It is sought after because of its rarity and can float on the ocean for years before washing ashore.
Here is the logic: Nick, the owner of my local launderette, reckons his washing machines are 40 years old and still going strong.
The planned job losses are another blow to Merthyr after Hoover ended 60 years of washing machine manufacturing in the town in March.
"We've done a lot of hand washing in the last 22 years, " says Joo Siang.
We published a major multiday series several years ago called Washing Away in which we laid out in very stark and clear and understandable terms what would happen if a hurricane of this magnitude approached New Orleans from a certain angle, as this one did, and pushed the waters of Lake Pontchartrain against the levees.
Whereas Microsoft regularly discontinues support for its out-dated Windows versions, some durable goods like a washing machines may last maybe twenty years beyond the point where the manufacturer is still in business or any cloud services they had will still be running, he said.
He said five years ago the sea was washing away 1in (2.5cm) of land every year.
The AC motor in my washing machine has been running for 15 years.
Closely held Ruba Group of Pakistan and Haier Group, its Chinese joint-venture partner in the plant, have made air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators there for seven years.
How many times has your washing machine broken down over the past twelve years and thousands upon thousands of cycles?
This means that when properly cared for (read: dry cleaning or hand-washing), silk bedding can last for many years.
Washing-machine sales began to grow rapidly five years after they went on sale in Germany, but 11 years in France.
Two years ago Mr Gurubaran would sell a dozen washing machines a month at most in this dusty town of 64, 000 people in south India.
Two years ago, Haier took over Hongxing, a washing-machine maker.
But by washing the feet of women, he jolted traditionalists who for years have been unbending in insisting that the ritual is for men only and proudly holding up as evidence documentation from the Vatican's liturgy office saying so.
How your toaster or washing machine or new car will stay on top of emerging security concerns years after initial production is a very real concern, one that Kocher, a respected cryptographer, has given some thought.
This particular waste, discharges of which have risen in recent years, worries the Irish and Danish governments, which detect it washing up on their beaches.
Even after 20 years of research, the technology available has not been good enough for use washing dishes, gardening and other activities that involve handling sharp-edged objects.
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His marketing has put several million TV sets and at least a million washing machines into the hands of the nation's lower classes over the last eight years alone.
In white goods, Merloni (now Indesit), which was set up 30 years ago, has become Europe's third-biggest supplier of fridges, cookers and washing machines.
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The traditional process passed down orally over generations and still followed today proceeds strictly by hand through more than a hundred steps such as steeping, washing, fermenting, bleaching, pulping, sunning and cutting all of which lasts more than two years.
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