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Right Company, Wrong Product Yes, it was a Colgate-Palmolive product, but it wasn't Ajax laundry detergent (it had the White Knight using his power to clean dirty clothes). It was Action Bleach. Chlorine powder in single-use packets, much like the detergent pods of today. Action commercials...

Same Thing In Vegas Save-A-Lot is history in Las Vegas as well, The two stores here in the valley have closed their doors. Food 4 Less left some time ago. Would love to see an Aldi here in the gaming city, but for now, I'll continue shopping at Winco (and occasionally Smith's).

When I grew up in Canoga Park, California (in the Valley, of course), there was a Norge Village--a narrow building adjacent to the Food Giant on Fallbrook Avenue. Thanks to the fact our Kenmore broke down with a fair amount of frequency, my mother and I would pack the dirty clothes and laundry...

Bold Ads From A Sedate P&G It's amazing that staid and by-the-book Proctor & Gamble allowed these rather lively Bold ads on the air. Musical numbers, image pieces, cartoons--all rather daring for detergent commercials in the 1960's. Bold was indeed a good detergent (my mother switched from...

That Kenmore Ruled! Our family had a Kenmore washer similar to the $170 special advertised in the Sears ad. My grandfather bought it, and we inherited it when he died in the early 1970's. It didn't have the push buttons or dispensers of our old TOL (and trouble-prone) Kenmore purchased in the...

Not The Best Dishwasher In The World In 1971 or '72, my parents remodeled the kitchen of our Southern California home and finally bought a dishwasher. I thought they would get a Sears Kenmore (since most of our other appliances came from Sears), but for some reason they purchased a BOL Waste...

The Good And The Bad Of course, the "Dick Van Dyke" episodes were classic ("Coast to Coast Big Mouth" is one of my all-time favorites), but I don't think colorizing enhanced the experience. Plus, why did CBS cut scenes from both episodes? Couldn't they have eliminated a few commercials...

Can't Live Without My Crock Pot My Crock Pot (an electric six-quart with electronic controls) is an indispensable part of my kitchen. The other night, I made a delicious pot roast; and cooked potatoes for mashing on Thanksgiving. The Crock Pot also makes my partner happy. On the days when...

Whirlpool BOL Suits Me Fine I have had three above-range microwaves. My first (in my condo) was a GE that worked great. When I moved in with my partner, he had a BOL Whirlpool that was damaged when it caught fire. This year, I put my foot down and decided it needed to be replaced...

Shakeup In Vegas Grocery Market Over the past year, there has been a shakeup in the Las Vegas grocery market. Food4Less is gone, and Haggen's has come and gone over a fight with Albertsons' parent company. So here's what you'll find in "Sin City" today: Albertsons; Vons; Smith's, WinCo (the...