RPM-I think that would be the Apex Dasher, something I've dreamed of seeing in operation. Were the wings curved or spiraled? Wait.....I think the Dasher has only two spiraling fins with holes running up and down. Oh well, I love them all.
GEOFF- You'll just die when you hear this. I DO wash on the deck, in a MAYTAG no less, but it's the portable. Rigging the lid, you can do a phantasmagoric spray rinse with the garden hose nozzle. This summer, I'm going to use the Norge with its fantastical advertising claims--even back then when things were more honest(?)--of a "NORGE.......Automatic......DEEP POWER RINSE....Lets you wash and rinse in the same tub....Saves Soap..Saves Times..Saves Water..Saves Work..no extra rinse tubs needed..." The dots (ellipsis) here show each new line on the sticker. The "Saves" line has each phrase bulleted. Each line also has a cool water wave in it.
What you do is wash a few loads, drain the used washing liquors, refill with fresh rinse water, then--and now for the "deep" part of the rinse--you open the drain so the pump keeps blasting the the water back into the tub. Automatic because you set the timer, so everything shuts off, when the time is up. I f we could find a booklet, that would be the bomb!!!!!!
Because the water gets so warm here, I can wash almost anything outside, filling from the garden hose. I intend to use the Norge Automatic Cycles. The Pre-wash is great because it washes for a few minutes then soaks indefinitely, you come back, let it wash for whatever,etc. Using only Tide W Bleach Powder, all the blueberry and BBQ stains came out of my T-shirt. It all in the soak
OH STEVE--wait till you see what the Paddled Wonder does in a fast stroke Speed Queen. When my videographer friend gets back from Iraq we're going to shoot the Spanker in the Queen; it will be almost unbelievable. Just imagine what that thing is capable of at high speeds.... MARRDDDDOOONNEEE (MAHR DOAN) Look in the photo at the tabs. They're on both sides of each paddle. Are they just an engineer's fetish, or to they serve a function.
I always though it looked like a salt shaker too.
Geoff& Steve: the UNI is so quiet, almost a whisper. I was shocked into disbelief at its near silence. The Norge is also a whisper jet; all you hear is the squish slosh of the jets. Even at a full Geoff fill, they work.
ROBERT. I love you, too, always and forever.
FA- the very rare Maytag timer did not shut the machine off; it just stopped the agitation.
STEVE & EUGENE & JON & GREG- When I read the thread before bed and realized that you had become part of the story, I chuckled with delight--made my day, and not because it made the story all-so-post-modern, but because it was so funny and wonderful. Thank you so much!!!!!
THE LAST AND FINAL WRINGGGUEGINGGUE ;'DDD
Please, please, tell us what the oval sticker on the front of the machine says ... word for word. I think it has something to do with "Deep Rinsing", am I right? Did you get a manual with it, too? What a dream!!! What does the presoak cycle do? I'm sure the "HOLD" is for wringing, right? It keeps the motor running. 
