bryhamm
Footballguy
This came up in a Q&A with Damon Lindouf (sp). I will hide in case everyone does not want to see it.
How did you come up with the specific numbers for Hurley?
Well, that is a big secret, and we are not going to reveal it. I think there is a lot of interest in what the numbers mean and how we came up with them. But what's amazing to me is that we think we're being very clever and hiding those numbers all over the show, prior to the "Numbers" episode, and already I know there are Web pages that have gone up that bust us on every single one that we've ever hid, and they find ones that we didn't even intentionally hide, ones that are in sort of the production design of the show. The only number was always sort of a key number was 23, and anybody who knows anything about Robert Anton Wilson or any of his writing can read into that what they will. That's an important number in terms of the scheme of the show.
Seriously though. The guy's got an ancient computer system with a tapedrive mainframe and he's got a 2004 top of the line washer/dryer set?

edit: I know those washer and dryers were designed to have a retro look, but those are the brand new models that you can find in your local Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
Are you kidding me? You can barely see them.
In all seriousness though, the main reason these stuck out to me as being new washing machines was the profile. Just had the same lines as a set of washer/dryers that stood out to me recently while walking through HD or Lowes. Much like this:
and by 'last post' I mean, the post hidden about 20 posts ago.

He's 40-something, she looks to be in her late 40's early 50's so it's not entirely out of the question.