Grumpy_Mike:
Why is it that only posters on the forum who apologise for their poor English have in fact very good English.
I've often wondered that as well.
When finsihed my clothes washer beeps three times in quick succession, followed by a short pause, three more beeps, short pause, three more beeps. It does this every minute indefinately until it is turned off. Someday that beeper is going to be smashed into very tiny pieces!