LOL!
It was fun to check-in and see what you guys have been up to--I had to indulge in this little joke because it had been so long since I'd had some fun-time on the computer (usually, it's slaving away, trying to fix someone else's issue).
Okay, first off, I typoed; it's a 22-series, so this would be the Imperial to the Superba I had back in Tucson. (Though the 21 looks much like this, as you note.)
Dave--That's AWESOME. I would have loved to have seen the Mercedes with new innards ;-)
Toggles--No arguments here. Like I said, if you ran the GE on Pots/Pans, the whole cycle became a war of attrition, and the food eventually simply became tired to death and slid off the dishes. Still, the major bummer was no constant rinse; a scattering of food particles tended to festoon the upper part of the door liner. (Very reminiscent of what happened when you washed a filthy load in the Roto-Rack.) But yeah, in terms of cleaning performance, most modern machines pale.
Brent--LOL That's foamy detergent at the end of the wash arm. (I stopped it mid-cycle to snap a pic--notice that the "Normal" button is depressed in the pic of the pushbuttons.) It was busily washing dishes, and I had the audacity to disturb it
Ralph--No kidding, and good point! We'll have to see if Craigslist reflects a similar drought in the meantime.
Terry--Thanks!! Now we just have to get you one. (Or a Hobart machine!) ;-)
I failed to mention they still had the manual-pack with the machine.
Still sealed, untouched, in the original plastic. So, I guess they were good at learning how to run the machine through pure intuition--the manual is crisp, lovely, and untouched, just the way I remember reading it when I was back in the fourth grade...
