Search results

I used to prefer Front loaders until about 10 years ago when the new FL’s started being manufactured with electronic control boards using algorithms to control the spin cycle. I had two of these machines, a Frigidaire that refused to spin heavy items like throw rugs and heavy bath towels...

Our power company is Pacific Gas and Electric and to access the SMART meter readings you need to set up an online acct. with PG&E. This was no problem for me since even before the advent of the SMART meter I had already set up an online acct. over 20 years ago in order to pay the bill online...

Here where I live you can’t refuse the SMART meters, they are a fact of life like it or lump it. Actually, even though I originally wasn’t keen on the idea of having a SMART meter I actually like it. I can keep a much better control over our electricity usage by monitoring the SMART meter...

In 2010 the city of Cotati replaced both of our old 3.5 gal per flush toilets with new Mansfield 1.3 gpf toilets for FREE and they have been excellent. They flush better than the old 3.5 gpf toilets ever did and we’ve had zero problems with them, nor has our sewer line ever clogged up from...

Tim, I grew up in the country and we had a well. The water was loaded with iron and stained to toilets terribly. Mom went to the Hardware Store in Guerneville and the guy recommended Whink Rust Remover and it worked like a charm. No scrubbing, just squirt it on around the rim of the bowl...

Re:#8 You and me both Tim! When I get those voice activated telephone trees that tell me to press this or that number for various selections that NEVER come close to what I’m calling about I’ll say agent please, and then they’ll want to know what I want an agent for and they NEVER understand...

I remember lots of people having these Bendix front loaders in the 50’s and early 60’s. Our babysitter Mrs. Krenzer and our neighbors the Mallough’s both had Model S machines. Mrs. Krenzer had hers on her back porch. Behind her house there were train tracks that regular freight trains...

I still have a few of those old time Schilling spice cans. I don’t use the contents because they are so old, but I just can’t part with them. The prices range from 95 cents to $2.45. Eddie

In Jan 2019 we paid $319.99 for our Miele C1 Compact at Best Buy. Eddie

We’ve owned 3 Kenmore canisters over the years and they are very good vacuums, but the hoses for the power nozzle models is a weak point. We have carpet and stairs and after time on every one of the Kenmore's the wiring in the hose near the handle eventually wears out making the power nozzles...

I love the music from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s when you could actually UNDERSTAND the lyrics and enjoy the beautiful sound of musical instruments and orchestras. These classics are the kind of songs that live in your head and provide endless joy. Particularly the happy sounds of swing...

Our HOA just had our gutters cleaned yesterday just like they have every Fall since 1994. Every HOA is different, but I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t clean the rain gutters because clogged rain gutters can cause a whole lot of damage that costs a lot more than having the gutters cleaned and...

I’ve never been on FB and have no interest in it whatsoever. And since Mark Zuckerberg started sucking up to YKW I have even less interest in FB than before. If someone posts photos that can only be accessed thru FB then I’ll live if I can’t view them. Eddie

Re:#91 YES Mike! I’s would agree that insurance can be a crap shoot, with the insurance companies usually coming out on top. But God forbid your home burns to the ground or is destroyed by some natural disaster, you’ll wish like hell that you had insurance. As far as earthquake insurance in...

Yes, home insurance isn’t required if there’s no mortgage on the property, but it’s advisable. Eddie

“It’s wonderful to have a good house but the costs can be very consuming when you retire and are on a fixed income budget.” You’d still have these same expenses if your mortgage wasn’t paid off, compounding your expenses. Since we live in a condo the exterior repairs, insurance and...

We paid $122,000 for our 2 bd, 1.5 bath 2 story 1260 sq ft, condo in 1994. Just 3 weeks ago one of the units here sold for $411,000, but 2 years ago 3 other units sold for $460,000, but they’d all had many upgrades done before the sale and the market was hotter 2 years ago in the Bay Area. IMO...

Back in 1971 min wage was $1.50 an hr. so that $9.00 for two bags of groceries represented SIX hr. of gross wages, a whole 8 hr. day of min wage was $12.00, less 15%for payroll deduction equals $10.20 net per day. So those two bags of groceries were almost one whole day of take home pay...

Thanks Louis, I didn’t even think about the conversion from lbs. to kilograms. Eddie

I personally wouldn’t buy it without seeing it in person first to verify that it works and everything is there, like the agitator for one thing. As far as the weight I’d guess around 175-200 libs. Eddie