Confounded MACHINES!!

Brian gets home from soccer and school late this afternoon.... we are putting a small load of clothes into the washing machine; now you have to understand... this is the most freakin' complicated washing machine in the world!! At Alabama we had 3 settings for our washing machines: whites, colors, and darks; our washing machine has stuff like: regular, light, permanent press, delicate, soak, and heavy duty..... what the crap!!! It was hilarious as we decided "yeah I think that is a reasonable amount of detergent"... then as we assessed how much we had in the machine...we called Laurel (mom is working a clinical tonight). Laurel tells us "permanent press"... so we thank her and turn the nob over that way, pull the handle out towards us, and this thing makes some weird sound that neither of us like very much. Brian then informs me "well, I see mom put it on this" we turn over there and pull the nob out... completely different sound that we really don't like!! Judgement call time again.... we then just turn the nob and activate the machine until it makes a sound we recognize and like!! It was awesome.... we felt like Lewis and Clark... pioneers, adventurers, explorers taming the wild and confusing unknown!!