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A little more current and on-topic, Here's the Sunbeam Shot-of-Steam Super Iron. American Home, November, 1970. -kevin

For those of you who don't know the difference, here&#39 Don't worry, it won't rub off on your furniture. The Saturday Evening Post from June 29, 1935 -kevin

Of course, BVDs could stand improvement 5 great ones, apparently.

Whoops! Redo.  

BVDs. Samoans and Swim Suits. With Lastex, even. The Saturday Evening Post for June 15, 1935. -kevin

Grand indeed. Almost fun. From November, 1909 Good Literature. -kevin

I have a feeling this one's not Automatic. From Good Literature for October, 1903. -kevin

Some advertisements! Here's one from the April, 1907 issue of The Housekeeper. -kevin

Here's an ad from 1970 that touts the 'carefree comfort' of the Total Electric House ". . . where everything's electric, including the heat." They tell people that it's "Odorless. Quiet. A fresh new sensation of warmth from floor to ceiling." "Learn what a genuine bargain flameless electric...

A thousand gallons of water a day!?! -kevin

This reminds me of a story from my youth. From my Grandma's attic room, actually. For as long as I can remember there was a little book of bedtime stories up there. They were a bit hokey and moralizing, but the book was one of the things I wanted when she had to move out to a nursing home...

Warm=Good. Not Warm=Bad. Glad to hear that things are Good again, MTB! -kevin

Medium heat is the answer. 180 degrees Faherenheit is the correct temperature to extract the delicious flavor without releasing excess acids. That means that you need to get the water just hot enough to boil up into the tube, but not so hot that it'll burn the coffee down below. It takes...

It won't really work in an impossibly large room, so it The 800 doesn't do video switching, and it has fewer speakers so the surround effect is less noticeable. The 1000/1100 have more speakers, and they switch S-, Composite, and Component video. I don't believe that it upconverts video, so...

The newest YSP (the YSP-4000) has two HDMI inputs, and it upconverts so that the only thing you need to do with your TV is turn it on and off. It's considerably more expensive than the other models, however. -kevin http://www.yamaha.com/yec/YSP1/idx_concept.htm

I have a part-time job working for a Home Video and Stereo shop, and so I have some experience with these things. I have a fairly low opinion of Bose and their products, but the Yamaha Sound Projector is nothing short of amazing. Unfortunately the speakers in the unit are all on the small...

I vent my electric dryer inside all winter. I use a length of dryer hose with an old T-shirt over the end of it (with the arms and neck tied shut). It helps keep the heat bills down, and my house needs all the extra humidity it can get in the winter. I haven't noticed any problem with...

I couldn't agree more, Pete! -kevin

I've bought several things at CompUSA. Most of the people working there seem to be idiots, except for the repair department. They seem to be obnoxious jerks. On the other hand, I've bought some decent products at fairly low prices -- after I filled out and sent in the reams of rebate...

Just make sure that the seller is willing to do that beforeh When I sell things on eBay it's because I want to find a good home for them. Disassembling something to get one part off and then still having to dispose of the rest is definitely not something I'd be willing to do. -kevin