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A-men to the "take your dishes to the store". Now that supply chains have been restored and we HAVE choices, it's the best way. There is nothing more annoying over the life of a dishwasher than having racking not work for your dishes. Our 10 yr old cheap Bosch (plastic tub) fits 80 percent...

Darn----if we would be out in Palm Springs before next October, I'd be all over that!!!

My mother always said it was prune juice in Dr. Pepper...can't say I have ever tried prune juice to compare.

Loved that use of the telephone system (Ericsson, natch) to simplify washday. Visited Stockholm about 25 years ago and had a neat visit to their telecom museum. The structure of the telecom industry in most of the rest of the world is different than in North America, but (particularly in...

There are scads of "labelers" slapping names (old and made-up) on Chinese-made appliances...in redoing our kitchen out in Palm Springs we had options of vendors such as "Empava" "Thor" "Sharp" not to mention the private labels like Hisense or Blomberg (which at least have some level of design...

yeah--looks like a standard non-bio formula. Probably slightly easier on the hands (for surface cleaning) than a bio formula.

My grandfather was funny--he worked in industry most of his life but only was in his element when he started being an adjunct professor after retiring. A couple "I remembers"...he wore contact lenses after cataract surgery in the mid'60s (i.e. early). He had a bottle of a specific brand...

More like 90s.

Cars in the '70s...oy! Consumer Reports used to state the number of defects on delivery---rarely under 20, they were particularly scathing about some Chrysler products in the 70s (in 1979 remember them talking about 40 defects on a Dodge St. Regis). I remember making lists of several items for...

Duluth, MN manufactured...they actually had an appliance industry up there with Coolerator for refrigerators and stoves....

Probably Peerless/Premier out of Belleville, IL https://www.premierrange.com/

Start by unplugging and letting it get to room temperature and entirely thawing out any ice deposits anywhere in the unit. Make sure you monitor the defrost water tray under the grille (if there's a lot more ice than normal it may overflow and flood the floor. Once it gets to room temperature...

No, it's been a bit of a trip but we're winding down. We decided it might be fun again to go to Sitges Spain (Barcelona) for the Bear Meeting weekend (seasonal kickoff very end of April). Then my husband found a concert for a band (Elbow) he wanted to see up in Manchester on 5/14. Silly to...

Did a couple more...so interesting to have such flexibility in cycle selection. Was really surprised at the amount of water condensed out of a pair of jeans, a pair of cargo shorts, a couple long-sleeve shirts and a pillowcase in a 45 minute cycle.

Likely sold by Detroit Edison (local electric utility). They had a promotion where if you bought the dryer they would run a 220 line for free.

The receptionist is a sweet lady who is just as blowsy as you can imagine...bleached blonde and told us how much she enjoys visiting the US especially Las Vegas...she truly looked the part. She came down and showed me how to empty the water tank (smartly she uses it for mopping). The texture of...

We're 1/3 of the way through a 3 week Europe trip, and checked into an Air BNB in Manchester, and were shown to the laundry room, where I got caught up. How fun! Two each 8 kg Bosch washers and heat pump dryers...bought some Ariel pacs at the Co-op....and the admonishment to not confuse the...

My mom used Spic and Span--remember in the 70s clearly it had two types of granules mixed---a green spray-dried granule (doubtless the surfactant/fragrance/color) and a needle-like crystal (pretty evidently the TSP). I think later on when they went to a non-phosphate formula the difference in...

I don't think Gold Medallion/Total Electric was much of a thing in the desert. SoCal Gas was a big proponent of "balanced energy" which meant that they had gas pipes laid into subdivisions/homes and hooked up heating/water to that. Condo complexes are sometimes total electric in Palm Springs...

Remember, "going for long term care costs" entails a sale (either when the owner moves in to LTC or passes away). Given your interest in Florida, make triple sure that you're looking at the most updated FEMA flooding maps (they have been updated in the last 18 months) even if you're looking...