First Garbage Disposal

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Heck, that was fall of 1979

in my first apt. The place had Whirlpool appliances, and I think it was an ISE Badger one. It was a studio apt. about 600 sq. ft. All electric. Heat, water, stove. No d.w. but a 14 cu ft. double door top mount freezer fridge. My electric bill in winter was about $75 because of the heat. My rent was $215/mo. Phone bill $30 on avge. with touch tone desk phone. The one and two bedrm. apts. had a DW.
Next spring, I was able to buy an 18 months new Olds Cutlass Supreme with 18,000 miles. No cosigner through company credit union.
How many twenty year olds today make enough for that plus can save almost $100 a week towards money down for their first home? I moved in with all new housewares, mostly from Kmart, but for a grand. Douglass chrome and vynil dinette and a 19 inch display model Admiral color tv from Kmart too. I found used Danish modern furniture from a tennant selling it when moving. Chrome and tan swivel chair/ottoman, and 2 teak/oak/mahogany low boy chests of drawers, and one door chest for $200.

 

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Okrest Towers Apartment house in Forestville,MD the first "home" I lived in as mine-had a Bus-Boy auto reverse disposer with fixed hammer impellors.Actually worked well.Was orig to the building-place built in 1969-lived there 1973.Today my own house-a Moen disposer installed by the plumbers that redid my drain plumbing.PVC to replace corroded,rotting cast iron.After they replaced the iron-stood on one of the pipes and it readily crumbled under me!!Normal cast iron would hold just fine.PVC pipe held me,too-230 lbs.