Dryers (sp?)

[draggar]

I dropped something behind the dryer today.

Time it takes to pull out the dryer 1 inch: 1 minute.
Time it takes to push (item) around the dryer so I can get it: 1 minute
Time it takes to pull the dryer all the way out: 1 minute
Time it takes to get that vent tube back in: 45 minutes
Time it takes to push the dryer back in: 1 minute
Time it takes to pull the dryer back out: 1 minute
Time it takes to get that vent tube back in so it stays the in: 90 minutes.
Time it takes to push the dryer back in: 1 minute.

And no, the broom didn't knock the tube out, pulling the dryer out 1 inch did.

[dalesys]

So...





Did you mop the floor and clean the wall while you had it out?

[draggar]

I actually did that a couple of months ago when my wife dropped a clothes pin into where the lint filter goes (had to take the whole back off to get it out).

[pitmonkey]

I have one of the grabbers use by the elderly or disabled to get things out from behind the dryer.

[HYHYBT]

Why are dryer vents designed so that they fall apart whenever moved, no matter how tight you run the screws in? It seems to be deliberate, as so many other things don't not work that way, including similar designs such as, say, radiator hoses.