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Additional Info The company is known as CR Brands. In addition to Biz and Oxydol, it also makes Pine Power, Lemon Power and Mean Green. Here's the website address: http://www,crbrandsinc.com

Why Did He Use Oxydol? Because Oxydol and Biz is owned by the same company--its executives, who used to work at Proctor & Gamble, purchaed the brands from P&G a decade ago.

Consumer Reports Agrees I had never heard of Mr. Steamy until I received my new Consumer Reports last week. And it echoed the same advice as our dear Laundress, except the magazine used wet towels to help "steam out" wrinkles from permanent press men's dress shirts. And for the 20 dollar...

"Borax is nature's sweetner for laundry." That's what Rosemary DeCamp said in the commercials on "Death Valley Days" and on the box of 20th Mule Team Borax. Prove it yourself with the sniff test. Take a sour dish cloth and soak it for a few moments in a borax and water solution. Now sniff...

Guilty As Charged Yes, Pat, I'm a hopeless Lucille Ball fan. Also an amateur television historian. One of my hobbies is writing about American TV for a UK website. I've linked my original article on "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" for your enjoyment or displeasure. Choose your poison...

The Truth About "Lucy Buys Westinghouse" Black and white or color, the film NEVER aired on television. It was produced by Desilu (the official title: "Lucy Buys Westinghouse") after Desi Arnaz signed a two-season deal with the appliance maker for the new CBS anthology series "Westinghouse...

Too Much On The Shelves? Let's see now: Colgate-Palmolive has three dish liquid brands (Palmolive, Ajax and Crystal White Octagon). Now P&G is rolling out Gain liquid in addition to the established Dawn, Joy and Ivory brands. Plus, count the number of...

If I had something to say in 1962, my mom wouldn't have replaced her Westinghouse Laundromat with a trouble-prone Sears Kenmore 800 series. No, it would have been either: 1. A Maytag--any Maytag. If it was good enough for The Beverly Hillbillies and Don and Betty Draper, it was good enough...

Vinegar Is My Best Friend I doubted the effectiveness of vinegar until my faithful Roper BOL dishwasher started leaving a film on my glasses and dishes. Then I read about pouring white vinegar into the dishwasher and running a full cycle without detergent. I bought a quart (less than a...

The Plucked Chicken I can go farther on the Chrysler in the photo: It's a '62 Newport four-door sedan. My parents bought the same model from a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in 1965; it had the dome instrument panel, push-button TorqueFlite, and--get this--Airtemp factory-installed air conditioning...

Nothing does it like 7-Up!

Gotta Love The Frog-Eyes My neighbor had a frog-eye Kenmore washer; it kept going and going with five kids and tons of wash every week. And we had a frog-eye Kenmore gas dryer my father bought (for $50) after I complained one too many times about having to hang up the wash. The dryer was...

After Years Of Experimentation.... I have found the cartridge blade/shaving cream system the best for me. I don't like to pay 4 or 5 dollars for a new package of Sensor cartridges, so I buy mine at the 99 cent store. They work just as well; I've even shaved my face successfully with the...

OnStar Does The Trick One incident involving my '07 Saturn ION convinced me that the car's standard OnStar system was worth its money. Several months ago, I went to a car wash, and the staff accidently locked the car with the keys still in the ignition. They panicked. I didn't. I pulled out my...

My Favorites Here in Las Vegas, Smith's Food & Drug (owned by Kroger) is my favorite overall store for its low prices, friendly workers and decent meats. I don't shop at Vons (Safeway); prices are far too high forw what they offer. Albertson's used to be my favorite store, but their prices...

Lucy & Desi's Commercials When "I Love Lucy" began in 1951, Lucy and Desi did the spots for the show's original sponsor, Phillip Morris cigarettes. By the fall of 1955, the Arnazes were promoting the products of their new sponsors, Proctor & Gamble (Lilt home permanents) and General Foods...

Lucy Clips You're right, Strongenough 78: The commercial was from a 1959 edition of "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse," which premiered on CBS in the fall of 1958. It was an hour-long anthology series with drama and comedy, plus hour-long "I Love Lucy" episodes with big-name stars. It spawned...

A Few Positive Words About Saturn I've been a happy owner of three Saturns--a 2000 SL1; a 2004 ION 2 and my current car, a 2007 ION 3 (with the very rare 2.4 engine). All have been reliable, secure cars that I have enjoyed driving. But it was the dealer experience that brought me to Saturn--and...

I Miss Our Old Console I'm a confirmed believer in component stereo, but when I was growing up, my parents bought a Sears Silvertone console stereo for the living room (circa 1969). It had the usual three-speed record changer and AM/FM stereo, plus it had a cassette player/recorder. I used to...

Thanks For The Scan I found the information about Maytag's television advertising very interesting--especially the programs the company bought time on. "Mary Tyler Moore;" "M*A*S*H;" "Maude;" the various movie nights--a wonderful snapshot of a time when the three big networks still dominated...