Peter’s Blog about lots of things

So, i look out my office window.  Thousands of trees have been yacked to make room for more lanes on one of the worst roads ever, I 495, aka The Beltway that circles Washington, DC.  All the cloverleafs around route 7 and the beltway have been completely removed and now there are large empty spaces where the trees use to be.  Now i am not some crazy treehugger, but the Hot lanes concept seems like a waste.

The hotlanes have some additional lanes with the ability to pay extra and therefore get in the less trafficy lanes and speed to your destination.  There is no way this is going to work, and it hurts the little guy.  The people that live in Springfield, Virginia and commute to Maryland or Tyson’s corner are not the people that can afford the extra costs.  This is a stupid idea.  Bail on the stupid hotlane thing and figure out an equitable solution to the little guy and the rich folks.

peter

495 & rt 7, vienna, va

So yesterday the washer and dryer showed up.  I bought an LG steam washer and dryer from Sears.  Overall experience?  10 out of 10.   Went in there, looked at all the models that were more or less in the same range of 1000 - 1400 per unit, and then ultimately went with the LG that was on sale for ~1049.

It was surprising that the other models were more, including Sears, Whirlpool, Bosch, Electrolux, etc…  I really liked the Bosch but it was like $700 more between the washer and dryer.  That is real money.  If it would have been say, $250 or less between the two, i would have gone for that one.

So I have washed everything in the house and now i need some more dirty clothes, so if you have any, mail them to me and i will wash and send back.  So far, this thing is awesome.  It is quiet, has more settings and you can turn off the beeper/ringer when it is clean, vs the old 1988 things we had.

I highly recommend LG so far…  I always have recommended sears.  They are just good.