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The kitchen in All About Eve had Kelvinator cabinets and a Kelvinator refrigerator, but the kitchen set was such that they never showed the range, which in 1950, would have been a smart looking Kelvinator, but that was where the cameras were.

If you were traveling north during the winter and a storm was approaching you, would you say that things were going north?

You could have found that number in the spec sheets for the washer, but whatever floats your boat.

We were eating at the counter in the Dobbs House, a diner-type restaurant where I could watch the Hobart turtle back dishwasher. I remarked to daddy that once the dishes were all in the bed of nails rack, whose random loading pattern was so different to that in our GE, the operator rinsed all of...

When phosphates were removed from powder detergents, lint filters started clogging with lint and minerals. People who did not take care of the lint filters began to notice the crusty mess and, possibly the lack of filtering. WP moved the filters under the tub so that they would not be seen, but...

Humans they might be, but when people depend on your work, like with medical professionals, you are obligated to shelve biases and provide people who are depending on you the best services that you can. Most of us know the strong bias that the testing organizations had for Maytag, earned from...

When the capacity rating wars started, they ran a report where they tested machines with 12 pound loads and had the NOIVE to say that the standard tub Maytag handled a 12 pound load without signs of overcrowding while the Kenmore of the time was overloaded. Did they actually bypass the lid...

Never put any part of a fabric softener dispenser or anything with softener residue in the dishwasher. The chemical reaction between the dishwasher detergent and the softener residue will deposit terrible scum/film on anything and everything in the dishwasher and repeated washing cycles will...

You are on the right path with vinegar, but I use an industrial strength acid detergent cleaner like for toilet bowls. It eats through the mineral & lint deposits fast, but I let it soak in a plastic container outside so that the fumes don't attack things inside.

Unlike the gas burners in similar locations under griddles which reduced the size of the flame when the "Burner with a Brain" throttled back the input under the griddle, the heating pattern did not change with the electric element's heat heat output so the heating pattern remained constant...

There was another shlock house dating from this time called Arlens. Arlens was generally located in slightly lower class areas, like sections of towns that were turning from white to Black. Woolworth's got into the act with Woolco Department stores in the early 60s. These were sad affairs, but...

I just saw this on YouTube:

You could either go with a front loader or get a machine with the sudsaver feature and reuse the wash water or you could use two toploaders and drain the wash water from one into the other. Two is better than one and as a member of AW.org, any excuse to have a second machine is valid. Do you...

Pierre, checking the dryer vent for lint buildup is a great place to start. The other thing to consider is the slow spin speed of the belt drive washer (515 rpm). Maybe you could look around and find a small extracteur to spin laundry before drying. There are probably many European brands of...

I guess I should have included this information. The big ol' Beam power unit on the lowest level has plenty of power to run the Turbocat and provide enough suction to lift rugs.