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On a slight tangent...was there ever a freezer plant in Scotland? Every now and again you see older small freezers here in the US with aluminum innards and I swear they have a "made in Scotland" label on them. Was it some weird conversion thing for one of the plants that made twin-tub washing...

I've got to think that old front load commercial machines (Wascator) would be the best solution rather than anything top loading. As you say, avoid electronics...hard mount if you can get the slab poured...think simple simple.

The 30" wide Youngstown with the spin tube was horrid. Moved into a house in 1978 with one and we swapped it out (leaving a 6" gap) within a month. Had a large plate capacity but poor glasses/bowls capacity. My mom had had a roto-rack Sears in the previous house so didn't suffer a 28 year old...

my husband is an audiophile, and we also have a console stereo (1964 Fisher Futura) which is fun. The amount of ozone it produces, though is noticeable (right after we got it he was playing it using Bluetooth for a radio station in California. I was upstairs (it sits near the stairway) and as...

A friend relies on me for appliance repair and moral support---we've replaced her disposer, etc etc. So when she said "the dryer's rumbling, will you help me have a look" I replied "sure". Maytag Performa from about 24 years ago, so likely the Norge design. She'd replaced the washer a couple...

Not sure they ever actually manufactured in Kissimmee/Orlando. Their last plant was in Hemingway, South Carolina (have an acquaintance who sells Tupperware and he went there about 10 years ago after a sales contest).

From Australia 1977 https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/v979vj83t

Another from the University of Indiana--had only ever seen these stacked. Betty Furness at her best https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/rj430r48d

P&G really only "plays" in Europe, China/SE Asia and North America in laundry---they aren't as sophisticated on the lower end as Unilever or local companies. Anywhere they can push Tide they're happy too---the sticker indicates this is the real thing/isn't "gray market"

Premiums in staples have a loooooooooong history. Kirk's American Family soap was a long-time Chicago brand that had coupons on the boxes/wrappers and a few redemption stores around the city (the company got bought in the 50s by P&G). Other types of premiums: coupons on cigarettes; Betty...

Washing machine manufacturer doesn't look familiar...the agitator shown on the washer lid looks vaguely Easy...any ideas? (This site has some interesting early 60s ads from both Canada and the US. https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/b8516845k

I think that indicated that it had continuous clean innards...can just imagine the stench. Had a cousin with one of those--it decided to clean/oxidize right as the turkey was in the oven one Christmas...made the house absolutely reek.

My mom did that when she left a pair of my brother's shoes in the oven once...dripping sole all over the place. The kicker was that the house was on the market/had just come under contract and the stove (GE Spacemaker 24" from the 50s) was the keystone to the entire kitchen and couldn't be...

yeah, between Detroit Edison's incentivizing electric cooking and GM's presence in SE Michigan they will be able to unearth something from a basement around here.

Because they are taking on the curation of a historic home from Selma, AL which was the font of a huge amount of civil rights activity. The Jacksons were a prominent local Black family whose house was really a crossroads for the Civil Rights movement in the 50s and 60s. The daughter (who was...

#85---not sure I realized Monsanto brought out Dishwasher All (thought it was a post-Lever Brothers line extension). #87...those brought back memories....my mom always had one on the kitchen sink. In the 70s they were avocado green. She didn't have (or want) a sprayer hose--those worked fine...

I am confident that the organization that Sarah speaks of working with would be able to reach out appropriately to Ecolab (and may well be told go away) but they are in the business of selling hygiene and cleaning chemicals to businesses small and large.

This would actually be a good solution to call either Economics Labs or a local cleaning supply company for professional-level advice. They would be able to help with dosing, temperature, etc etc for the type machines you have now. P&G Professional might be a good line which the volunteers...

During COVID I did a rabbit-trail around home canning customs worldwide (I think I'd come upon an old Ball Blue Book from the 40s or so). There is amazing divergence in what gets canned, when and how. If you're getting serious about canning in the US, you need to invest in a recent (last...

silicone personal lubricant may also be used to tamp down suds in a dishwasher.