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Well, friends, it's been a hard few months, but I'm finally getting what I've always wanted: I'M MOVING! YAY! Specifically I'm moving to the city of Reading, PA, which was not my first choice, but the apartment and block are pretty nice. I just hope my cats agree. Unfortunately my new place...

There have been many threads about the "educational" films foisted on the youth of the nation in classrooms coast to coast. Unfortunately I graduated high school in 2001, so mostly I got to sit through crappy tapes from the '80s. (Melissa Sue Anderson says wear your seatbelt!) However, there was...

Well, it finally happened. My 1995 Ford Taurus, inherited from my father, finally conked out. Blew a head gasket and it's off to the glue factory. So long, Old Paint. But it's okay because tomorrow I will get the title transferred on a shiny, new, only slightly battered 1993 CHEVROLET CAVALIER...

I'm in the process of cleaning out/closing up my mother's house (and finding a new place to live, but let's not even go there!), and one of the interesing things I found was an early-'70s Compact Electra canister vacuum. It's a bullet-shaped contraption, avocado green aluminum, with a...

Has anyone here ever heard of Emdeko sewing machines? My mother had one, which I'm going to give to a friend. It's maybe '70s or early '80s, with zig-zags and bells and whistles, but I can't find out anything about the brand. The cover of the instruction manual: "EMDEKO. The woman's choice. Sew...

Well, today my '95 Ford Taurus stalled on a busy highway, but since I never cared for the blasted thing anyway, I'm gonna start looking for a new car. My goal is a small economy box-on-wheels (I like to crank my windows; it's exercise) that's dependable and easy on gas. I have found a used car...

I just want to thank you all for your kindness and support after my mother's death. I'm okay now, much more together, staying busy, etc. For a few days I was really crazy, and it helped knowing people are thinking of me. Thanks again.

Pardon me if this is totally inappropriate or depressing to anyone. My mother spend the past eight or so months in a hard battle with terminal cancer. Last night she died. Even when you know these things are coming, you can never truly prepare for them. I'm still kind of dazed. Time seems all...

Has anyone here ever dyed fabric in the washing machine? A lost art definitely worthy of rediscovery. Thanks to Rit and Whirlpool, I have a lovely set of orange sheets!

Turkey Day is fast approaching, and I thought it might be nice for us to share our Thanksgiving traditions and favorite ways of celebrating. My mom makes desserts (pumpkin pies and pumpkin rolls) the day before, and on Thanksgiving we have dinner at my aunt's house. Mom makes gravy ('cause...

I don't know how to link, but somebody in Indiana is selling a mint Frigidaire 1-18 set on eBay. Is a club member thinning out his collection?

My cousin and his wife recently moved into a new home. Their previous house came with a GE V16 washer from the '60s. The new house comes complete with a pair of center-timer Maytags hiding behind bi-fold doors in the kitchen! Both are white but are apparently "fraternal" twins; the washer has a...

Lovely Hotpoint set! But I'm not familiar with Eaton's. Where was it based? Is it still in business?

Has anyone tried Carbona chlorine bleach tablets? They look like an intersting throwback to the days when powdered bleach was commonplace. Can anybody tell me how effective they are before I spend my dollar?

Has anyone used the new Speed Queen home models? I stopped at an appliance store to scope them out and they seem rock solid, like Maytags used to be. I was trying to get more info out of the salespeople, but for some reason they kept trying to shove a Frigilux FL at me.

I don't know a lot about Frigidaire dryers, so please forgive my ignorance. Is anyone familiar with the model that "needs no plumbing or venting"? Is this a condenser dryer?

The house where I'm currently living has a 40-inch GE range from the '60s. I'm sure it was TOL before the "bonus" parts (rotisserie, meat thermometer, Sensi-Temp Grill) disappeared. Still, it's perfectly useful, except for a broken support on the back burner and the Sensi-Temp burner, which...

Saw something very interesting at a used bookstore yesterday: A hardbound copy of the 1964 Bennett Blue Book. It was out of my price range, but I had a lot of fun paging thorough it and seeing just how old my vacuum (Hoover "Deluxe Portable") and kitchen utensils (Rival Ice-O-Mat manual ice...

I'm very angry at my landlord/roommate. He's painting the bathroom in an "ocean theme," which means there is blue acrylic paint from one end of the house to the other. Somehow a spot of it ended up on my poly-cotton flares, and it won't come out. I tried hand washing. I ran it through the...

Does anyone remember the Tappan Pan-O-Matic range? I've seen it in the "hot new products" sections of early '70s mags like House Beautiful. The Pan-O-Matic was a panel with outlets, and the user cooked with electric pots and pans. Obviously the experiment never took off.