Just random thoughts…
Yeah, water that’s not absolutely necessary can be a pain in the ass. Ages ago, we had fixed-length tubes to feed the toilet that at some point developed a pinhole leak. Replaced with a “steel reinforced” flexi-hose. Great, ’til it popped near the crimp. I thought I heard what sounded like someone using a spraycan (I got hearing like a bat), went to investigate, and saw a lateral mist of water being shot from the hose. K, water off, replace hose. Okay so far.
Gf heard way way too many horror stories about fridges springing leaks, that her last fridge, she refused to connect it to a water supply. Uses a Brita or whatever, so the pitcher’s always in the fridge, cold as needed. Gonna need ice, toss in some trays. Can’t keep ice in there for too long before it takes on a nasty stank and an even nastier taste.
Where I worked, we had a hot/cold water machine and the holding tank was supposed to be low-maintenance. Ha! Playing with my light, I opened the top lid and shined down into it. Ay-yi-yi! Beige floaty-thing that was wending its way around various nooks and crannies. I named him “Leetle Creecher” (lotta Russian dewds at work, so why not?). Whenever anyone’d go for the water when I was around, I’d be like, “You sure you wanna do that?”, then show them Leetle Creecher. Finally, someone called someone who cleaned’n’bleached the innards.
So yeah, if you want ice and cold water from the fridge, I’d make sure to check the innards to see what’s growing in there.
Maytag washer? Top-loader with a submarine screw for a propeller at the bottom. Probably over 50yo by now. Motor replaced once. When I move, I’m taking it with me, period. No retarded computer is going to be dictating how many teaspoons of water I’m allowed to use. If I want a full tub of scorching hot water for just a pair of sox, that’s my choice.
Toaster went bye-bye. Inner coils didn’t light up anymore, so if I wanted bread to be, like, toasted on both sides, I’d have to do one round, eject, flip 180°, go another round. Problem is that it likely didn’t get hot enough anymore to trigger the “timer”, so you could happily char-broil one side while the other was left untouched. I did that for a while ’til the ejector spring stopped springing as much, that I’d have to go fork-fishing to get the english muffins out sometimes. Fun. When I got some EMs that kinda preemptively broke into pieces and I ended up fishing out muffin-nuggets instead, it went into the garbage whole. With the muffins.
Microwave oven hasn’t nuked in over 2yrs. Haven’t tossed it, as I like the clock and timer. Lights up, turntable spins, fan whirrs, but no nuking. Bulky, so might toss it and get a regular clock/timer thingy, but it’ll be nowhere nearly as convenient as the one that’s there.