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Stayed at six mid-range hotels on a trip (Days Inn, Quality Inn, AmericInn, Comfort Inn, etc.) and noticed that the towels aren't as bright as mine at home. They also no longer have that signature starchy/bleachy smell that I've known for the longest time, rather, it smells like sweat has been...

My dream kitchen would have vintage commercial... Vulcan Snorkel (or Montague Vectaire) dual convection oven, Vulcan gas range/oven, McCall (or Koch) reach-in refrigerator and freezer pair, Hobart dishwasher (AM series), all 60s-80s vintage, fully restored to NIB condition. Of course I would...

My towels are sufficiently soft without softener I only have white towels, I always wash them on Bulky/Bedding cycle in my Kenmore (LG) front loader on hot with two rinses. I wash with Arm & Hammer or Huracan 40 powder and bleach. Sometimes I'll substitute the powder for liquid Persil, which...

Was just thinking about the old Wascomats and how they sounded like jet engines. The spindown sound has me particularly puzzled. The newer Wascomats plus the other kinds of commercial machines aren't nearly as dramatic yet they spin faster. Why do these older Wascomats whistle/sound like jet...

@appnut Yes it did! It had woodgrain at the very top IIRC and was silver/black(?) elsewhere. I'm assuming from some of the things I'm hearing about Norge machines here that they weren't the greatest, which is why I probably had trouble finding a picture of what I was trying to describe as...

I had a friend back in second through fifth grade whose parents had a mismatched washer/dryer set. One was a late 80s-early 90s Magic Chef washer, but the brown dryer was much older. It had a slanted control panel like a 70s-90s Whirlpool, had some pushbuttons and a largeish cycle dial but was...

I've always wondered what the protocol was before barrie ...washers came onto the scene. Did they wipe the front, door and seal with a disinfecting solution after loading the soiled laundry and before closing the door to start the cycle? It's something I even think about when I wash laundry in...

I'm probably one of the few ppl under 30 using bar soap It's been my preference since I was a kid. It seems like I get more out of it than I would with body wash gel. I buy whatever I see at the big blue store or the big red store -- sometimes Irish Spring, sometimes Zest, sometimes Ivory. I...

Pretty sure 90% of those were already scrapped & melted down about five years ago. Those washers were made by Swan and I haven't heard good things about them. Maybe ten people will be coming forward to claim their recall, lol. GE front loaders were probably the most reliable when...

I was away from home for a couple days because of my job and stayed at a Days Inn with a pair of Speed Queen TL's in the guest laundry. The spin cycle was pretty loud and could be heard a good distance down the hallway. The wash cycle was quiet though. They were Raytheon units. Sorry about your...

I have a BOL Kenmore 29" dryer built by WP, new in 2016 It does more than a great job for the $30 (yes, $30) I paid for it, brand new (Sears was running a special where you would get 50% back in points if you purchased any floor model clearance washer or dryer, so I bought a MOL/TOL Kenmore FL...

My Whirlpool French door isn't very maintenance friendly ...but I suppose 90% of residential fridges of all configurations aren't. Commercial full-size reach ins (Traulsen, McCall, Victory, etc) are a cinch -- everything is on top and easy to access, just pop off the diffuser panel -- yet you...

I don't know about using PVC on dryers... but it seems like a good idea on bath fans. I don't know how many times I've been in an attic and have seen flex ducts totally disconnected from the roof or wall cap. If it's merely disconnected I'll take the time to reconnect it, which only takes a few...

Were these washable/immersible? I think it was Presto that invented submersible/washable heating appliances, save for the Fry Daddy. I like to cook my hot dogs in the microwave, in a Pyrex dish of water. I like them (charcoal) grilled too. The only hot dogs I will eat are made of beef.

The only beef stroganoff I've had was of the Hamburger Helper variety (as a finicky eater, I loved any Hamburger Helper meal growing up!) or the stroganoff served at the school. I've kind of forgotten about stroganoff -- it's not my absolute favorite but I did like it. Maybe I shall try the...

Lately I've been sentimental about my elementary school years, remembering random moments that happened 15 years ago. I was fascinated with anything that used or was related to electricity, from vacuum cleaners and fans to power lines and substation transformers, but I was really overly obsessed...

My wife's 2014 Mercedes C300 has been problem free It was a demo/dealer car with less than 4k on it when she bought it. It now has 115k and, aside for the finger switch for the front passenger window, it's only been tires, brakes, fluids, filters and windshield wiper blades. That's all.

I'm glad I replaced my OTR micro When I bought my house, I remodeled the kitchen and replaced the circa-2004 appliances, flooring, countertops and cabinets. I bought a Whirlpool kitchen package, which included the OTR micro, and regretted that I didn't just buy a high-CFM range hood (as I did...

Acura RSX Eventually got one after my first car, a 1999 Accord coupe, lost a transmission.

Does the vent fan double as the cooling fan for the transformer/magnetron? I've noticed with every OTR microwave I've used, the vent fan seems to kick on when the microwave itself is used, which leads me to believe that there isn't a separate cooling fan for the microwave components like there...