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This is a 1960 Spartan 900 Carousel mobile home for sale on eBay. The design is interesting, inside and out. The exterior has a lot of aluminum to be polished! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1960-Spartan-Carousel-10x50-/141083326051?forcev4exp=true#v4-40

Aldi operates much like Trader Joe's, if you are familiar with that chain. There is the occasional name-brand product, but they prefer to private label most everything. Some of that is very good, some mediocre. It is interesting when you can figure out products are exactly from the same vendor...

Thanks, John, for the tips. When we first bought the original version of this washer in 2000, I would say we were probably doing washes of 70% warm-water, 20% cold and 10% hot. We've always used liquid chlorine bleach, but only on our white washes, which were perhaps one load every other week...

I was told by the Atlanta Sears Outlet that it would be a Sears employee doing the delivery and setup. Instead the guys were contractors from a company called Liberty Transportation. A local Sears Outlet manager told me that Liberty employees are the only ones that work at the local Sears...

The test run Thus, having only partially completed the installation, he started a test run of the washer, had me sign a form, and he left. It was only after I started reading the installation instructions that I realized things hadn't been done correctly. Did he damage the machine by running...

The electric cord Apparently someone at Sears understood that their high-quality contracted-out deliverers/installers can't be bothered with reading installation instructions. The electric cord is tucked inside the machine. It cannot be removed without first removing the front lower access...

The unfortunate news Alas, good old Sears let me down at the very end of the delivery process, during installation. If I'd have known that the delivery guys were also going to do the installation, and that they didn't know what they were doing, I'd have asked them to leave and I'd have...

When it was built If I'm understanding the sticker correctly, it was built in 01/2011.

The good news The good news is that the washer (model 4041 or 40412, depending on where Sears displays it on their websites) was delivered on Tuesday of last week. The young men who delivered it were courteous and polite, and they were careful carrying it downstairs, using straps, to not bang...

That's a fun and decorative fixture, and it looks appropriate with the vintage of the house.

That's a cool-looking vent hood, with the glass panel. I'm guessing it is lit from behind? Alas, the glass appears to be cracked.

What was that 1990 Gibson front-loader like? I don't believe I've even seen a photo of one of those.

It seems like "tulip bulb madness" to me. It reminds me of the hype in 1976 when buyers went crazy purchasing the "last convertible," which at that time was an Eldorado. Many of those went into storage and when sold now, they bring ok prices, but nothing spectacular. Like the Nebraska cars, if...

Congrats on the new washer! It sounds like it will be a fun machine to play with. I hope yours arrives without any manufacturing issues.

We have an 8KW Generac automatic, which runs the most important circuits we want to have available, but not all. It runs on natural gas. The only maintenance required is a once-a-year oil change with synthetic oil, or a more frequent oil change is required if it has had to run for extended...

That looks heavy; those things were built like a tank.

Barbie always seems happy with her new inventions!

Talk about a potential nightmare for the service technician in the field! I'm guessing there weren't too many 1964 models where this feature worked for very long.

Glad that your Mobile Maids arrived safe and sound. The '58 looks brand new, and you've got the '65 nice and shiny, also. For repairing rust on dishwasher racks, my best results came from grinding away the bad spots with a Dremel, and then brushing on the vinyl repair paint. Wearing my...

Thanks for all the information! Now I know. It's nice that it can be setup to automatically advance from presoak/prewash into regular wash. That isn't an option on my Kitchenaid.