G. 1's High Comic Times of June: NIB Norge Semi-Automatic AND a Cherry Unimatic

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Oh, Mickey ... your Norge AND your Unimatic are absolutely wonderful!! The best of both worlds ... THANK YOU so much for sharing those with us!!

A BRAND NEW NORGE WRINGER; how lucky can a guy be?? :-) 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.

That Unimatic is sweet, also. I always am amazed at Robert's machines; that model was pretty quiet and the spin is FANTASTIC. More quiet than say the 1-18; those were the "boom, boom, boom" machines, as I put it! Growing up, my neighbors had an early 1960's model in their breezeway and you could hear the "boom, boom, boom" from down the block!! :-)

Love the story ... especially with your Mom included! That's about what my Mom would say, too. "What are you going to do with another washing machine? Don't you have enough already? There are other things you can do with your money!" :-) Gotta love our Moms!! Just tell her you needed the machines to clean everything up after you finish staining the deck!!

Your place is beautiful and right on the water, too. Boy that view! I would have a set of double tubs set up and would be doing my washing right there on the deck!!

Oh ... and I would have a little cocktail with all that ice, too. Instead of a Manhattan, I'll have a gin and tonic please; with LOTS of ice and lots of lime!! :-)

Thanks again for sharing ...
 
Agitator question

That is one mean looking agitator on that wringer!
I'm sure it got the job done.
My question is, growing up my grandmother had a wringer with an agitator sota like this one.
It had three angle wings but the holes ran down the edges of each of the three fins.
It really moved the water without splashing.
I think it was called a wash well wringer? Anyone heard of that name before?
Did Norge have anything that sounded or looked like that?I know she had a time line dryer.
 
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

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Stay tuned........Turquoisedude!!!!!!!

On Friday I've got some aqua coming or ahhqua, depending on the accent. And Thank You.

It'as about Sudsavers and an ACKwa Lady Kenmore, or ahqua if you have an accent like most Aworgers. Ahqua ackwa ackwa ahqua, thank God for turquoise!!!! ;'DDDDDDDDDD
 
Of course.

Greg G1 Gansky christened this as the month of high times & heady days of June, and indeed I'll do my part, the best of which is a dark comedy called,
"The Secret in the Garage," a wonderful surprise for Gregm and Jetcone and
Ben who are the main characters along with the fictional Hyacinth Bouquet, and Blackjack Skuhall.

HINT: Royal Doultons!!!

And I can't wait for my friend Dennis to come home so we can make movies full of talk and washer sounds and jokes so Laundryshark can have a ball along with everyone else.
 
Royal Douton - blue periwinkle, perhaps?

This all sounds like great fun! Looking forward to more posts from you!!
 
Great looking machines Mike!! And thank you for the story, and the fantastic photos!! You have a great view of Lake Erie!
 
Ben & Rick

Hey Ben, you're the inspiration for what's coming next. As you'll see, it would be impossible without you. It'll be a blast! Thank You.

Fantastic photos.....!? Rick, you wrote the book on that. Thank You: the richest richest richest copper ever on the 65 Rollermatic, and who could forget the swirl of color in your WP gym shorts pic.
 
Mikey my dear!

I think you are a doll and I always look forward to your emails. Keep 'em comin and check your email when you get a chance. I sent you something I think you might be interested in.
If you ever come to Orlando, make sure and let me know.
Thanks so much for posting and sharing! Totally Fabulous!
Just like you...

Shane!
 
Love that Norge agitator! Interesting that it has the trademark holes in the base of the agitator for a "burp up" filter that does not seem to be a part of the wringer operation in the photos shown. Beautiful machine, and what a beautiful place to do laundry!
 
All Hail to the men who love washers, and good Morning!!!!

MIKEY.....the aliens are fascinated by the "Old Gray" filling coupler that never breaks and lasts forever. They keep running their cruel experiments without anesthesia. I told them that if they did not return it soon I would report their presence to the new British UFO Authority. Heard your having quite the time with the grays over there. You're always so funny. Bet you make jokes even when you're constipated. hee haw

JET.......And i thought you only served Nuts&Bolts when Ironman comes. How kind. So when are you and Greg coming for a Booze&Breeze Washing? We should tell our non-frigidarian friends what URK means lest they think we are speaking in alien tongues. Urk is what a Unimatic says when it stops spinning to tell you the load is done. It sounds like a dolphin's greeting, or maybe more like a seal asking for a fish. URK URK URK

WASHERLOVER.....What a cool name you have ;'D. Look closely at photo in post 283194, and you'll see slits in the agi, 2 are visible, 2 are not. They water shoots out of them in beautiful curved columns. Dramatic to watch, but why are the columns there? Maybe there is supposed to be a filter. Maybe Geoff or Norman to Turbomatic or Coldspot knows the answer.

SHANE....You Doll, thank you so much XXOO. Maybe we can make a difference. Next time I'll come to Orlando instead of Lauderdale. You're welcome here any time. I love how you are the epicenter and pulse-beat of everything exciting going on in the culture, and still make time for washers. Wonderful!!!!!!!
 
Hey Mike,

My aunt had an early 60's solid tub Norge automatic with that same agitator. It had a plastic sleeve that fit on the barrel where those slits are. There were circular outlets at the top that would channel the water into a small filter pan ala burpilator.
 
It would be great to see one. Wonder if Ben or Greg has a pi

;'D Happy Friday and what joy our Grandma's gave us, huh!! Thanks for the memory
 

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