I like our laundry equipment, it's coin opped, but there's buttons for 
temperature on the back of the washer, the type you push one button and the 
one that was last used pops out and that's it, hot, warm and cold. Drier is 
the same, too bad they were cheap and make a ton of noise because they're 
wearing out already after only 2 months but while they work, I enjoy them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: D-star?


> it's not too hard.
> You go and find the absolute cheapest stove/oven you can find.
> you might have to special order that model in from your favorite appliance
> retailer, but they'll be able to provide something that has regular knobs
> and buttons.
> Our stove uses very flat buttons, on a smooth screen for the clock and 
> timer
> controls.  You can still feel where the button is to some extent, but
> they're hard to feel.
> washers and dryers are also going very much the way of either touch 
> screen,
> very flat buttons behind a plastic film on a screen, or menu driven 
> options
> especially on the washing machines.
> it's difficult to find something that has regular old knobs with a skirt
> around the edge that you can label for various cycles and times and so on.
> Our apartment building lawndry room has washers and dryers that are 
> totally
> button and LCD screen controled.
> not to mention they add in the complexity of a lawndry card that shows you
> how much you have left on the card and so on.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>