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It's not you! They switched the illustrations, or at least got the captions out of sync. I noticed it right of, too!

If my dad were still alive, he'd get it, and even be proud. My mom isn't real sentimental about 'things', but she knows where I get my nostalgia gene from. I'm not sure my dad was ever more proud of me than the day I emailed him a photo of the mid-50's Grundig console radio/phonograph that my...

But...but...but... The Krups has a dedicated ice crusher button, Rex! Truth be told, I already had a very good, rather heavy duty (or seems so) blender (Cuisinart, I think), but I saw the Krups on sale, and the dark green Power Burst button went so well with the kitchen in the house we'd...

Quelle horreur, indeed! Well, you know it had to have some form of tofu in it. And turmeric, for the staining power. Beyond that, I've blocked the memory. So I suppose I should be grateful he is on the paleo diet, which is pretty opposite vegan. I was thinking that maybe I should look into...

more good info! Thanks, Sandy! Vielen dank', Joe! Yes, my avocado Osterizer has the dreaded plastic jar, so thank you both for warning me off using that for ice. (The Krups has a glass jar.) Funny thing, I think my mother still uses the little mini-prep jars (with the metal screw-on lids)...

Thanks, guys! I'm not sure if frozen bananas would be harder than ice cubes or not, but I don't think I'll chance it. And I don't think I'll pop for a new appliance until and unless I am convinced that this will be more than a flash in the dietary pan. (Oh me of little faith!) Paul--thanks...

Well, it's January and hubby is back on another diet and exercise challenge. dark and early Monday morning, there he was, occupying the kitchen counters where I was trying to dish up cat food (for the cats, of course!) and get my lunch packed for work. He was making up some mad-scientist brew...

Harvest gold drop-in Thank you, Phil! This has been making me feel bad. Growing up, we had backyard-to-backyard neighbors that our family was good friends with and as they had a bazillion kids, I spent a ton of time over there. The reason I've felt bad, is that aside from their harvest gold...

All I can say is holy motherflippin' cow! :) Very impressive!

Here we go... Reopening the subject of the Samsung wall-of-water dishwasher... *ducks and runs* Meanwhile...the scientists provide absolutely no indication where one should place a lasagna pan that is crusted with both tomato carbohydrates and cheesy proteins!

When I was a kid, probably talking early to mid 70s here, my dad's parents had a big Bendix washer-dryer combo that sat in their kitchen. It was never used, so I guess it didn't work anymore. I never knew there was such a thing as a combo, and I'd never seen one since until I got on this site...

Publix I don't have much experience with Publix, but everyone always raves about them. My dad's parents spent 6 months of the year in Florida when I was a kid, and when they were home, my grandmother would always rave about two stores from down there: Burdine's and Publix. And she, for some...

Airtemp Chrysler's Airtemp A/Cs were pretty common in my hometown when I was growing up in the 70s (probably most of the units I saw dated to the 60s when most of the homes where they were installed were built). Chrysler was a major employer in town back then, which may have accounted for both...

Very interesting So, Yogitunes...I guess I can count you as a Neptune fan! We had a Maytag TL with matching dryer that we bought new in 1998 that had the same buttons and dials as your stackers, but your graphics look a little newer, perhaps. Thanks for the insight on the dispenser situation...

Mini Basket We had 2 GE FF machines when I was growing up. One from the early-mid 70s and the second from the late 70s or very early 80s. (If you check out my album on here, the pic with the cat lounging on top of the laundry, that would be the machine we had in the early 80s.) ANYWAY...yes...

This has turned up some interesting stuff! Phil--I've never seen a stacked Neptune before! That's wild. I wonder if it had a detergent/softener dispenser? IIRC the freestanding washers had a door on the top, but nothing in the photo looks like it has one. Kevin--Those '50 models are pretty...

Is it my imagination, or did someone back probably in the 70s (and maybe before) make a stackable front-load washer/dryer pair that had the dryer controls mounted on the lower front of the cabinet so they were just above the washer controls? Or is my feeble brain confusing this with the...

Store re-sets Alr...while there may be some truth to the idea of shaking things up to force/encourage shoppers to get out of their ruts and perhaps see some categories that they may previously have skipped the entire aisle, it's usually part of a greater purpose. Supermarkets are really...

Appliance families Yes, I know what you mean Alr2903. Just as with cars, appliance makers had their own signature styles and design features. In cars today, there are still some signature touches (like the love-it-or-hate-it Lexus "Spindle Grille"), but there's a whole bunch of Me Too as...

Kroger Count me among those who miss living in a Kroger town. Having spent a sizable portion of my adult life in the Cincinnati area, I was pretty used to never being far from a Kroger store. Since moving east, I used to love Shaw's when they were British-owned, but under SuperValu and...