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I loved my toy food and dishes. I never got a kitchen but I would use old cardboard boxes that I had colored to look like appliances and cabinets. Leave it to the daughter of a carpenter to just make herself a kitchen. My kids have a wooden IKEA kitchen and a set of dishes and pots that are...

It never occurred to me to just use the parking brake on a hill. I have always used the clutch and brake pedal. It probably comes from how I learned to drive stick. I just had it explained to me and then I drove around on some notably flat county roads before being sent out on my own. My first...

I’m 28 and I know how to drive stick. It’s not that uncommon around here with old farm trucks and tractors everywhere, a lot of young kids learn to drive stick before they learn to drive an automatic. I vastly prefer a manual transmission but they’re next to impossible to find anymore and in...

Wool soakers are the BEST. My youngest kiddo had a feeding tube and was on overnight feeds for many years, which meant a constant infusion of breast milk all night long. Wool soakers and hemp fitteds were the only thing that kept her bedding dry through the night. And yes, they only need washed...

I wouldn’t spend any of my hard earned money on a GE appliance right now. The house I moved into recently has a GE washer, microwave, and range and only the range is worth anything, and I only say that because it does indeed get hot and cook food. The washer is a BOL top loader with an agitator...

I’ve owned both, neither was particularly more convenient for me than the other. I do remember my mom’s Kenmore being a drop down style door and that it was broken by one of my siblings sitting on it, so if you have rambunctious young children around that might sit, stand, or climb on the door...

Some of these are undoubtedly a gimmick that I’m terribly skeptical of, however, wool is indeed a material that really only needs washing when visibly soiled. It’s actually pretty remarkable how well it resists odor and keeps it shape. I love wool clothing, in the winter I wear wool base layers...

I had always wondered where the term laundromat came from. It makes a lot more sense as the name of an automatic washer rather than a coin op laundry. It’s funny how things like that happen. Speaking of the original picture though, I loved how the washer’s control panel looked straight out of...

I remember being absolutely obsessed with sitting atop the washer when it reached the spin cycle because I loved the feeling of the vibration. It was calming and soothing for me. My parent’s old Speed Queen was the best, it vibrated quite a bit which was helped I think by the laundry room being...

I love the bright colors. What a fun little place to do laundry.

I am really failing to see why having a dryer that, at best, can dry one or two pieces of clothing at a time would be better or easier or more practical in any way over a standard, $25 folding drying rack. Even if this works exactly as advertised, which I doubt, this is still a ridiculous waste...

I grew up with a yellow kitchen too. Our bathroom was also yellow. I remember my dad telling me that the new owners gutted the entire house after we moved. I love the pink, it’s definitely my favorite retro appliance color.

We bought a big ‘super’ antenna just a few years ago. We’ve always been antenna people, now I supplement that with some online streaming, but I’ve never paid for cable or satellite. Getting the super antenna got us more channels and a clearer signal.

My church has two kitchens. One large one attached to the church hall that has a professional gas griddle top range, a great big full sized professional freezer and refrigerator. That one is used for big community dinners and weddings and other large church functions. The smaller kitchen is...

I love these old machines. My mother in law has one and it just can’t be beat. Whenever my little Kennore electric isn’t up to a task, I go use her treadle. If you want to make yourself sick, look up old sewing machine ‘upcycles’ and behold the horror. It’s sacrilege to destroy these machines...

I can be pretty certain that no daycare or preschool in this country is having their linens ironed lol. I toured dozens before finding the one my children attended, and I picked it partly because of its exceptional cleanliness and neatness (not that any I saw were horrendous) and the carers that...

Thank goodness they brought back the good machines. I’m so glad I waited to buy a new washer, now I can get one of these. I actually really like how they look too.

What an interesting topic. I hadn’t thought about this in a long time but my old elementary school had been built in the fifties, at a time when the Cold War was something everyone was really worried about, so it had a full bomb shelter in the basement. My hometown is also home to a government...

I remember all the talk on my cloth diaper forums when Persil was first introduced. Story after story after story of people’s laundry developing a sickly, vomit-esque scent was enough that I’ve never tried it. I’m really tempted every now and then especially since the cleaning performance seems...

My suggestions would depend on whether you’re looking for long term frugal food budgeting or are currently strapped for cash and need suggestions just to get by. If it’s the first scenario, I cannot stress home cooking and buying in bulk enough. Things like rice, dried beans, potatoes, canned...