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Paul: You are torturing me, LOL! BOKAR is available in Canada, but not here in the U.S. where it is made. To our Canadian friends: You are welcome here any time. Please bring BOKAR. :)

Another Superfast User Here! I use a 12-cup Farberware Superfast, which is plugged into the timed convenience outlet of my vintage GE range each night, so that coffee's ready when I get up. My favored daily-driver coffee is Chase & Sanborn, which my grandparents used to drink back in the...

Andi: Palmolive was a bar soap for decades (it was introduced in 1898) before the name was put on dish detergent. It was one of the leading soaps in the category known as "toilet soap," meaning soap people bathed with and washed hands and faces with. Toilet soaps were specifically formulated...

It's Just.... ....That a WCI-built Kenmore range is not exactly the pinnacle of quality. Flimsiness, not-so-great baking performance and rusting of that brushed chrome top are just a few of the issues I would anticipate. In Atlanta, I had a Kenmore range with a brushed chrome top, and you...

Wow! That is an unusual range. It's a variant of my J 370, substantially de-featured. It does not have the Sensi-Temp found on a J 370, but it adds chrome garnish moldings to the outer edges of the cooktop. The control panel housing is also slightly different, and the knobs are later ones...

Tom: Thanks for the link! I wish there was a way to get hold of one bar for testing, to see if the fragrance and lathering are what I remember. $44.46 for a case is not a bad price at all, but if it was not the Lux I remember, then it's an expensive experiment. The 3.2 ounce "hotel" size...

Kevin: I posted this in good faith, not having seen Suds's post, which was pushed way down below the bottom of my screen by the time I got home today. I do hope you'll forgive me.

Meighan: You're in luck with Kevin - he has a very extensive collection. The fashionable appliance colors in 1976 were: WHITE - No explanation needed. COPPERTONE - A deep chocolate-y brown, with edges "shaded" in a darker brown. A little passe by '76, but still available. AVOCADO - A...

While this is a U.K. Daily Mail story, American models are affected, so here goes: Keurig has issued a recall for around 7 million of its Mini Plus machines made between 2009 and 2014. Affected models were sold at Kohl's, Walmart, KMart and Target, among other retailers. Units under recall...

Ivory: FEH! That stuff will forever remind me of one of my grandmothers - and not the nice one, either. To this day, the smell of Ivory evokes a sense of dread.

Meighan: Hi, and thanks so much for giving us appliance collectors a chance to help! Some more information would be helpful, for this reason: Appliances come in all kinds of different styles, to suit the taste and income of prospective buyers. In addition, there used to be new appliance...

Range in Reply #35: Wow, has that seller got a few misconceptions! The range is mid-1970s; the clues are the stainless trim on the outer edges of the cooktop, and the control knobs, which have stamped skirts, not the die-cast ones of earlier models. The range is mid-MOL; it has P*7, a lighted...

David: Absolutely stunning work - you're making me want a blasting setup! I hope your sister appreciates what you've done for her. BTW, the decal for those mixers is available as a repro - just go to eBay and search on "mixmaster decal." Sunbeam has been generous in granting permission to...

David: Absolutely stunning work - you're making me want a blasting setup! I hope your sister appreciates what you've done for her. BTW, the decal for those mixers is available as a repro - just go to eBay and search on "mixmaster decal." Sunbeam has been generous in granting permission to...

Hans: Put down the snakes. :)

Oh, No! "some kind of modern product" I hope that does not mean what is called "body wash," because my reaction to that possibility would be about ten times more pungent than Robert would allow in the DL forum. Bar soap is the ultimate modern soap product. It is not packaged in...

Tom: WHERE are you finding Lux? I have not seen it in nearly 20 years. I would add that Cashmere Bouquet is not easy to find, but it's out there. Palmolive is also still available.

Yep! WCI - World-Class Incompetence. And that's not stainless, trust me. Brushed chrome, not one more micron in thickness than is necessary to coat the base metal. Some things just need to go to the crusher. Becoming a Kia is a far more dignified end for steel than this.

Camay was HUGE In the later '50s and in the '60s. I regret to say that I think Unilever will not be a good custodian of "legacy" brands like these. The reason is what they did to Lux, once the Queen of Beauty Soaps, advertised by A-list movie stars in every possible publication. It was...

Tom: No, he and Duke split in '85.