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urethral meatus....giggle

recently used tap cold on my Amana VMW when I wasn't able to get the hot tap turned on due to a drip---could continue to do laundry (here in the desert it's not so out of the question----I wish I had ATC on the machine in Detroit to moderate the rinse temperature!

Sunbeam appliances were always so satisfying to use...they just were more solid and better engineered than the other manufacturers

during WW2 the only refrigeration available new in the domestic market were iceboxes....Coolerator out of Duluth.  Saw one once at an antique store with labeling--shelves were all wooden doweling. 

For all that is holy do take your crockery and glasses to the store before settling on a dishwasher....nothing more annoying than having your favorite dishes just not fit.  Older cheap Bosch were better with thinner (Corelle) dishes; WP was better with stoneware (Pfalzgraff etc). Newer expensive...

actually Brazilian https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?32678

interesting---you can see where "Whirlpool" became their moniker as I'd bet there's no reciprocation on this one.

<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">I wonder, though, just how tough it would be to from scratch formulate top-end products for Costco/Aldi/WM/HEB.  Actually I'd bet that the enzyme package is probably the least of their problems (as there are specialty enzyme makers like...

Seems frequently now, though, the "eco" or "natural" liquid laundry detergents seem to be potassium soaps which then leave mold/mildew forming scum all over.    I'm intrigued by some of the "low waste" shops around which sell these types of detergents (one nearby claims to have a 5-enzyme...

I recently was in Aldi and noticed that their 3 different house brand laundry detergents were from at least 2 different manufacturers---the Tandil "all singing all dancing Tide analogue" was as I recall from Canada while the Gain-dupe and the All free and clear-dupe were sourced from the US.  ...

The cross-ownership undoubtedly was the key---Sears owned a big percentage.

Those gas valves are about the only standard thing on that unit...I would guess that what Pete said above is probably the issue. That use-and-care is wild!

Problem was that ceramic tile would have to be put in a leveled bed, where the asphalt tile would accommodate unevenness better. Asphalt tile was dark-ish (could not get really light colors due to the asphalt binder) but would not react to the alkali nature of the damp concrete the way that...

Bet the Mandalay sauce was more a chutney---less (if any) tomato and more mango/pepper

A lot going on with that one! From a glance, it looks like a Roper base with self-cleaning, and the upper microwave oven of unknown brand (don't recognize the controls at all). Late 70s. Lots to go wrong after 45 years. You might want to cross-reference whether you see a similar model in the...

One of the big food banks in Detroit uses the rule of thumb for canned goods that allows them to be given out if they are less than 36 months beyond the expiration date. I suspect that is pretty uniform at that level of operation (though smaller pantries may have other rules. I suppose that...

Don't know if you saw but >600 pounds for a refrigerator (the gas-fired Servel refrigerators were infamously heavy) Detroit Edison had a lot of off-peak capacity so did a big push in the 30s-60s to install electric water heating using the offpeak power with a second meter to offer essentially a...

There is a manufacturer of dishwasher detergent in Novi, MI which might be the source. Interestingly it's owned by a former candidate for Michigan governor, Sandy Pensler. https://www.korex-ca.com/

Any idea how they made the coating? Presume they add something to the porcelain slurry to make it cure/melt porous rather than glassy. Had an aunt that had a continuous clean oven that decided to clean itself when she was making Thanksgiving dinner (i.e. got hot enough long enough to actually...

There are a couple of different countertop options out there; one of which is the square-format Chinese one as mentioned here. The "new" one is even smaller, called the Bob. It's about half the size and is even more self contained (can run without either access to a water faucet or a drain)...