Oh, dear, I just found this thread and I hope I'm in time to plead for a reprieve for Martha Gonzales! Here's my story: I have Martha Gonzales, Mrs. Dudley Cross, Belinda's Dream, an unknown apricot/cream Austin that came with the house, and Francis Dubrieul planted together. Francis got blackspot and dropped every leaf, with the Austin and (gasp!) Martha G. following suit almost immediately. MDC got a few spotted leaves on the side next to the defoliated plants, but on the opposite side she remained disease free! BD, on the other side, lost a few lower leaves but she's already regrown. But here's the kicker: I have a couple of other Martha G.s across the yard from the naked one, and they're both fine! Furthermore, my second MDC, about 15 feet away from the diseased roses, has no trace of disease. Another bed across the way has SDLM, SDSA, original Gruss, and Felicia. Gruss usually loses half his leaves, but he and all his bedmates have all their leaves. It seems to me that whatever Francis had this year was something abnormally bad that his neighboring roses, normally resistant, couldn't cope with. But the good news was that it spread only to immediate neighbors but went no further. Now Martha and UNK Austin are growing new leaves, but I think I have to get rid of Francis. He's still nothing but sticks.

We have had one for about eight months now. We have the curved door stainless version. The stainless steel has some kind of clear coating that makes it extremely easy to keep clean. The curved handles tend to make your hands slide downwards when opening the door, not a problem, but I see that the new flat door models have straight handles. The inside is very simple and doesn't have any 'nooks and crannies' that interfere with the usable space. It is pretty straight-forward and without any 'bells-and- whistles' but is perfect for us (DINKS). The bottom-mount freezer is a dream for us as we barely use it and there is no bending over as in our previous fridge. There are several drawers in the freezer, rather than a big basket. The fridge has no fan-forced air circulation, so it it practically silent. Late at night, I have heard the occasional creak or click as in hot metal cooling type sounds (?). Not obtrusive at all. The clearance at the back is easy as the fridge has a projection that will keep it away from the wall. As it does rely on passive air-circulation to keep the mechanicals cool, I would definitely make sure that the side and top clearances are at manufacturers specs. All-in-all we love our fridge! It was one of two (Liebherr was the other) that would fit in out tiny (64 sq ft) kitchen, and was significantly less expensive.

I recently developed some sort of leak in my washer, which caused a lot of puddling in the pan--twice. I usually run the washer at the "auto" setting, so that should set the water level appropriately, right? The only recent situation that might have caused the problem is that I left some tissues in a pocket and there was a LOT of lint. I wiped as much as I could out of the tub after removing the clothes, but I have no idea if there is some sort of lint screen. The manual hints that there is a trap, but the lint gets washed out in the rinse. My washer is in a tiny space on the second floor of my house, and it's way too heavy for me to move it to get to the back. Are there any troubleshooting steps I can take at this point other than moving the machine? I'm assuming I shouldn't try doing a wash at this point?

The diverter is in drain mode (neutral) when not powered. Powered, shifts to recirculate mode. The motor board can fail in a way that keeps it powered continuously. The diverter is not directly involved with filling. The machine fills with a small amount of water to saturate the load and prime the pump, stops filling and recirculates the concentrated solution over the load for 3 to 5 mins (a brief top-up fill may occur during recirculation), then recirculation stops and the machine fills the rest of the way for the agitated wash period. GWL10 was the first model on the U.S. market with the recirculation function. All subsequent F&P toploaders, both agitator and HE/impeller models, have it. GWL08 and earlier don't.