paulwash
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Years ago in the early 1980's I went to my best friends house and of course I had to know what kind of washing machine was in his basement. Well his Aunt came over with four big bags of dirty clothes and I noticed his mom and aunt went downstairs in the basement.. They asked us to run to the corner store for to buy a box of Rinso detergent and clorox bleach. Well I ran lol. We returned an I heard this loud washer running making a burp noise and washing hard!! The closer I got I noticed it was this exact machine and the matching dryer was on the other side of the basement. His mom thanked us and took the Rinso out of my hand opened it up and poured some in the Norge!! Well they went upstairs while we rode bikes in partially finished basement but I heard that washer go through all the phases and the LOUD CLANK at the end. I never operated one of these but would love one I have used MANY washers in my life but NORGE is one of the last ones I need to use, have, and watch!! in person. Many more days I went to my buddys house who thought it was strange about me and the washer obsession but still loved me! That washer did not last too long.. His mother had the dryer fixed several times and the washer once.. she did use it a lot washing her sisters clothes who had two kids and her family of three. I remember his father and his friend put them out to the trash out in the front of his house after they broke down! His mom bought a Hotpoint set in harvest gold 1986 model and had them put in her kitchen this time. She must have liked washers with loud breaks LOL. I asked her years later about that washer because she knows I like to wash clothes and surprisingly she said she had that washer and dryer after getting married in 1974 at her first apartment which had four sets of washers and dryers in the basement due to being a four family apartment building. She was pregnant with my best friend and was afraid to go three flights down to the basement in the apartment building unless her husband was home she said the basement creeped her out lol Later they bought a house and took them with her Anyone now how I can get one of these let me know. I will take Montgomery Ward, Magic Chef, NORGE. Thanks.
