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LTV synopsis:   Patent applications seem written by lawyers getting paid by the word.  My eyeballs hop skip and jump.  So don't take any of this as gospel.  If you bought one of these to use today, you might find the flow-restrictor knotzies at your door in the middle of the night.   The LTV...

These come up for discussion periodically.  The LTV dishwasher is very googleable if you're interested.  Link is to a new-in-box from 2014.  Doesn't offer to sell it. https://retrorenovation.com/2014/07/02/1950s-ling-temco-nos-eye-level-automatic-dishwasher/

Hi Amy.  I watched Westyvision too.  TV wasn't very good back then.  The slant let the room light in.  Then there were the machine noises right on schedule.  The show was never the same.  The splashing, the colors.      Put a spoon of detergent in a cup of microwave water and it will...

Last night I dreamed putting clothes in the dishwasher.  Does that count?

2 central tanks for 60-unit apartment.  Averages 115F.  Paltry, but free (included in rent).   Cold is 80F in summer and passing through lower 60s now.

Howdy!  I thought I was the only one with a gooseneck lighting inside my (E'lux) FL.

<blockquote> $99 (substitution item, not FSP) </blockquote> Can hardly do much worse than FSPs that fail like clockwork.   They're all made in China anyway, aren't they?  And by evidence, designed to fail.  They weren't always like this.  I've never had a bad one.  I've also never had one made...

Sorry for short notice, just saw it myself. George Lucas' first theatrical film THX1138 is on Turner Classic @ 9:45 central tonight/Saturday 11/21. Warner wasn't thrilled: "What the blazes is THIS?" and didn't distribute or promote it widely. If they had only known. As long as there was...

Confirm freezer fan is running.  Confirm freezer temp aprx zero F. 

Seems equitable to me.   As the SNL Czech Brothers said, "Woot skeets pravlo?"

  Can also take spice-aisle ground cloves and pack some into an emptied teabag, laid alongside the tooth.   Drugstores have long-since abandoned common 'folk' remedies in favor of much more expensive 'patent' advertised brands containing...... the folk remedy.  Along with a bunch of other...

Anbesol is a 'caine.  It is effective and relatively safe when used in absolute accord with directions.  It can be an irritant and in excess can be seriously dangerous.  Believe them when they say 'not for children under age 'x'.   Qualifying where I said "strontium is a metal":  So is sodium...

I recently underwent a couple weeks of tooth pain/sensitivity and found 2 effective treatments that work in less than 20min and last for hours.   Background data: This tooth lost a filling some time back and is now hollow.  I'm arranging to have it canaled and capped, but couldn't wait for...

How much training does it take to say "It's not worth fixing, buy a new one"?

Did it travel upright?  Certain fridges resent being tipped over for any length of time.  Then it takes time for the oil to settle back where it belongs.  I don't know if this is one of those but someone here will.

~1998 E'lux FLs have both solenoid and wax on the door latch.  Solenoid is latched any time machine is on.  But you can switch it off and open/add items as long as it is in the 'tumble' range.  Wax is only on for spin, so door stays latched for a l-o-o-o-n-g time after powered off.  Bother if...

Fascinating Glenn, thanks.  I've 'read' how they work but seeing is more informative.

Thanks Ben.  So it DID vary by model.   Even with the company discount dad always bought BOL.  Ironically, the 3-belt spin sheave could be rebuilt by a precocious 12yo (me) whereas the upscale gearbox became a whopping liability if you still had it beyond warranty.   It seems as though <span...

The ad says "transmission" which brings up a point of confusion (to me).  I bet y'all can straighten me up.   Was "transmission" an upscale feature?    We had a late 40s Laundromat.  No pressure switch; it "weighed" the compression of the bottom leaf spring.  White-on-blue knob.  Double...

Yes, the fabric/speed switch also switches windings so it's in the path.  Might bear investigating.  But as I recall, there should be no difference in that path between forward and reverse.  Still, anything can happen, including memory fade (mine).