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Happy 100th Birthday Betty Furness!
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fester
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Betty Furness
How many of you have a copy of the old yellow Betty Furness cook book hanging around? I know I do.
How many of you have a copy of the old yellow Betty Furness cook book hanging around? I know I do.
norgeway
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Mines Green
But its one of my favorite cookbooks, best peanut butter cookie recipe on earth!!! That book and the Betty Feezor cookbooks are really all you need.....but since I have about 1000 cookbooks, I shouldn't really say that..LOL
But its one of my favorite cookbooks, best peanut butter cookie recipe on earth!!! That book and the Betty Feezor cookbooks are really all you need.....but since I have about 1000 cookbooks, I shouldn't really say that..LOL
I have one of the Westinghouse cookbooks as well, even has recipes for laundry in the back.
Westinghouse Steam Iron at a new low, low price of only $14.95
Westinghouse Steam Iron at a new low, low price of only $14.95
Charles Klamkin mentions La Furness in the two books I have of his, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! (1969) and HOW TO BUY MAJOR HOME APPLIANCES (1973), (as a Thank You/Dedication in each one & I think a chapter in at least one might be devoted to her; they're both put away somewhere, so I may have to dig 'em out to check)...
-- Dave
-- Dave
arbilab
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Except for the builder Hotpoint builtins, we were a W house so Betty was like an aunt.
programcomputer
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Check Out Ms. Furness in this new to us short from 1958
Extolling all the glamour of the new STYLE-Lite Laundromat, Combination and stackables......
Extolling all the glamour of the new STYLE-Lite Laundromat, Combination and stackables......
Cookbooks galore...
On ebay for very reasonable prices!..there are versions with yellow and green covers as well. There is a picture of Julia, their Chief Home Economist in my 1954 roaster oven book which may share many of the recopies with these cookbooks..we should whip up some of these recipe's at my next wash-in
On ebay for very reasonable prices!..there are versions with yellow and green covers as well. There is a picture of Julia, their Chief Home Economist in my 1954 roaster oven book which may share many of the recopies with these cookbooks..we should whip up some of these recipe's at my next wash-in
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So see plenty of 1950's programming in native habitat. Those sponsored by Westinghouse feature Miss. Furness in all her girdled and high heeled glory.
Am young or perhaps old enough to remember when Betty Furness was the consumer reporter for NBC television here in NYC. You have to hand it to the gal; she took the sort of employment open to her back then and made a pretty decent career for herself.
Sadly despite her hard work and fame Ms. Furness couldn't escape ageism and was promptly let go from WNBC just as she was batting cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Furness
So see plenty of 1950's programming in native habitat. Those sponsored by Westinghouse feature Miss. Furness in all her girdled and high heeled glory.
Am young or perhaps old enough to remember when Betty Furness was the consumer reporter for NBC television here in NYC. You have to hand it to the gal; she took the sort of employment open to her back then and made a pretty decent career for herself.
Sadly despite her hard work and fame Ms. Furness couldn't escape ageism and was promptly let go from WNBC just as she was batting cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Furness
programcomputer
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Probably the ULTIMATE in color, Betty talking Westinghouse..
This ELECTRIC home of tomorrow, is demonstrated and discussed by Betty in FULL color!!!
This ELECTRIC home of tomorrow, is demonstrated and discussed by Betty in FULL color!!!
miele_ge
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I remember Betty on NBC news too in NYC
Always liked her segments. I hadn't realize she also worked in the Johnson Administration - very cool lady for sure!
Speaking of WNBC news - had a major crush on Chuck Scarborugh. Even before I figured out the whole gay thing.
Always liked her segments. I hadn't realize she also worked in the Johnson Administration - very cool lady for sure!
Speaking of WNBC news - had a major crush on Chuck Scarborugh. Even before I figured out the whole gay thing.
Unless one has missed something
Chuck Scarborugh isn't gay. Or did you mean something else?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Scarborough
Now is former co-anchor Sue Simmons is another matter.
Of the current and former WNBC news persons known to be gay are:
Raphael Miranda
Liz Smith
Jonathan Vigliotti (now in London for CBS news)
Chuck Scarborugh isn't gay. Or did you mean something else?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Scarborough
Now is former co-anchor Sue Simmons is another matter.
Of the current and former WNBC news persons known to be gay are:
Raphael Miranda
Liz Smith
Jonathan Vigliotti (now in London for CBS news)
miele_ge
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no no... i didn't mean chuck was gay...
It is just that before I "knew/admitted" I was gay, I had a crush on him.
It is just that before I "knew/admitted" I was gay, I had a crush on him.
Nice Betty video of the electric home--Is this powered by Westinghouse generator station?-and the power sent to the place by a Westinghouse distribution transformer?Westinghouse meter?WAIT 'TILL YOU GET YOUR BILL!!!!!Like the Shopsmith in the workshop.
arbilab
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Least around here, utilities went with W or GE and pritmuch stayed with them. More you bought, cheaper it was. Houston and Dallas were W, possibly El Paso; Austin was GE and possibly San Antonio. Dad sold W.
In Houston the utility purchasing guy was a remote relative, who just died a couple months ago in his mid 90s within weeks of his wife. Almost certainly a fellow Mason. Then as now it was who you knew and how you knew them. I mean, a transformer is pretty much just that.
In Houston the utility purchasing guy was a remote relative, who just died a couple months ago in his mid 90s within weeks of his wife. Almost certainly a fellow Mason. Then as now it was who you knew and how you knew them. I mean, a transformer is pretty much just that.
For both GE and Westinghouse-sales of residentual,commercial and industrial equipment meant more sales of generators and dist equipment to use with the user equipment.Good business for both!!!
Rex
did you, or anyone here, ever work with a Shopsmith? I used to love to watch the demo's in the Malls. Always wanted to try one too. But were they power hogs????
Do tell!
did you, or anyone here, ever work with a Shopsmith? I used to love to watch the demo's in the Malls. Always wanted to try one too. But were they power hogs????
Do tell!
ShopSmith Power Saw Etc
These 60s Shop-smith home workshops were a cool multipurpose tool for home workshops that allowed the homeowner to have several different tools at less cost and in less space.
Home work shop tools in general use very little power and these SSs plugged into an ordinary 120 outlet so it is very unlikely they used much total power.
These 60s Shop-smith home workshops were a cool multipurpose tool for home workshops that allowed the homeowner to have several different tools at less cost and in less space.
Home work shop tools in general use very little power and these SSs plugged into an ordinary 120 outlet so it is very unlikely they used much total power.
