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L-1011 Always a nice flight on Eastern Airlines. Only peculiar quirk was that the plane seemed to leave the runway at "different times" and land the same way. I had an early FL flight once. Rolled out of bed and into a friend's car and to the airfield. Sleepwalked onto the L-10 and fell...

UP "Big Boy" Is on display in the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. I saw it some time ago. I seem to remember that the boilers as well as the drive wheels were articulated to negotiate tight curves. All I recall remarking on was how that engineer's cab must have been hot has...

Memories Gone! Oh, northwesty, those machines with little variations were such a staple on the New Jersey shore boardwalks! Both lemons and oranges went through them. A good press from a citrus taken out of a huge crate behind the counter. Squeezed in front of you into a waxpaper cup, add a...

OK in Par-Troy Did not lose power at all. One ancient hemlock tree across the street split in two and came down. Fortunately not on top of anything. Whatever leaves were on the trees are now gone.

Garden State Good News So far! High winds but not all that much rain. Power blinks on and off from time to time. Have to go around and re-set microwave, alarm clock, etc. I have gas stove and oven, so can still cook. Took trash out earlier, and like Yogitunes said, felt like I needed a...

Unsalted Is just my personal preference. I never buy salted. Nowadays when butter is at ridiculously high prices, I take advantage of a sale and buy several pounds. Put the whole box of quarters in a ziploc bag to avoid pickup of odors and freeze. Never an issue. I am not good at baking...

Not Sure if I have the same problem. I get a cloudiness on my inside of the windshield on my Fusion (avatar). It doesn't occur on the side windows. It was either Heloise or M. Stewart that I got the fix. Use a felt blackboard eraser. Works like a charm. Also when defroster is a little...

Wowser! When I lived in the 'burbs as a youngster, our neighbors across the street had this model and they used it to start their percolater! They lived for caffeine and no doubt loved this feature. Not everybody used a clock-radio of this kind in the bedroom. My parents had a later model...

Har! An actual "salon" dryer by Bonat or any other pro vendor cost around $300 new not so long ago. These people are out of their minds.

Yes! Flatirons are still enjoyed by many. I have my mom's General Mills "Tru-Heat" iron that she received as a gift from my father. I would have understood if she hit him in the head with it in 1947. What kind of gift was this to your "intended"? I break it out every now and then to enjoy...

Sanks-a-lot for the responses. I never thought of pipe cleaners for that little tube!

Mine is avocado outside/stainless inside, circa 1981. It has the "cup guide" which is a plastic tube built into the handle that is open on top. It also has a mini-brew basket. It has a knob to adjust strength on the base. Just one question: Can it go in the dishwasher?

Love those ventiports on the fenders! So classic! Many happy miles ahead!

Mine was 8/11/72

@ Hunter You're absolutely right! In the 50s-60s it was a regular thing for Bell System employment people to make visits to Catholic school business classes to recruit. I wish I had not lost a telco internal newspaper want-ad from 1960 that my cousin had saved. One of the come-ons was, "You...

@ Supersuds Easy explanation. Look at a rotary dial phone, there are no letters associated with "1" or "0". Prior to DDD, there was no 1+ dialing and most exchanges were letters: MArket 6, COlony 5, so dialing a letter-specific number would route your call automatically. When DDD came...

What They Said X2 I started as a toll operator at NJ Bell in 1972. One of the first men to do the job. Watched every minute, begging for bathroom breaks (they were called "necessaries" - God forbid a caller should overhear the word "bathroom"!). When I was hired, they would not hire you as an...

Always, Always Whenever I get the chance to use my sister's clothesline. Since I live in an apartment with coin-op, I use a metal drying rack for underoos, pillow cases, hankies and knit things. Shirts are hung on hangers on a separate rack. Only thing I put in the commercial dryers (which...

It's white for me going forward. Kitchen Aid did try the bronze thing awhile ago, now that Sears has the exclusive marketing of the brand, that's the place to look. Our showroom at THD has a lot of stainless, just because not "every" stainless looks alike but everyone knows what B&W look...