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She looks like mine, but mine has no chip.

Thanks, Launderess.

A woman I worked with years ago was from Slovenia as was her husband. His brother was a big deal at VOA, but hopefully he is long since retired and dead. What an ignominious end to a famous, long time institution. Glad you still have a job.

Congrats! I love the child killer door latch on those older dryers!

Warm rinsing came to be used when laundering with soap. When washing was done by hand, the clothes were boiled to dissolve and remove the soap. Soap had to be removed from fabrics with warm water at least in the first rinse when using a wringer washer. In winter weather, the tap cold water was...

The ads for the machine were beautiful with the green and turquoise color scheme and the mention of the night light.

Don't sweat it. Just add a tablespoon of Sodium Tripolyphosphate to the modern detergent and you will get great results. I have fond that modern detergents with the STPP give much better results with removing starch stains/film from pans. than older formulas.

Reply to #1 My first thought was that she walked right in from all of that mud and did not change shoes. Glad you noticed that she was wearing different shoes. We had outside shoes and house shoes. People used to kid that near our back door looked like a Japanese house. I wonder why the...

The main advantage to the TK elements is that unlike the Corox elements, the entire surface of the unit is heated at all heat settings. That is also the primary disadvantage of them and the added bulk it presents, just like Radiantubes.

$300 of that is the turquoise paint.

What does this mid 50s dishwasher have to do with a mid 80s song?

Tuttle & Kiff surface units.

Tappan's miserable attempt. The theory was that as a truck tire picks up and flings water, this rotating drum would do the same in two directions. Unfortunately, the drum in the dishwasher did not have tread like a truck tire. The drum did reverse directions and that was why there were detergent...

When the planned community of Greenbelt, Maryland was built in 1936 and then the defense housing in 1941, the kitchens were equipped with 21 inch electric ranges with three surface units. Thank God there was no natural gas service to the town which was in the middle of nowhere. Everyone cooked...

Beautiful machine. Are you going after it? If so, congratulations.