Yes, the washing machine gets reviewed under ‘technology’ – I consider anything that runs on electricity to be technology (it’s too hard for a Luddite to break them down into ‘electronics’ and ‘appliances’). Some time ago, the old washing machine developed a worrisome squeak and didn’t seem to be working as well. The Techno Mage insisted it was my fault… Luddites have a tendency to mistake one machine’s capabilities for another (who knew that “HE” meant “high efficiency” and that only certain types of detergent can go into certain types of machines… couldn’t someone just bring me a washboard and a cake of Fels Naptha?). After half-flooding the laundry room with soap suds and suffering a week-plus of metallic shrieking, a new washing machine was in order.