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Hotpoint was an early sponsor of the show. Magazine ads for Hotpoint appliances featured Harriet and, sometimes, Ozzie.

Speaking of things running in the family, I have always wondered whether Ozwald's or Harriet's genes contributed to the boys extreme hairiness.

Those "ice pellets" did not look like they were floating in the soft drink. We they made with "heavy water?" The other famous, at least to me, picture was the two leaders debating over the GE undercounter combo.

I used two quarters with a 5 cent coin in between them and the whole thing wrapped with tape. It fit perfectly between the lid and the back of the opening. It could be easily removed to allow the tub light to work and it did not mar the porcelain.

Yeah, that's why they have so many ads for products to combat the stench in "laundered" textiles. If people smelled as bad as their textiles, there would be violence, or more violence. If it stinks, it's not clean.

Boy, I sure am glad I am running the 50 cycle pulley and belt kit on my Maytags.

I remember the original fabric softeners like Staley's Sta-Puf that were very thin and did not seem to require shaking to mix the ingredients back into solution. Then came the thick softeners like NuSoft and my favorite Final Touch. I don't know if shaking them did any good. I have a 170 oz...

Thank you for that report from the field. All best wishes.

Wow, Robert! Thank you. This takes me back to reading these in bound volumes in the stacks. I noticed in the report on the Wolksvagen that the 1952 Dodge had a Gyromatic transmission. That has echoes of Gyrafoam washing action powered by the Gyrator. Gyroscopes were hot toys for boys in the...

This treasure popped up tonight when I went to post my rating of my Amazon delivery. It is described as Argan & Orange Blossom scent laundry softener, 27.5 fl.oz, 38 loads for $15.58. Sounds muy expensivo. It is part of a product line from Italy.

I don't know how reliable this information is, but thought I would share it.

We had the washer. It was beautiful and born under a dark star. One night when we were not at home, a porcelain flaw in the right front corner of the top exploded. There were little shards of porcelain on the floor. Then the clutch had to be replaced after it stopped shifting into high speed...

That's why the spray rinse in the slightly curved pattern starts while everything is sitting in the bottom of the tub with the shmutz resting on it.

More like in Dirty Laundry.

That looks more like a Superba than a custom.

There is a beautiful lavender orchid named Eleanor Roosevelt in bloom at Hillwood. The fragrance is reminiscent of 1950s detergent perfumes--Heavenly.

Frankly, I preferred the Splash Shots from Catalina Studios and Bel Ami in the 80s and early 90s, but your splash box in ingenious, Robert. That warm rinsing sure is thirsty. It would be hell on your power bill with an electric water heater. THANK YOU ROBERT!

Neighbors told me that they did not trust anything Consumer Reports published after buying the top-rated ABC-O-Matic and getting a machine full of birth defects.

Yesterday, I watched the 1935 film Magnificent Obsession, a treacly, over wrought film and BETTY FURNESS plays the doctor's daughter. I never knew she starred in anything except Westinghouse commercials and that fraudulent cookbook that was really written by Julia Keine. Anyway the Westinghouse...

Naturally large heavy loads take longer, but the drying temperature is the same unless you have a dryer with a temperature selector that allows the choice of a lower temperature for delicates. I think John has a LK with a temperature selector, but Soft Heat. A bias heater on the thermostat might...