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Saturday, September 26, 2026Est. 2026. Most of what's in here is older.

Don't fix it if it ain't broke

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No. 0073Laundry room

1987

Maytag LAT9900ABW washer

Maytag

Running 39 years

A leak, one hose clamp, two Canadian dollars

A Maytag top-loading washer and dryer in a garage, photographed in 2009. Newer than the one in the story. — A Maytag top-loading washer and dryer in a garage, photographed in 2009. Newer than the one in the story. Photo: Birdies100, CC BY-SA 2.0. The real one is in the original post.

When this 1987 Maytag started leaking, its owner figured the machine was finished. It wasn't. The whole repair was one hose clamp that cost two dollars, Canadian. The model is an LAT9900ABW, and it went right back to washing.

Retold from a post on r/BuyItForLife. Read the original

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