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My grandma used to make homemade soap in the 50’s and early 60’s when I was a kid. She used cooking fat and grease that she’d saved, rendered it down, strained out the impurities and mixed it with lye. Then she would pour it into shallow pans lined with wax paper and allow the soap to cool and...

I remember my Mom using Pride liquid furniture wax very well. It smelled like gasoline to me. Eddie

Mariposa, My very first washing machine was a Maytag model J that I bought at the Salvation Army Thrift Store in ‘72 for $35.00. It had a pump and I used to use it in the bathroom which had a ball and claw bathtub in which I would wring the washed laundry into and used a broom handle to swirl...

I had an RCA 45 record changer/player like this one without the carrying case when I was in 7th and 8th grade. It had belonged to my grandpa originally. At Christmas time he used to play Christmas records on it that went through a speaker that was over the front door. Once on Christmas Eve a...

I’ll bet she did too! Eddie

No it’s not just you Launderess, I’ve noticed this too. Also lots of member names that I don’t recognize that have been members for years according to their profiles? Eddie

I agree with parunner58 about using Bon Ami powder, they also make a liquid formula of Bon Ami. If any of those stains are due to burned on grease a razor blade can be effective in scraping it off too. The secret to keeping a ceramic top stove clean is to wipe it of thoroughly EVERY time you...

When I was a telephone operator in the mid to late 70’s I worked as a Toll operator for the last year there. We each worked a 8 pair cord switchboard and we occasionally got “Mobile Calls” from people on car phones like in the ad. I remember once an older operator next to me telling the...

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Louie, I just looked at the ad that you posted today and it looked pretty clear to me and I’m viewing it on an iPad. The print was legible for me. Eddie

Ditto here Louis! Both are clear as a bell on my iPad too. Thanks Alan for incorporating both of these well liked features to the new AW format! You are really doing an impressive job with this website and its much appreciated that you are listening to our members just like Robert did before...

Matt, I believe that you just need to click on “view thread” directly below the post in all the jumbled words and all the photos in the thread can be viewed. They don’t automatically come up like they used to, but all the photos seem to be crystal clear. Eddie

Louie, I think if you click on the avatar or profile of the member you wish to block and select “ignore” that may block that member? Eddie

I think I’ll just stick with typing my name, but I guess it’s nice feature if that’s important to you. Eddie

I didn’t have to reset my password. I entered my USER NAME, not my REAL name and then entered my same password and got right on. I almost didn’t enter my user name because the login page directed “enter name”, but then my common sense got the better of me and I realized that my password was...

Yes Robert I’ve discovered this short cut too! Eddie

Re:#40 Thanks Alan for updating the upgrade info on my user info page. My current upgraded membership expires in 10 days and now I have the info available to me so I can make an informed decision. I don’t envy you, you are going to have LOTS of questions from all of us on AW until we get more...

Alan, So, I looked at my member page and it now shows $96.00 annually for Platinum, instead of $200.00, but this is still more than I’m willing to pay. There is mention of other upgraded levels from $20 to $30 per year, but for the life of me I can’t find anywhere on the site that gives any...

I was able to log in with my old password without any trouble, I just entered my user name and the password got right on. The new site format will take a bit to get used to, but there are some things that are nice too. I’ll give myself time to adjust to the new format. Eddie

Robert, Thanks for all that you’ve done for all these years to keep these websites up and running! Also, thanks for taking the care to hand them over to someone else that you trust to keep them up and running. I can’t imagine that anyone else can ever do it as well as you. Congratulations on...