Search results

Interesting that it calls for hot or warm wash for cottons, and nowadays cottons all seem to be cold-wash only.

Reply #79 Crosley I was going back thru these and realized I had missed something odd before. One, I'm surprised anyone was still selling consumer electronics in 1942 due to wartime restrictions. And two, their ad makes it seem as if nothing unusual is going on in the world, LOL! No mention of...

#52 Escalloped apples Okay, why the heck do these not exist anymore, LOL!

I find that if I delete Outlook from my computer I can still use Calendar. However, it keeps downloading to my computer every day, so I have to delete it every day. I'm using Windows 10. Does anyone know of a fix for blocking Outlook from downloading to Windows 10?

"In fact, when Glenn & Melvin came up to retrieve the Lady Shredmore, where we ate lunch is one of the areas with significant damage." Pignetti's ???

Work on cats? Have any of y'all tried using these on cats? I'm always seeing tons of cats popping up in the local Missing Pets Facebook page. Wonder if this would keep them from running away.

electric chafing dish #86 mentions "electric chafing dishes" in the ad. Did they mean electric mixers like the KitchenAid? Never heard that term before.

Washer/Dryer Combo Demise I think I just realized what killed the combo machines. They are not twice as fast as the ads would claim, but probably twice as slow. With separate machines, you can have a second load of laundry washing while the first is drying, which for obvious reasons you cant...

#87 "Asbestos-insulated Chef's Mitt, $1 value" Wonder how many of those are still around.

That GE combination sink/washing machine must be a rare bird. I know GE did a lot of electric sink/kitchenette designs but this is a new one for me.

OK, I'm stumped by this one. A Frigidaire with a control panel that looks like a Whirlpool, and the "GMH value-priced at 189 gns.". A foreign ad maybe, but references US testing and uses the US dating format of May 17, 1961 vs 17 May 1961? And no extra U's thrown in there, as in colour. Anyone...

Looking at today's POD (10/11) for the Maytag A902 it's interesting that only Bright Colors called for a cold wash in the washing instructions. I'm not sure how "bright" my gray t-shirts are but they all call for cold-wash only. Also boxers call for cold wash and briefs call for warm wash...

I wonder if some of the old-timers at GE back in the day remembered their electric sink designs from the '20s and 30s and thought this would be a good idea to try again.

Target market? It's strange that they built this machine so cheaply, as I think their intended market was people with a fair amount of disposable income, not people who couldn't afford anything better. The ones I've seen pictures of in the wild were usually aboard a large boat like a...

Gotta love how the guy hawking the Easy Combo machine has a cigarette predominantly displayed in his hand. It's like the advertisers back in the day felt people wouldn't trust their ads unless somebody was smoking something. About the only guy who could get away with that today is John Daly...

If I came across one of those in Poppy Red I would find a place for it even if it was the middle of the kitchen. Love those Harvest Gold Warges in the back of the 1st picture.

Wow, $450 is a good price for this, assuming everything works, esp in California. I regularly see people trying to sell absolute junk for thousands on E-bay because they can attach the "mid-century" label to it. This Western Holly is a classic though.

Warges The 2nd garage, those Norge-built Ward's machines. Would love to have a set of those...if I had room for them that is!

Interesting to look thru these and see where different machines were ranked (TOL/MOL/BOL) in the lineup each year.

I noticed the Whirlpool ad had the "Live Better Electrically" medallion at the bottom of the page. These bronze or brass medallions used to be placed in the front of all-electric houses in the 60s, usually attached to the front somewhere or embedded in the concrete porch. I have actually seen...