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Hello all, been awhile! Our 20 year old Maytag dryer finally needs TLC, and after I tore it down it was obvious a rebuild was in order. So, after I'm done she'll have new drum rollers, roller axles, idler wheel, belt, blower seal, front "saddle" bearing pads and the front and rear felt drum...

"Tactical Nuclear Penguin"...is it available by the case? The rest of the story amuses me greatly..."Jack Law" must be the Brits' version of "Carrie Nations"...prim, proper, stiff upper lip, and all that. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8380412.stm

It's FALL...and here in the until-recently scorched and parched environs of Central Texas, it's in the upper-50s to low-60s, temp-wise, and that means it's finally SOUP TIME! Here's a pictorial I did a coupla years ago for how I make one of my stand-by faves, Savory Fried Barley Soup. Found...

A few months back, someone posted pages from a catalog they were assembling of their reproduction battery packs for vintage portable radios. I've lost the pics, and the post is gone, but I'd like to find their website. Just won one of the tube radios of my childhood on eBay (an Airline...

As if we needed anyone to tell us, here it is, straight from the best weather-dude in Central Texas. Y'all up there in Minnesota, enjoy yerselves! Right about now, I'd love to have a walk-in cooler. I'd furnish it. http://blogs.kxan.com/weather/2009/08/07/the-hottest-summer-ever-yes-its-this-one/

A truly awesome collection of vintage ads from magazines, arranged by year! Lots of ads for refrigerators, ranges, cars, just about everything. Great way to lose a few hours! ;-) http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/

For the last year or so, we've been checking out the different brands of "dark chocolate"...strictly for the medicinal benefits, of course! Since the news that dark chocolate is good for your heart, we've allowed ourselves a tiny treat every evening...not a whole bar, just a square or two...

A little chicken-fried levity for Friday afternoon.

...and we're lovin' it. All the clothes seem brighter, softer, and fluffier. Best of all, there's absolutely NO smell or scent, just the smell of CLEAN. We were afraid that everything would smell like Fels soap or the vinegar, but it really doesn't even enter into the picture as far as the final...

Raccoons are Evil Pure Evil. They're not cute, cuddly, funny little critters. They're Evil Vermin Of The Night. We live on a creek in a fairly rural setting here in central Texas. We're used to critters. We have lots of different critters, and they're usually not a bad problem, but this last...

Ya gotta love this description: "Ive had it for 4 years during my stint in college and just dont need it anymore. Before that it was just sitting in the utility room not being used. So its atleast 5 years old" Ah, youth...! http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/hsh/802814883.html

While hashing through old TV memories this evening, we've stumbled on a nagging question that neither of us can remember the answer to...those "of a certain age" might be able to pick it out of the ether: Nancy Kulp (known to most as Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies) was in some movie...

With 100+degree temps starting early his summer, we've started making smoothies in the morning for our breakfast. We pre-freeze all the fresh fruit, and use apple juice and Bulgarian yogurt mixed as the liquid base. With all the frozen fruit, they end up being more of a sorbet or soft-serve-like...

SUCH a deal I wouldn't give my grandmuthuh...but I wish I had a spare 250k! Quite a gaggle of very nice vintage kitchen goodies, plus an old wringer or two...great eye candy for retro-lovers everywhere nonetheless. This combined with some of the W/D collections around here, and a true "20th...

Sometimes you think there's nothing else really exciting left to be discovered in the world, and then they go and invent "Extreme Ironing"... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080401/od_nm/ironing_dc;_ylt=Al9hYYeA4SK14IMm_jPqEpsSH9EA

I found a really well-preserved copy of a catalog that I used to love to peruse as a kid, the Allied Radio "Electronics for Everyone" 1969, on eBay . Scanned some pages from it and slapped 'em up on a basic webpage with a little editorial blather. I'll try and get some more scanned and upped...

Too crazy! http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080205/koddities/oddity_washer_boy

She did this in 1943 as her tribute to the WWII troops...it's a real gem.

...blue/aqua paint on lower half of control panel, anybody able to ID just lookin' at the push buttons? Is it a 606? http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/hsh/460454739.html

This is pretty...somebody save it! http://dallas.craigslist.org/hsh/443486148.html