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Ummmm. I, too, iron using the square end for shirts. It does make things go faster and neater. For years I worked with an enamel board purchased from Rickel's (any Jersey fans will remember them!). It finally rusted to the point where the oxydation worked its way through the pad and cover...

Four Weeks That was how long mine took in 1996, out of the Philadelphia office. I haven't renewed it since because there's noplace outside the USA that I feel safe to visit these days.

Frost Guard According to my GE factory rep when I worked at THD, it works this way. Most GE and Hotpoint models have a timed defrost cycle where the coils will heat up to melt rime buildup. About 10-15 min. before the cycle starts, the fridge will drop the temperature about 5 degrees or so to...

Three Words Fab. U. Lous.

Hi BradRoss I'm Charlie, ptcruiser51. Thanx for answering my question. I (nor my aunt) would have never thought of circulating the water thru a filter! She lived in a tenement, so no dryer. Everything got hung outside, hence, tons o'lint. I remember that wash water in the Maytag would be...

@bradross How do you deal with the lack of a lint filter? My aunt had a machine exactly like the one in the photo. She always had to use scotch tape to get rid of the lint on my uncle's chino uniforms (he was a subway motorman). What a mess!

Oooh! Over here! Over here! Some years ago a friend asked to borrow my Rival crockpot for a party. (I was not invited, but that's OK). After some weeks he returned to me a NIB Sears Counter Craft model because mine had gotten broken by accident. Damned thing never worked right. I...

Whew! You had a lot of us scared for awhile. Or at least nervous. Greetings to Area Code 313 from Area Code 561!

Ouch! How do you guys keep your places so CLEAN? It drives me crazy! Mom had the same kitchen Formica pattern in PANK and sold it with the house in 1993. The buyers loved it! It was original from 1959.

I have two copies of the 45. Not for sale, I still play them as a gag for pals. I think I still have 45s of their novelty/parody hits (?) "Double-Oh-Seven" and "You Can Never Eat Home Anymore" gathering dust somewhere.

@ PaulG That's Clay. I met him at one of our Appliance Roadshows from THD a couple years ago. Hilariously funny. All the gals (and some of us guys) found him hot! If it weren't for that pesky wedding ring...

I don't think anyone mentioned Full-sized spare tires! That you could actually use in tire rotation! Does anyone besides me still do this? Also jacks that don't look like some third-world factory torture contraption. And how about those handy 1950s "grab straps" on the door pillars of...

@ VintageKitchen May God grant you many years. My husbear died a horrible death from the lung cancer. His last days he didn't even recognize me. It's not too late. Do it today.

Dance: 10: Looks: 3 This poseur couldn't shine Clay Jackson's shoes. OR Mike Rowe's for that matter.

Hot Wheels! As I'm an oldster on here, I can remember when these Packards were contemporary. I always thought them foolish-looking in our 'hood among sleek Mercuries, Oldsmobiles, and DeSotos. Yet, I still remembered them. If for no other reason than the "flying lady" hood ornaments. Down...

You're not imagining it I often used to grind up a couple loads in my sister's Maytag TL so I could use her outdoor lines. She always tends to overdo the fabric softener. ALL my loads would smell like that! Then she would bitch to me that HER next loads smelled like Clorox. Machines will...

@ TomTurbomatic Re: Why did I trash all my sheets when I moved? All of them were 20+ years old and had seen better days. I used to have a love life years ago(ahem), if you get my drift. Also, I suffer from the misery of psoriasis. Repeated bleachings and harsh detergents are really tough...

Thank you Sandy! I thought I was the only one who noticed this major linen infraction! When I moved to FL I ditched all my old sheets and bought new. Did the same with my matresses. NOTHING I bought fits correctly. Other than duct-taping the corners to the mattress, I don't have any...

Wowser! Thanx Tim! Now I'm hoping for a power outage here in SoFla. Ooops, I forgot we don't have gas stoves here! Many years in my past of winters in Par-Troy, NJ I used to look forward to nasty-ass snowstorms. Often we had no electric, so I'd cook up a big pot of whatever I had in the...

BOL Frigidaire But it's still a "tall-tub" that holds a lot. 2008 model. I have timed it to be about 90 min. for "heavy-duty" cycle, 60 min. for "normal" and 45 min. for "light". I do not rinse, just scrape and load. I use store-brand detergent with a little boost of STPP. Never use heated...