Household appliance commits suicide

Well,I had to gfo to the field at oh dark stupid yesterday to haul vehicles back from the training site-so,the day did'nt start out good-I was at regiment at 0530,in the RAIN,(w/o wet weather gear-nice example to set fer the troopies...),had 2 knuckleheads AWOL,and then it REALLY started going downhill.....we have to load tanks and brads(and no self respecting cav scout rides on brads-those are for SKANKERS-cav guys ride hummers),onto civilian HETTS for transport back to the motor hole-anyway,some genius figgered we should take the civvy convoy the BACK way,to minimize our footprint on Kentucky Hiway60.Well,the back way is pretty near impassable for MILITARY vehicles at times,let alone civilian rigs-plus theres a narrow,low water crossing bridge.I asked the SFC in charge of the mission,if anyone had taken anyone from range control(who had cooked up THAT bright idea),out on a route recon to evaluate trafficability.He replied they had."And they STILL want to do it?????"Helmet flies off,SGT King's vocabulary improves-screw it,time to go smoke.....well,all the NCOs were thoroughly disgusted at this silliness,and cursed the powers that be here at Fort knox-eventually word came down that we COULD use the public hiway.(Whew)(I'd had mental images of flipped over tanks in the river).Anyway,we finally got all the tanks and brads hauled to the motor hole,and locked up till tuesday,and went home.I walked into a flooded kitchen,and noticed the washing machine was unplugged,and the unmistakable smell of burnt wiring in the air....well,we'd had this washer for years,and gotten lots of good use out of it,so it should'nt have been a surprise.So,we hauled it to the curb,and cussed some more...well,we found a purty good one at the PX today for 300 clams and hauled it home,and got it set up-so alls well that ends well I guess