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Chet, If you want to use cast iron pans regularly then I’d recommend having either a coil top electric stove or a gas stove. Eddie

Re:#4 The use of cast iron pans on a ceramic cooktop is not recommended in the owners manual of my 3 year old GE ceramic top range. This could be a reason for the failure of the center part of the large element. Cast iron retains heat more than any other type of cookware and may have caused...

I HATE bagless vacuums! Cleaning out the filters is a PITA! Plus even after you empty the dust cup, since they at all clear plastic unless you clean the dust cup out too it looks dirty. I’ll take a bagged vac any day over bagless. When I was about 4 1/2 years old in 1955 my Mom bought a new...

Re:#29 Neither one of these dishes sounds good to me. However, I do like Campbell’s Tomato Soup prepared with water instead of milk with a Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich or a Tuna Melt, makes a very satisfying dinner on a weekend night. I use Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup in a couple of...

Re:#12 Here’s my recipe of Individual Meatloaves:   In a med bowl break 1 egg, beat it with a fork,  add 2 slices of bread broken into crumbs or 1/3 cup Panko Bread Crumbs, 1-2 tbs of Worcestershire sauce, 2 tbs milk and 3 tbs ketchup and stir with the fork until completely moistened.  Add...

Re:#8 Whenever I make Meatloaf I always make individual meatloaves like in Quaker Oats ad.  But I use breadcrumbs instead of oatmeal, more seasoning and 1 lb of lean ground beef instead of 1 1/2 lbs., which yields 4 individual meatloaves.  I use dry mustard in my glaze instead of prepared...

Re:#1 You found Sizzlean Louie, thanks!  I wish they still made and sold Sizzlean, it was really good.   Eddie

Most of the older homes that I can recall from my childhood years in the 50’s and 60’s had concrete laundry tubs either in the basement or the laundry room.  The  basement tubs were usually double tubs and those in laundry rooms were usually single tubs.   The home that may family moved into...

Tom, I like the ad with the toast topped with Pineapple and accompanied by bacon slices too!  Since you mention that you need to limit your consumption of bacon I imagine it’s due to the fat content.  Here’s a tip that I’ve been using for several years now to get cooked bacon with the least...

When I was about 8 years old we had a babysitter that had an Ice Box that she began using again when her electric refrigerator stopped working.  She had her grandson bring it into the kitchen from her garage.  Believe it or not in 1959 they still had an Ice Man in Richmond, Calif, that delivered...

This is the washing machine that first tweaked my interest in washing machines.  The Westinghouse FL from the early to mid 50’s is my very favorite of all time washers.   My favorite Aunt had a Westinghouse FL and dryer matched set exactly like the machine on the left in this ad.  The...

Re:#2 Ditto here too Glenn  although I’ve now been retired for 19.5 years.  I wear my jeans for 1 to 2 weeks at a time.  When you’re retired you don’t tend to get as dirty as when you’re working.  Plus, as you get older you don’t perspire as heavily.     I do however apply underarm deodorant...

Jerome, I have been washing our dishes by hand since April 2018 and I and my husband NEVER get sick! The last time I had the flu was over 20 years ago when I was still working and exposed to sick people on a daily basis. Using a dishwasher be it a 1960’s water hog or a new model is no...

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, ENOUGH already! For cryin’ out loud you guys keep beatin’ a horse that died a long time ago. If you don’t like new dishwashers, DON’T use one! Problem solved! There are WAY more important things to be concerned about in February of 2025, and the spray pattern of...

RE: #58 “The whole purpose of government is to uphold and defend freedom and human rights. Not to take such away from people.” I would agree with you 100% on this statement. However, there is a great deal of difference between actual freedom and human rights and the regulation of how much...

When I first joined AW.org I’d never been on any online site as a member before. I wanted to maintain some sense of being anonymous and I couldn’t think of what to use a my user name. I finally decided on using my first Eligibility Worker number that I was assigned when I began working at the...

The first automatic washer that my family owned was a Bendix Economat that they purchased around the summer of 1954 when I was 3 1/2 yrs old and we moved into a new home in Richmond, Ca. that had a basement. Before we got the Economat Mom had a GE Wringer washer. I clearly can recall Mom...

Greg, Thanks for the tip about Palmolive bar soap being sold at your local Dollar Tree, I’ll have to check the Dollar Tree in town and see it they carry it. I don’t like body washes either, but David does. To each his own. I’m lucky that my skin isn’t overly dry and Zest is my go to shower...

I still prefer bar soap for showering and use Zest. For each of the sinks we keep a bar of Ivory in the soap dishes for washing hands. I used to always buy and use Palmolive Soap for handwashing, but alas it hasn’t been made in several years, hence the switch to Ivory Soap. No matter what bar...

Pete, Our house had floor to ceiling windows on both sides of the living room too, just like the homes you described. It was really a beautiful home. It was built on a 1 acre lot on top of a hill with a private driveway. There was a fruit orchard behind the house. The patio was all covered...