I was somewhat of a menace to small appliances when I was a kid. I nuked metal just to see the sparks and once filled the dishwasher with hand soap. I did try to dry a pair of boots once and the ...

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On more than one occasion, I have pulled something out of the washing machine and found that it was stretched out after getting caught as the spin cycle starts. Every now and again, we have to set an ...

A MUM-of-three “had a narrow escape” after her Hotpoint washing machine exploded just minutes after her family had gone to bed. Jane Hudson, 50, from Essex, was drifting off to sleep when she heard a ...