O wise interwebs...

[strange_complex]

...what manner of thing might be wrong with one's washing-machine if it performs the spin cycle in an apparently normal fashion, making all the usual judders and space-ship-about-to-take-off noises that washing-machines make, but the clothes still need wringing out by hand before you can hang them up to dry?

If it makes any difference, this is definitely A Change - it was fine a month ago, but has developed this problem over the last few weeks.

Edit: I've now cleaned the filter by opening a little panel at the front, which yielded quite a lot of water, a few bits of fluff, and one of those ivory-coloured plastic toothpicks which slots into the end of a Swiss Army knife. If anyone wants the latter, I'll gladly post it to them - I'm the kind of person who never lost mine, but I know a lot of people do.

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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Well done, you win! I believe I have your address, so I will post it out in the next day or so. It's not quite as straight as it used to be, but I'm sure it will be fine once it's back living in the slot nature intended for it.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you ever so much :)

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Ah - in fact, while I could walk to your house were I in Oxford, it turns out I don't have a record of your actual postal address. Could you text / email it to me? Thanks!