Recent content by neptunebob

I thought the Calypso was a "dud" and that is why it was discontinued.

I believe one reason my parents pushed college is because they worked in health care and most health care careers require college with the advanced science classes. I think there is a difference between people who work in health care and people who don't regarding things that are hazardous...

Oh I think the adults said the same thing about us when WE were teenagers back in the 70s. As for Maytag, they probably should not have bought Magic Chef and should have been like a Speed Queen and just made washers and dryers.

You can tell it's White Westinghouse by the way the doors don't line up. Does have neat handles.

Were the Kabuki speakers like the Boom Boom I hear today? Of course, back then it was without the F word.

Could it be that one of the reasons these products are collectors' items today is: There is really not anything in music (excepting classical music) that people want to listen to? A song like Elton's John's Tiny Dancer was so full it scared my little brother, but now all you hear, mostly in...

Chet, you might also like the first dishwasher when we moved into this house in 1975: A Tappan that was already 3 years old that the builder provided that was NOT D&M and it was an awful machine but it did clean the dishes and it just refused to die. Was not replaced with a Kenmore until about...

Chet, what if this happened: Hobart, the original builder of KA, decides to reenter the consumer market with a dishwasher like their undercounter commercial models but with residential programming and racks and features. They sometimes run an ad on Facebook that shows such a machine in a...

Would you really want a modern version? D&M dishwashers were noisy, often rusted, had sharp edges, did not last long with daily use, but did seem more solid than GE machines at the time. GE had that Plastisol which often rusted. The porcelain on steel Kenmore units looked better at first but...

I am replacing my sister's Frigidaire top freezer icemaker for the 3rd time, it is all seized up and don't seem to last long. Is it possible to replace it with a Whirlpool version that may be more reliable? Fortunately, the refrigerator itself is 10 years old and never given any trouble.

More I think he is a bored engineer who likes appliances like we do but does not get enough fiber in his diet. Always remember: My friends knew me before Metamucil, they prefer me after.

Looks like their ovens get hotter in this mode than a regular range would, almost to the point of self cleaning. How safe is this in a residential setting, because self clean locks the oven to keep the user out. These are probably their next generation of ranges and an "excuse" to raise the price.

I do know that the Ultrawash versions of Kenmore dishwashers were made by Whirlpool starting around 1985. Maybe Whirlpool felt no need to make low priced machine because Sears had D&M lower priced dishwashers. Later low priced Kenmores were made by GE

I notice the small air conditioners that are GE brand, now made by Haier, are of a more conventional form than the Carry Cool. I guess these are more efficient? As for the Zone Line used in motels, did Trane get them or did Haier get them? We know Jack didn't like them. By the way, if...

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