Maytag Timers

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Tossing and turning of a raft in a river hydraulic, as if caught in the spin cycle of a washing machine. Also called a "Swirly".
Stuck in a hole and thrashed about as if in a washing machine. Usually not fun!
Maytag Corporation was a $4.7 billion home and commercial appliance company, headquartered in Newton, Iowa from 1893 to 2006, and now part of the Whirlpool Corporation.

timers
(timer) timekeeper: (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
A person or device that measures or records the amount of time taken by a process or activity
(timer) a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
An automatic mechanism for activating a device at a preset time
Used to indicate how many times someone has done something
(timer) a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times