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From: jc@mit-athena.UUCP (John Chambers)
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Subject: Re: washer/dryer/lawn mover info needed
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Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 09:53:59 EST
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> An "electric washer" is not a device for cleansing electricity
> (that is an "electricity cleanser").  No, an electric washer is
> comparable to a hydraulic washer...  Where the washer in a faucet
> keeps the water from leaking out when you shut the faucet off,
> an electric washer keeps the electricity from leaking out when
> you turn a switch off.
> 
> 
> 				Matt Fichtenbaum

Gee, I'm glad you straightened me out on this one, Matt.  Here 
I was laboring under the mistaken impression that an "electric 
washer" was comparable to an electric can opener.  That is, it 
is a little metal (semi-conductor?) ring with long cord attached; 
you insert in into your faucet and plug the cord into a switched 
wall outlet.  That way, you can turn the faucet's drip on and off 
by merely flipping the switch.  

If that's not called an "electric washer", what is it called?
-- 

			John Chambers [...!decvax!mit-athena]

If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the precipitate.