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We put our tree up this weekend. It’s a two day job. Saturday we assembled and fluffed out our 18 year old artificial tree. Then on Sunday we hung all the ornaments and set out the Nativity Scene. With 44 years of Christmas’s together we’ve amassed a whole lotta ornaments. And I have some...

If you want your bar soap to last longer buy it far in advance and store it for several weeks or months before using it. This allows the excess moisture to evaporate and the soap to harden and then it won’t melt away so quickly. I buy Ivory Bar soap and Zest in paks of 8 to 12 bars remove the...

Here is a very interesting article about the history of the Chevrolet Power Glide transmission. Turns out that it was based upon the Buick Dyna Flow. It’s a quick read if you’re interested in the timeline of the Power Glide trans. Eddie...

Thats’s the same color my ‘67 Skylark was Sean although mine didn’t have a vinyl roof. And I agree with you about these intermediates and the great gas mileage. They felt like a luxury car at a much lower price. My parents bought a new ‘61 Mercury Monterey convertible for my Mom with a...

Re:#66 Thanks Sean, yes the Skylark trans was called a Super Turbine 300, it slipped my mind. My ‘67 Skylark had a 300 cu in V8 and it consistently got 19 MPG. I know because for a while the gas gauge didn’t work so I always kept a little notebook in the glove compartment and recorded how many...

I learned to drive and took my behind the wheel driving test in our neighbors ‘61 Chevrolet Nomad Station wagon that was equipped with Turboglide. I never recall that the car lurched when it shifted into 2nd, it was a really smooth driving car. We had a ‘63 Chevrolet Impala 2 dr HT with a 327...

I think you’ll be very pleased with this vacuum! Eddie

As a Native Californian I take great offense to the comments in reply #7. Our governor Gavin Newsom is a wonderful leader and would make an excellent president. California and our governor face the realities of the modern world and make the necessary changes to keep up with progress and fight...

Well, I’m 2 mo shy of 75 and I’ve been hosting family holidays since I was 30, even when we were still living in rentals. The older I get the more difficult it is, especially since now with our three great nephews, ages 33, 31 and 26 and they each have long term girlfriends along with just...

Thanks right Mike. The young people expect us seniors to do it. Eddie

This day after Turkey Day’s leftover dinner tonight. Eddie

Tim, Ya took the words right outta my mouth about the GD sports and ball games preempting everything else on TV! There could be a launch of nuclear missiles towards the USA and the sports programming would still take precedence over the news. Several years ago Comcast linked TCM to ALL the...

Right back at ya Eugene! And I too wish everyone here on AW.org a Happy Thanksgiving! This website has a great group of folks and I treasure all the friends I’ve made here in the last 10 years. Hope everyone has a delicious dinner. Eddie

“That’s the biggest gripe I have about front loading machines, they literally take forever to balance and takes awhile to find a ‘sweet spot” Both the Frigidaire and LG FL’s that I had with the newer electronic control boards REFUSED to find a “sweet spot” on certain loads with heavy items and...

I used to prefer Front loaders until about 10 years ago when the new FL’s started being manufactured with electronic control boards using algorithms to control the spin cycle. I had two of these machines, a Frigidaire that refused to spin heavy items like throw rugs and heavy bath towels...