the Appliantology Group. This is an extremely active forum with dozens of posts per day. You’ll notice that the most recent post (after the current ones) are dated 11-30-2004. I have no idea how all those posts got deleted but I [...]

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New Member Settings for the Appliantology Group

January 24, 2005 Website Updates

As you Appliantology groupies may have noticed, there’s been an increase in spam postings in the repair forum recently. Because of this, I’ve had to change the group membership setting from open, meaning anyone can join without needing my approval, to restricted, meaning I have to approve all new members before they can post in [...]

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Appliantology 3000 Microchip Implant Now Available!

January 23, 2005 General Appliance Wisdom

As many of my long-time grasshoppers know, the CIA occasionally calls upon the Samurai for special assignments which are particularly dangerous (for example, this assignment I did in Iraq). I have recently completed yet another covert assignment for The Company; this one involved testing a prototype of an implantable microchip. My assignment was to be [...]

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Samurai Appliance Repair Apprenticeship Training

January 21, 2005 General Appliance Wisdom

As many of you know, the Samurai had back surgery last week for a ruptured disk at L4-L5. The surgery went well but I’m out of action for the next three months while my back heals up. Last week, just four days after my surgery, our neighbor’s refrigerator crapped out on them… again. The refrigerator [...]

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New and Improved Sounds at Fixitnow.com

January 19, 2005 Compooting

sfdfgsdfgsdf wrote: the sound on your website is REALLY F*CKING ANNOYING. do YOU like it when websites have really long annoying sounds when you go to them? didnt think so. _______________________________ Message sent from IP: 68.33.109.109 It’s exactly this kind of constructive criticism that enables us continually to refine the unique user experience we strive [...]

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Obituary: Common Sense. Died 24/7/1960 in America’s Heart, USA

January 17, 2005 Gubmint

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of Common Sense who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons [...]

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Whirlpool Taking Over Fisher & Paykel?

January 16, 2005 General Appliance Wisdom

Rumors are flying!

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The Government Program that Saved Us from the Jungle

January 15, 2005 Gubmint

dude wrote: The public school system is what made this country a world power instead of a thirdworld jungle. Remember, the clues have the little blue paw prints on them. Find one. The public school system is what made this country a world power instead of a thirdworld jungle. Remember, the clues have the little [...]

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Post Back Surgery Update

January 14, 2005 Samurai Incarnate
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Louie and the Samurai Reproductive Units

January 13, 2005 Karaoke Lounge

Louie is overweight, blind, deaf, severely arthritic, and prone to seizures, but he never seems to let that get him down. He’s a sweet dog who belongs to our next door neighbor, Bill, who hasn’t been able to bring himself to put Louie to sleep, although he knows it is time. On Christmas Day, Louie [...]

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The Samurai Gets Stabbed in the Back

January 10, 2005 Samurai Incarnate
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Appliance Repair Revelation, The Secrets of Household Electricity… REVEALED!

January 6, 2005 General Appliance Wisdom

If you’re looking for a good reference to help you understand simple home wiring, the Samurai recommends The Basics of Household Wiring DVD. If you think you already know it all, then you don’t know what you don’t know. Think about that, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” You know, the mark of an [...]

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Mailbag: Whirlpool/Kenmore Calypso CE Error

January 4, 2005 Washer Repair

kenmore calypso washer wrote: Can I do anything to correct a CE error on a kenmore calyspso washer before calling for service. A frustrated layman???? PS the machine is 18 months old and is just out of warranty. can you suggest any help to honor the warranty after being out of warranty. It is probably [...]

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Kitty in the Microwave

January 3, 2005 Microwave Ovens

budthedog wrote: I thought the cat in the microwave was an animation of some type, is there a link to the original version available? There is a bet of a case of beer riding on this. Thanks _______________________________ Message sent from IP: 4.143.218.17 You must be thinking of my banner created by talented graphic artist [...]

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Mailbag: Making Simple Repairs Complicated

January 2, 2005 General Appliance Wisdom

Popeye wrote: Mr. Samurai………. I have a 5 year old Kenmore Washing machine with a direct drive. All is well until the start of the spin/rinse cycle. At that point, a distinctive regular clicking sound eminates from the bowels of the machine. Everything else functions normally. Water drains, rinse water is applied, water drains, tub [...]

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