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2 years ago bought a new FL waser and heat pump dryer, both Series 8 by Bosch. Washer is the best I have ever owned despite it only using "a teaspoon of water" etc. The dryer has however been underwhelming. By an obscure process I gave the set to my nephew, so yesterday bought another Series 8...

Two speed? Was this before or after the point where there were two wash actions ( normal and gentle ) but only one spin speed, just shorter for "delicates"? The early Delta's with the plastic extension to create more capacity had a two speed spin but later it was one speed.

Nice! Looks to be one of the earlier models.

Shp Cruiseline "Azamara", ship "Journey".

Currently crusiing through the Persian Gulf to Dubai. Guest laudry onboard "Azamara Journey" is 6 Speedqueen stacked washers and dryers. Seem to be used almost continuously 13 hours per day ( 8 am- 9pm ). I have used them on multiple occasions and they work well but are gentle on clothes. Short...

Odd appearance Is it an attempt to make it look like a side by side?

If you'll excuse the pun I detect alot of spin in this description but would be surprised if it washes out.

Bought a Bissell Crosswave on weekend . So far surprisingly useful/effective. It came with a small sample bottle of cleaning solution. I went on line to Amazon and ended up buying Bissell carpet shapoo by mistake ( less than a liter ` $25 ) but then relised that the precribed product for...

It always seemed in the old advertisements ... Wearing heels and a nice frock to do laundry!

Dishwasher As a guess it looks like an early Westinghouse top load diswasher but the dial has "GE"feel abouit. How this relates to Australia makes no sense however.

Need for non-language specific maufacturing I would have thought the benefit of not having to change as many components/labelling between different markets as trade became international was the incentive for the use of symbols and minimising language

Nice memory Adam! In the fine print the automatic was nearly double the price of the wringer washer

Ask and you will receive Thanks Lois for the Packard AC update

Is there a Whirlpool there? I think washer looks like a Whirlpool ( vertical not inclined timer nob ) with Kenmore type decorations so could it have come from Inglis?

Dishwashers also I do remember the mother of a friend from school, originally from UK, calling the dish washer the washing up machine which almost sounds Germanic in semantic construction