Leaving Seattle

[mickeyd]

so happy for you

love how the first dial reads "Suds return" not just suds. always thought they should ALL SAY SUDS RETURN, DAMNIT !!!

they're just so beautiful

love how the wash cycle counts down to zero "0" --wish they all did

love the 24 minute wash; that will really clean white sox and shorts.

and the visamatic--how perfect. I have the Norge version, but the poor old gal is really dying.

What great treats. What fun you'll have.

I suffered from acute and chronic Kenmore/Whirlpool Envy throughout my entire childhood because all of the Danieu's would only buy Frigidaires. Thank God for my mother's sisters who had Easies and neighbor Tom G.who had a Whirlpool; otherwise I probably would have jumped off the Peace Bridge. chuckle chuckle

 

[swestoyz]

Wow - what a great set of washers! The Whirlpool looks wonderful, along with a wonderful representation of the "Frog Eye!" What a great looking washer from the early part of the decade.

Ben

 

[rickr]

Looks like you have been busy detailing those wonderful Kenmores. And it has paid off,as they all look minty fresh!
Thanks for sharing the photos, and your WP pump is now safe in my trunk, awaiting your address.

 

[toggleswitch]

Love the 24 minute wash; that will really clean white sox and shorts.

Well, I hate to pee in your Cheerios, but doesn't detergent generally only hold soils in suspension for 30 minutes maximum?

To me that is cutting it too close!

 

[rickr]

Well Steve, some of us like to live dangerously... lol!!

 

[washertalk]

well, there goes my love of breakfast food out the window. I guess i didn't need to be eating a bowl of chex while reading this.

but you just have a wonderful day!! (snarf, snarf)

 

[washertalk]

LOLOLO !!!!

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[gansky1]

The long, long wash

My grandmother would drop in a bar of homemade lye soap with dirty coveralls and reset the Highlander for more than 30 minutes total. Real soap, still commonly used in the early 50's, was a whole different animal (pig, in my grandmother's case ;-) so clothes could be, or perhaps needed to be washed longer than with a syndet. I've always wondered if the fat in the soap was gentler to fibers than syndets, thus causing less wear during washing/rinsing and by extension, the need for filtering contraptions on washing machines when syndets & lint collecting man-made fibers became popular.