ksdaddy
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Random thoughts and recollections:
In 1968 my mother bought a new GE stove and refrigerator. She handed them down to me in 1984. I, in turn, handed down my set to my brother who was renting a house (shack) and neither of his set functioned at all. The refrigerator had the freezer in a lower drawer. I used it until 1991 when my parents bought us a new Gibson. The old GE had lost much of it's ability to keep things cold but now I wish i had spent whatever money it would have taken to make it right. I loved the freezer being in the bottom and it was built like the proverbial tank.
I bought my house in 1983 for $13,000. There was an old GE stove that worked, probably 1960 or so. I don't recall the brand of refrigerator but it was typical rounded 1940s. When the motor kicked on, I had to turn the TV up. It wasn't frost free of course, and the door gasket was bad, so summertime was spent defrosting it.... often.
The washer and dryer that came with the house... again, I don't recall the brand, but the washer would cycle the wash water into a basket that rested atop the agitator and much of the lint would accumulate in a ball there. Man, that thing would wash! We ran out of oil many times and sometimes heated the house with a combination of the kitchen stove, a kerosene heater, and the dryer running with the vent directed to the open doorway of the room.
"Shoulda had a camera" moment: In the early 80s I walked into a local antique shop, one of those places where the average person couldn't afford to buy anything. It was an old house that had been coverted to a shop (mostly). Most of the items were in 'front' rooms but some items were in the kitchen. The kitchen had been redecorated sometime in the 50s. It's been my observation that if a room is redecorated by someone whose kids have left the house, either to college or on their own, that the room(s) will last longer; no wear and tear from kids. My grandmother's kitchen was a time capsule of 1950 (white wood cook stove, white metal cupboards), as is my mother's from 1980 (oak cabinets, recessed lighting, "no-wax" floor). Anyway, this kitchen was a time capsule of the 50s. Black and white linoleum tile floor, chrome ribbed edges on the countertops, and a stove built into the wall! The stove and fridge were both RED. Freakin' awesome.
"Shoulda had a pickup truck" moment: In the mid 80s I was at a junk shop, a series of connected unheated buildings in a mass of clutter and disarray. There was an old refrigerator, probably from the 20s, with the motor on top! They claimed it ran fine but nobody wanted it... just too old, outmoded, etc. The motor was on top and I almost remember it having actual legs. I could have had it for $25. *sigh* How dumb was I...
No point to this rant, just a rant.
In 1968 my mother bought a new GE stove and refrigerator. She handed them down to me in 1984. I, in turn, handed down my set to my brother who was renting a house (shack) and neither of his set functioned at all. The refrigerator had the freezer in a lower drawer. I used it until 1991 when my parents bought us a new Gibson. The old GE had lost much of it's ability to keep things cold but now I wish i had spent whatever money it would have taken to make it right. I loved the freezer being in the bottom and it was built like the proverbial tank.
I bought my house in 1983 for $13,000. There was an old GE stove that worked, probably 1960 or so. I don't recall the brand of refrigerator but it was typical rounded 1940s. When the motor kicked on, I had to turn the TV up. It wasn't frost free of course, and the door gasket was bad, so summertime was spent defrosting it.... often.
The washer and dryer that came with the house... again, I don't recall the brand, but the washer would cycle the wash water into a basket that rested atop the agitator and much of the lint would accumulate in a ball there. Man, that thing would wash! We ran out of oil many times and sometimes heated the house with a combination of the kitchen stove, a kerosene heater, and the dryer running with the vent directed to the open doorway of the room.
"Shoulda had a camera" moment: In the early 80s I walked into a local antique shop, one of those places where the average person couldn't afford to buy anything. It was an old house that had been coverted to a shop (mostly). Most of the items were in 'front' rooms but some items were in the kitchen. The kitchen had been redecorated sometime in the 50s. It's been my observation that if a room is redecorated by someone whose kids have left the house, either to college or on their own, that the room(s) will last longer; no wear and tear from kids. My grandmother's kitchen was a time capsule of 1950 (white wood cook stove, white metal cupboards), as is my mother's from 1980 (oak cabinets, recessed lighting, "no-wax" floor). Anyway, this kitchen was a time capsule of the 50s. Black and white linoleum tile floor, chrome ribbed edges on the countertops, and a stove built into the wall! The stove and fridge were both RED. Freakin' awesome.
"Shoulda had a pickup truck" moment: In the mid 80s I was at a junk shop, a series of connected unheated buildings in a mass of clutter and disarray. There was an old refrigerator, probably from the 20s, with the motor on top! They claimed it ran fine but nobody wanted it... just too old, outmoded, etc. The motor was on top and I almost remember it having actual legs. I could have had it for $25. *sigh* How dumb was I...
No point to this rant, just a rant.
