The impassioned, emotional, informative/educational, occasionally irrational posts are what makes AW the only online forum I bother with. I've checked out other (often heavily moderated) sites and found them to be dry as dust and boring as all get-out. Unlike many other topic-based websites, AW allows, through the various forums, discussion on virtually
every aspect of life.
I'm an anomaly here. Although I appreciate vintage appliances, I will never own one. I don't have a collection. I have never and will never so much as change a belt on a washer, much less painstakingly restore a broken down vintage rust bucket to showroom-quality gleam. The wealth of experience, knowledge and expertise here concerning appliances among the membership is unparalleled.
While I love watching video footage of gatherings, wash-ins and conventions, I will never attend one. I drive past webmaster Robert's house when visiting friends in Minneapolis who live near him. It would never occur to me to stop by to meet him and see his collection. Yet having said all that I have been a regular for many years and can't imagine not visiting the site several times each day. In fact, AW is the
only forum-based website I participate in.
I've grown to appreciate (or at least tolerate) everyone's eccentricities and idiosyncrasies, just as others tolerate mine (see the two paragraphs above). Can't imagine ever blocking anyone no matter how much I disagree with them.
Frankly, I'm quite happy the uninitiated general public might find some of our discussions head-shakingly nutty/neurotic/downright bizarre. As with Minnesota winters, it keeps out the riffraff. Well, most of it, anyway, LOL.
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