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Automatic Washer - The world's coolest Washing Machines, Dryers and Dishwashers

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What a great segment!   It would have been nice if it was more than 5 minutes, but then 5 minutes is better than nothing.    It's really great they approached it from "human interest" perspective, rather than trying to make us look like a bunch of whack jobs.  Now what the viewing public think however may be a different story, but I thought it was a wonder piece!

 

Kevin 
 
This was a fun segment, could have watched those machines going for the whole hour if they used all the footage they filmed. Meeting Bill and his crew as well as some new faces of our own group was a real treat. While Jon was busy with the crew, the rest of us had lots of time to sit and talk, and grow closer together as friends.

I wanted to extend a huge Thank You to Jon for hosting everyone and opening his home and life to the cameras. I'm sure we all agree that this fascination/hobby was well presented and a fine tribute to many who have been derided and laughed at for their unusual interests.

Thank you again, Jon! We're all very grateful and proud of your many contributions to the group.
 
I loved the "I thought it was just me comment"

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I fall into that category as I know many of us do.  If it wasn't for this group I'd probably still feel the same way.  I'd be locked away in my house secretly playing with my dishwashers.</span>
 
I came to work this morning, one of the girls said Do you ever watch CBS on sunday mornings? I said no. She said well there was a segment on there that made me think of you. I said Oh? She said yea, there's this group of guys that get together and watch their washing machines.. And they collect them....

I said, Oh, I wonder if that was AutomaticWasher. She's like, oh that website you always talk about? I said Yea. She's like well I dunno, but there was one guy that only collects turquoise machines and, (I interrupted and said, Oh, Turquoisedude) yea, and they showed this beautiful black pair that ... I said had the controls that looked like alarm clocks? The control tower frigidaires? She jumped, Yes, them!! Must be the same club!

I said I'd come on here and see if anything was posted with info about a segment. LOL.
 
The side effect of publicity.

Great piece on the group and some damn nice folks and machines as well. I do agree there will probably be a spike in ebay postings and some stupid asking prices, but after a while it will cool off again. The upside will be seen in the form of awareness. For years now I've watched idiot house flippers gutting out mostly original, if somewhat neglected, MCM and craftsman style homes with many vintage trappings including clean appliances going to ebay or the junkyard. Just recently I've seen the trend start going the other way. Now people are realizing that originality brings top dollar even if it takes a bit longer to sell. In our case, I think the result will be that a person with no interest in fixing Granny's old washer, dryer or fridge in the basement, may offer it up to a good home rather than just kicking it to the curb. I saw the same thing in the automotive world with that stupid "rat rod" fad. Decent cars that could have been restored , hot rodded or customized were butchered into so called "art cars" or undrivable rat rod travesties. Later, after realizing the wretched POS they'd created, the owners part them out or they became "yard art" to rot. I'm hopeful this wiil swing our way and be positive in the long run.
 
I'm still big; it's the washers that have gotten sma

Very happy to have been a part of this. Thank you Jon for inviting me to join the little rascals. For the first time in my life I'm proud to tell people that I'm part of a group that collects washing machines.

 

They still look at me funny, but, for many reasons, that's never going to change.
 
NTGOT,  because this is a great thread.   Jon has collected since 1984.  I found the group here at AW.org many years ago.  I know the club had a yahoo group.  Maybe we need to start a new thread who met who? Was it through yahoo?  I know our  Robert is computer savvy.  Tell us more about early on?
 
Jeff-- I would love to read the history of AW and the groups that led to what is has become.

Years ago I, for reasons that elude me, erased my profile and started it again from scratch an hour later. I'd already been coming here for a number of years, but all that was lost in the erasure. I'd love to know when I first posted. I'm sure it was one of the classic, "I can't believe there's a website dedicated to washers! I thought I was the only one into them!" posts that we see from people when they first discover AW.

I've been here through a couple of format changes; it's been fun to watch the website evolve and grow over the years. AW is by far my most frequent (and favorite) stop on the internet.
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I know Greg that we are not nuts but some people are still biased as what is for men and whats for women. But as a kid I was told I was a sissy for liking washers and play with only boy toys like trucks and sports. I wished I had the toy washers I had that were thrown away I had because it was for a girl only. OK, its alright for girls to play football now and I despise football, and wished I had all of those toy washers back, but I am not spending $200 for a toy washer that cost 2.99 when I was a kid.
 
I like his segments, Bill does some nice interviews, as in this 'Right to Dry' segment, if he only knew of us then.....



I got a ticket for this once while living in a HOA area, actually from car mats hanging over a fence while I was washing the car.......

but whats more AMERICAN than line drying clothes....that's right up there with an apple pie cooling on a window sill....
 
toy washers

I was the same way!  I used to look at the Sears wish book, and they had a toy washer and dryer set...the washer had a handle on the side to make it wash and spin...I wanted it so bad..along with an easy bake oven!  Heck, I knew how to do laundry and load the dishwasher when I was 3 years old, and my sister who is 3 years older than I could not even turn the washer on!  I'm so glad I'm not the only nut job who watches videos of washers on Youtube!  But, we have come a long way...my marriage is recognized now.
 

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