Between blotch and blok

The washing machine has given up the ghost. But at 25-ish, with no maintenance (other than me clearing its filters), no prior troubles, and sterling service in the face of widdling, crapping cats I can't say I surprised. Sad, however, since the replacement will almost certainly not last as long (definitely not, as my dad says of such purchases, "see me out" [he's been saying this for many, many years]).

And I shall miss its clockwork technology.