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Several hours later, after all of the cooking and eating is done, here's the KitchenAid full of Corelle, Libbey, and other stuff.

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How silly of me.

Here's the Superba 21 in the kitchen downstairs. We bought this one new in 1989. It's Whisper Quiet.

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Oh my would you look at the rack on that one!

Thanksgiving:
Thank you dear Lawd for everything I have and everything I don't have!

Thanksgiving was in Pennsylvania and a family member got a new dishwasher!

The near BOL builder's model GE went to the krusher due to a recall of the rinse-aid dispenser. Have discount (many dollars-off) coupon; will-travel! In its place was a black GE Profile tall-tub model with a SS tub! IT IS QUIET! It washes very well,and has great racking!It appears to still be a water-hog (I think!) YAY!

I was impressed.

Still missing (on this model) was a status-indicator light sequence (i.e. WASH, RINSE, DRY),

Family is nice but Dorothy knows best:
"There is NO PLACE like HOME!"

 
Thanks, Pete, but I'm sentimental.

Although I love both the very cool name and very cool look of Radaranges, there's a soft spot in my heart for my Goldstar carousel microwave.

My parents were never particularly wealthy, but they did what they could to equip us for life on our own. They fed us and housed us and paid for a good, basic education. When I graduated from electronics school, I got a job and I got an apartment. That year, for christmas, my mom got a matching pair of Goldstar microwave ovens for me and my sister.

I've had it for just about 22 years now -- over half my life -- and I plan on holding onto it for as long as I can. My sister broke hers and threw it away years ago. That's indicative of the differences between us.

Upstairs, in the bar, is my family's first microwave. It's a Tappan (yes, it Browns the Food!) from about 1977.

Maybe someday, if there's a catastrophic failure, I'll finally get a Radarange. Until then I'll hold on to these little bits of my life.

-kevin

p.s. Right next to the Goldstar Microwave is my commercial Toastmaster. MSRP: $850. Needless to say, I didn't pay that for it.
 
By the way, the KitchenAids can both have their front panel

The Superba has Black, White, Almond, and Harvest Gold panels, while the Custom has White, Almond, Harvest Gold, and Avocado.

The stove, microwave, and range hood downstairs are black, so I made that one black to match.

The stove upstairs is almond, so I chose that for the upstairs one. Besides (although this might brand me as a pariah here at AW.org), I happen to like almond. There. I said it.

-kevin
 
I hear you about wanting to keep your mw. My first was a then new 76 Toshiba 500, built like a tank all metal which I later gave to my mom when I got a new Litton with defrost a couple of years later. Mom gave it away about 15 years ago when they got a plastic Panasonic that fit onto her redone kitchen with builtin microwave shelf. I wished I still had that Toshiba.
When I met my present partner almost 25 years ago now coming up soon, we bought a new GE full size with auto everything. It's still working away in the kitchen but in the meantime I had found a few Radaranges and wanted one of those in the kitchen so we had two going for awhile until we moved..the kitchen in this house won't support two microwaves so I'm letting him have his way because the old GE is the one he really likes and probably holds memories LOL.. actually it is a better oven than the RR, just doesn't look as nice.
 

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