After you drive home in your car with automatic transmission and electric windows, voice-activate the light/tv/sound system while bake a pie in your self-cleaning oven, make a coffee with your super-automatic espresso machine is time for some good old fashion laundry. The appliance will pay for itself in less than a year with your gym membership.

Does it have a delicates cycle?

Of course you can always buy a $10 washboard and wash your t-shirts like I did when I was a young buck.