Showing posts with label Washing Machine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washing Machine. Show all posts

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Samsung 4.5 CF Washer & LINK: Best Top-loading Washing Machines 2019

pc: Samsung
Our old, beat-up (circa 1997) White-Westinghouse washer conked-out on us very suddenly.  We inherited it from my Parents in 2009 (already 12 years old). 

No regrets -- we got good use out of it thru the years in our busy household (many kids, clothes, towels, messy pets, floor coverings -- you name it).


NOTE:  We also have my Parent's dryer. Still in garage to be used as a back-up for our slowly falling apart Maytag dryer. Thank You, Lord, for my imperfect (like me), yet wonderful parents from whom I've received many benefits. 





The link below for the-best-of-2019 lists a SAMSUNG washer with a very big drum size of 5 cubic feet under the BEST VALUE category.  We bought a somewhat similar washer with 8 cycles instead of 11; in the smaller (yet still huge-to-me) drum size of 4.5 cubic feet.

Nothing fancy: no agitator but has an impeller to accommodate bigger loads; nice-looking drum interior; self-cleaning, cute chimes. So far, we really like it other than for shorty-me being unable to easily reach laundry from the bottom of the washer's large drum. 


pc: Samsung








Samsung washer with impeller; pc: Best Buy

our old
White-Westinghouse washer with agitator
Samsung: no agitator. large, deep "diamond" drum for size comparison
Job 12





Tuesday, June 12, 2018

LIST: Canada Will Impose Tariffs / Taxes on These US Goods in July (chocolate, coffee, whiskey, pizza, soy sauce, candles, jam, etc)

On March 1, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intention to impose a 25% tariff (tax) on steel and a 10% tariff (tax) on aluminum imports.  

Those tariffs finally came to pass for Canada, Mexico, and the EU (European Union) on May 31, 2018.  Take a look at part of the reasons why the USA did so below.  President Trump mentioned Dairy's stiff tariff by Canada in particular:




OTTAWA — Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on up to $16.6 billion worth of U.S. imports in response to the American decision to place similar levies on Canadian-made steel and aluminum.

The Canadian tariffs, which go into effect July 1, cover a broad range of items. Some, mainly unfinished iron and steel products, will be hit with a 25 per cent tariff, while others, including many consumer products, will be tagged with a 10-per-cent duty.
Here is a list of some of the affected products, which run from industrial metal bars to gherkins, whiskey and felt-tipped pens.

- Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, including semi-finished products, flat-rolled products, bars and rods and wire.
- Stainless steel ingots or other primary forms, including semi-finished products, flat-rolled products of stainless steel, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections, and wire.
pc: CHRIS WATTIE / REUTERS
- Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, including semi-finished products, flat-rolled products, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections, hollow drill bars and rods, wire
- Tubes and pipes, sheet piling, railway or tramway track construction material, pipe for oil or gas pipelines, casing or tubing used in drilling for oil or gas.


- Food products, including yogurt, roasted coffee that is not decaffeinated, prepared meals of fowl or beef.
- Sweets, including maple sugar and syrup, licorice candy, toffee, other sugar confectionery, including white chocolate, not containing cocoa, other chocolate in blocks — slabs or bar, filled or not filled.

- Other foods, including pizza and quiche, cucumbers and gherkins, jams, jellies, strawberry jam, nut purees and pastes, berry purees, and other fruit purees other than banana puree.
- Condiments, including soy sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, prepared mustard, mayonnaise, salad dressing, mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, other sauces.
- Soups and broths, mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavour.
- Whiskey
- Personal grooming products, including manicure or pedicure preparations, hair spray, shaving and after-shave preparations, soaps and other skin washing products.
both: Playing Cards AND Greeting Card

- Household products, including room deodorizers, automatic dishwasher detergents, candles and tapers, other than those for birthdays, Christmas or other festive occasions; glues or adhesives sold in containers of under a kilogram, tableware and kitchenware, plastic household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastic, toilet paper, handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, tablecloths and serviettes, printed or illustrated postcards or greeting cards.
- Hardware products, including insecticides and fungicides in packages under 1.36 kg each, plywood (other than bamboo), veneered panels and similar laminated wood.
- Other steel or iron products, including beer kegs, or parts for stoves, ranges, grates, cookers and barbecues.

- Aluminum bars, rods, wire, sheets, foil, tubes and pipes and pipe fittings, most aluminum structural pieces, aluminum reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, including tanks for compressed or liquefied gas.
- Aluminum kitchenware, including tables, scouring pads.
- Appliances, including refrigerator-freezers fitted with separate external doors, instantaneous or storage water heaters, washing machines.
Markers will also be subject to tariff 

- Miscellaneous items, including lawn mowers, electrical boards, panels, consoles, inflatable boats, sailboats, motorboats, mattresses, sleeping bags and other bedding, playing cards, ball point pens, felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers.

Read Full article H E R E





Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs

US Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

Mr Trump & Tariffs






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