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I recently was in Aldi and noticed that their 3 different house brand laundry detergents were from at least 2 different manufacturers---the Tandil "all singing all dancing Tide analogue" was as I recall from Canada while the Gain-dupe and the All free and clear-dupe were sourced from the US.  ...

The cross-ownership undoubtedly was the key---Sears owned a big percentage.

Those gas valves are about the only standard thing on that unit...I would guess that what Pete said above is probably the issue. That use-and-care is wild!

Problem was that ceramic tile would have to be put in a leveled bed, where the asphalt tile would accommodate unevenness better. Asphalt tile was dark-ish (could not get really light colors due to the asphalt binder) but would not react to the alkali nature of the damp concrete the way that...

Bet the Mandalay sauce was more a chutney---less (if any) tomato and more mango/pepper

A lot going on with that one! From a glance, it looks like a Roper base with self-cleaning, and the upper microwave oven of unknown brand (don't recognize the controls at all). Late 70s. Lots to go wrong after 45 years. You might want to cross-reference whether you see a similar model in the...

One of the big food banks in Detroit uses the rule of thumb for canned goods that allows them to be given out if they are less than 36 months beyond the expiration date. I suspect that is pretty uniform at that level of operation (though smaller pantries may have other rules. I suppose that...

Don't know if you saw but >600 pounds for a refrigerator (the gas-fired Servel refrigerators were infamously heavy) Detroit Edison had a lot of off-peak capacity so did a big push in the 30s-60s to install electric water heating using the offpeak power with a second meter to offer essentially a...

There is a manufacturer of dishwasher detergent in Novi, MI which might be the source. Interestingly it's owned by a former candidate for Michigan governor, Sandy Pensler. https://www.korex-ca.com/

Any idea how they made the coating? Presume they add something to the porcelain slurry to make it cure/melt porous rather than glassy. Had an aunt that had a continuous clean oven that decided to clean itself when she was making Thanksgiving dinner (i.e. got hot enough long enough to actually...

There are a couple of different countertop options out there; one of which is the square-format Chinese one as mentioned here. The "new" one is even smaller, called the Bob. It's about half the size and is even more self contained (can run without either access to a water faucet or a drain)...

It's interesting that GE didn't play in microwave ovens before this...Tappan and Westinghouse were the only household microwaves (individual built in wall oven form factor). GE clearly had the hit of the decade with the P7 pyrolytic system, but only after that was well established did they...

I've heard that the insulation on the outside is to manage the heat loss which maximizes the condensation. THat's why it's more solid than fluffy fibreglass.

Yes--just use Sani on the cheap Bosch in Detroit--2:20 later the crockery and glasses are fine to be put away, a few little driblets on the silverware/plastics. Out in Palm Springs, the zeolite is a little better (but the climate helps probably more. I'm not an "immediate putter-awayer" so will...

Bought a Bosch 800 series for our condo in Palm Springs during COVID---it was the pre-Wifi version as far as I can tell. Can't say I'm happier with it than the 100 series from 11 years ago we've had in Detroit...it is quieter; but I don't find the 3rd rack all that convenient and it cleans no...

Our first color TV was a 19 inch Sears which was picked up on a Saturday and we watched All in the Family that evening on KMOX channel 4 St. Louis. It perched on a late 50s RCA console in the basement that my parents had bought used several years before.

I suspect you may be able to do as well with one of the GE or LG heat pump all in ones--check out the power company which may give you a rebate on those (doubt that they will with a specialty unit like this) to get the price down.

I actually recall that jingle----seems like the timing for Colgate-Palmolive for that branding was a bit off because this would have been about the moment that X-rated movies became a "thing" in the greater culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn

Umm...believe Whirlpool and Sears have been providing braille overlays/use and care guides for years....

We've had a GE dishwasher with this filter in a very hard water area along with a Bosch in a similarly hard water area and also one in a soft water area. The filter seems to get limed up a bit, and the flexible nylon (as opposed to the Bosch's stainless steel) doesn't clean up as well. It...