has a cord but very functional over the stove top.

Absolutely NOT without ruining your machine. If the item comes up above half of the depth of the tub DO NOT TRY IT. Just today I thought, "let me try washing that blue fleece King blanket my lab loves." So, I put it in the machine and it came up to the top of the stainless steel tub, but foolish me thought that because it was light (< 6 pounds) it would work. NOT SO! I watched through the glass lid as the throw blanket sank into the tub but then I panicked when the water stopped and there was more throw blanket than water in the machine. It made one rotation and I pushed the pause button to lift the lid and get that heavy thing out of my machine lest I ruin it. That was a difficult task but worth it to save the machine from the consequences of unwise judgment on my part. Took it to a laundromat to finish laundering. BUT as I was watching it spin around at the laundromat I thought about cutting it in half and hemming the ends so that my lab would have half a blanket which just might work in the machine. The cutting in half option would not be a solution for you, I think.

Very few with the cartridges included, I have only had this printer for a month and already the black ink is out. It is a neat printer but stock up on the ink.

It is a very brief period of time for the machine calculates down to the minute. The accompanying manual for the washing machine has a time breakdown for each procedure. See the chart on page 31. I use this every time I wash so that I will know when to add the fabric softener once the rinse water begins to flow into the machine. It is important to remember that you must ALWAYS press the PAUSE side of the start button before lifting the lid lest the alarm sound. Then after you have added fabric softener, close the lid and press the start button again. For the cleanest wash use HE detergent. I have successfully used Arm and Hammer pods; ALL pods and ALL liquid detergent; and Tide pods. Shockingly the cleanest and freshest smelling laundry was a result of two Arm and Hammer pods (3-in-1 power paks detergent with oxi clean stain fighters with odor blasters - pak has three sections: white washing powder with blue flecks, purple liquid odor eliminator and blue detergent) inserted into the left dispenser section. set for a heavy load of 44 minutes - that is one wash cycle and two rinse cycles with final spin. Now if it is really heavy like a king knit sheet, I follow the Heavy load with the spin cycle of 25 minutes which extracts all of the extra water in the machine also. Makes for quicker drying - I do not use a clothes dryer.