Water, water everywhere...

When is that last time you replaced your washing machine hoses?  Let me guess, you have no idea.  Well, me neither.  That makes it time to replace them.

According to one source (the packaging my new hoses came in), broken hoses are the number one cause for homeowner's insurance claims.  Even if it isn't true, it's believable.

I recommend you just go right ahead and get new ones.  A $15 investment now could save you a $1000 deductible later on.  Put them on the grocery list or whatever you have to do to remember.

Here's a tip:  take some masking tape, write today's date on it, and wrap it around one of the hoses.  Reading that date in a few years sure beats trying to remember when you last changed the little buggers.