by Roxanne Prather, Member Services Representative

This has been such a nice mild winter, hasn’t it? I just heard that the last four leap years have been the same. Very mild and not much snow. I think it was perfect! A nice change from last winter. Now we need some rain, and it will all be good!

 I want to let you know I have a showroom full of appliances, so if you are in the market for appliances please stop in and check us out or give me a call at (218) 743-3132.  Our office is open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday, and I’m here from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. I run a different sale every month so watch our WATTS News or go to our website to see what’s on sale.

Remember if you are buying three items you will get 8% off. Purchasing four appliances would be 10% off and five or more would be 15% off. Financing is available to members who have been current on their accounts with us for 3 months in a row. You can take a contract out for up to three years with a 20% down payment. Our interest rate is 4%.

I learned something new this month. Did you know they make a magnetic dryer vent?

This does not sound like such a big deal to some of you, but for those of you like me who have your dryer in a tight spot where you must lay on the floor and try to reach around the machine to get the vent lined up and then try to secure it.

This is a game changer. The last time I purchased a new washer and dryer my husband was trying to get the vent on in a small utility room where my pressure tank, dryer and the washer are located, in that order. He was on the floor between the pressure tank and the dryer trying to reach around to get the vent hooked up to the dryer. After struggling for about an hour he finally got it on and kind of rolled over a little and he accidentally shouldered into the water line and broke it off right at the bottom of pressure tank.

Ice cold water was shooting everywhere, and he was trying to stop the water with his hand. I heard the water spraying and ran in to see what was happening. I thought he was going to drown! The water was going right in his face, and he was stuck there. I ran and shut the main breaker off, and the water finally quit.

What a mess, it was a really hot day, and the water was ice cold, and we were both soaked! He looked at me and said, “Well, did you get cooled off?” At first, I was mad, mopping up all the water with every towel I had in the house, but then I looked at my drowned rat husband and he looked at me, and we both busted out laughing.

I would not have had the mess if I had a magnetic hose connector on the dryer. You just get the hose end close to the vent opening on the dryer and it pulls it right over to the dryer and snaps together tightly.  Whoever invented this was really thinking. The next time I need a new dryer we will purchasing one of these.