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There's an article in today's New York Times about a laundromat in New York City and how this place is more than just a place to clean your clothes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/nyregion/17laundry.html?pagewanted=all

Pine-Sol & the generic equal In the laundromats in the Southwest (Phoenix, specifically) I noticed the times I went to some of them it would suddenly smell like a 'Carolina Pine Forest' because the hispanic women would pour in Pine Sol or equivalent into the washer. One day I saw a women pour...

Dial Phones I bought a great refurb black dial phone on E-bay. I got a red one for some friends of mine when they lived in Honolulu and when the plugged in the Phone it rang and scared the hell out of all of them. It's fun to have them and I'm not giving my land line up. It sucks without a...

Safeway brand... is made by P&G based on the Tide formula. My good friend who worked there for 25 years told me the only difference is the perfume, which is trademarked. So, for those looking for Tide and a little tight to afford some one wee, The Safeway brand may 'Tide' you over until you...

Oh Bummer... I'd like to get one for my dad in Chicago, but I'm not going to be there for about 2 weeks. If anyone knows someone closer to Chicago who might be interested in selling one, please let me know. South Pekin from my dad's house is about 181 miles, drivable but a long drive for my...

The early Front-loading Neptunes... had a similar feature where part of the last rinse was saved in a small tank. The problem was, and why I didn't have my mom get one at the time, that if the water sat too long, there was that old water odor and at the time her water treatment for the hard...

The old MW we had was a great old machine. It was a 20# machine and it was really a great machine. We always seemed to have the off-brand stuff around the house, but this is one I can say I never minded because in all the years we had it, we had few problems with it.

Dependable OK, I do have a Maytag but it's one of the 'dreaded' front loaders, because I only have a 24" wide space in my condo. I believe I have one of the last 'pure' Maytag machines but I could be wrong. I love my front loader. The only other choices I had were those god-awful 'skinny-mini'...

Airline It's actually from the Boeing website in the house colors on a Boeing 767.

Out of curiosity.... Does anyone know why they made and marketed a machine like that? Was it popular or was it a fluke? (I think I know but I'd rather hear from others since there might be something I'm missing.) Beyond the novelty, was there something about the houses or laundry rooms that...

OK, since Robert put out the new DVD on the Wards machine, I've been trying to find the catalog on-line to see the one we had. Here's a few things I remember: We moved from Chicago to the suburbs in the fall of 1973 and after the GE washer started spitting oil into the wash, we needed a bigger...

All Detergent All is not owned by Unilever, but was sold to The Sun Products Corporation. Wisk, All and Surf were all sold to them under a big transaction awhile back. http://www.sunproductscorp.com/

Calypso/Cabrio I knew they were similar. My niece's family has a Calypso and when it works, it's great but there was a month long wait while they had ordered parts and fixed it. I remember something about a lawsuit out on the Calypso but I never really read much about it. I looked at some of...

Liquid vs Powder OK now that the powder has been compared, how is the liquid? The reason is that it's easier for me to have liquid rather than a big box of soap in my condo. Besides, I have cats that like to explore.

OK, I've not seen them wash so I didn't know.

What makes the Sears soap better? I've seen this soap for years, but I really don't know anything about it. What, in your opinion, makes this detergent a good buy and a better detergent than the ones at the grocery store? With the economy tight, if this detergent is a better value than what...

I picked the general area but it put me here. OK, I watched the Automagic wash and I wondered besides the Automagic agitator, what are some of the big differences between the Cabrio and Automagic. I'm not very knowlegeable about the Automagic but it does seem that the newer machines might...

I'd be frightened... if I walked into a laundromat like that. I'd think I was going to be on a bad "Twilight Zone" episode and get sucked down the drain. Besides, the way people dress today at the laundromat, the views can be very good...and without using lame moves or excuses. I wonder how...

I love "Keeping Up Apperances..." because I know so many people are just like Hyacinth and Patricia and Clive are so believable. I'm glad no one here in the states tried to 'Americanize' it and introduce it here. I'm afraid it would be compared to Coupling rather than The Office.

Sorry for your loss I had my first cat for 16.5 years, so I can understand how hard it was to put them down. However, your new baby will be more spoiled than ever thought possible (at least by Pandora). Good luck with her and have a wonderful time with kitty.