My washing machine has been broke for a bit. I haven’t gotten it fixed because I lost my warranty and the place I bought it couldn’t find record of my warranty. My next door neighbor has been kind enough to let me use her wash machine. The fact that I give her booze for this service probably doesn’t hurt either. While Brad is being a piping maniac, in the plumbing sense, not his usual sense, I find my warranty. I am giddy, once again I think it was the fumes. I am reading through my owners manual and the problem I was having, a burning smell, was in the troubleshooting section. It said that my washer was overloaded. I was pretty sure it wasn’t but wanted to make sure before I call a repair man. So I decide to plug it back in and fill her up. So far so good. It filled and went through the wash cycle without incident. Then it fills for the rinse cycle and as soon as it starts spinning there is the most vile smell you could possibly imagine. I turn the dial to drain the tub. After the tub drains it starts to spin again, this time with a smoke show. I shut it off and unplug it as smoke flows out it. So now my house stinks and it is full of smoke. What do you think my children do? They make a fire safety obstacle course in our basement. They are crawling all over, yelling “Stay below the smoke! Stop, drop and roll!” I guess a call to the repair man is now in order.